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Obama to get tough with Israel

By Joe Weber | Published: May 6, 2009
1. Israel MIGHT be pushing it – President Obama starts to lay the groundwork for getting Israel to back off a bit on Netanyahu’s right wing hawkish stance.  VP Biden is the first messenger and tells a powerful pro-Israel lobby group that:   “Israel has to work toward a two-state solution…” and let them all know [...]
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The far right gave the Dems all the cards

By Joe Weber | Published: April 29, 2009
1. Hey Mr. Limbaugh:  The Arlen Specter thing?  Kinda your fault - And same goes for Ms. Palin, Mr. Hannity, Vice President Cheney, etc…  Sure Sen. Specter is switching sides less on Principle and more on the fact that he wants to keep his job, but if a wholesale rejection of moderate tendencies in the GOP [...]
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Arlen Specter becomes a Democrat

By Joe Weber | Published: April 28, 2009
ARLEN SPECTER SWITCHES PARTIES (Story Here, from the Washington Post) And with Al Franken, who at some point you’d think would become a Dem. Senator from Minnesota… that’ll give the Dems a 60 seat fillibuster proof majority in the Senate. Holy crud.  From Senator Specter’s statement: “Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, [...]
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