Congress Speaks At 10th-Grade Level; Florida Totally Average; Connie Mack Simplest Speaker in Congress

Source: Broward-Palm Beach New Times

There have been a lot of blogspace spent on the Sunlight Foundation's latest study, which found that the speech patterns of members of Congress have gotten markedly simpler over the last 15 years or so. But it's easy to say "Old Senator So-and-So talks ...
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Zig-Zagging to the Finish Line: The GOP's Disturbing Lack of Consistency on Immigration Policy

Source: Center for Immigration Studies

Earlier in this electoral season, when the Republican Party nomination was still being hotly contested, candidate Mitt Romney gave a nod to those in favor of enforcement of the nation's immigration laws by speaking approvingly of his good friend ...
Full article at: Center for Immigration Studies  More like this  1 hour ago

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Ted Cruz's Problem

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Allysia Finley Former Texas solicitor general Ted Cruz has notched endorsements from a 'Who's Who' list of tea party leaders, including Sarah Palin and Jim DeMint, in his bid to replace retiring GOP Sen. Kay Bai ...
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Marco Rubio, Flopper

Source: New York Magazine

Beneath the handsome exterior lies the sensitive soul of a poet. Marco Rubio is hurt and deeply wounded by President Obama’s criticisms of Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital. "Obama goes straight for the argument that his opponents are bad human being ...
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Florida Political News: May 25, 2012

Source: FLA Politics

Our digest of, and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. Who would have thought that Jeb Bush, the president's brother, was a closet supporter of the leftwingers who fought against Franco in the Spanish civil war? But ...
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Hotline Sort: Wisconsin Wipeout

Source: National Journal

Welcome back to Hotline Sort. Walker and Barrett get set to debate in Wisconsin, Liljenquist releases a new ad attacking Orrin Hatch, Elizabeth Warren faces another bad headline in the Boston papers and Mitt Romney ke ...
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Romney Tells Latino Coalition He Will Revitalize Education, Strengthen Business

Source: Kansas City Infozine

Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - Romney spoke Wednesday to the annual economic summit of the Latino Coalition, the nation’s leading Latino non-profit small business organization. He said he is committed to re ...
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Veepstakes: Ready for their closeups

Source: MSNBC Blogs

The first place for news and analysis from the NBC News Political Unit. Follow us on Twitter. AP’s Hunt writes: “Mitt Romney's vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions. As his campaign evaluate ...
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Veep Beat: Rubio’s Swing-State Book Tour, Newt’s VP Appraisal

Source: ABC News

RUBIO’S SWING-STATE BOOK TOUR: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will hit a number of swing states and South Carolina this summer as he tours the country to promote his new book, “An American Son,” which w ...
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The Skilled Visa Solution: A Better Policy or a Bigger Boat?

Source: Kaus Files

College graduations are in full swing across our great nation. As we have seen over the last decade, a significant number of U.S. degree-earners in science, technology, engineering, and math (the so-called “STEM” fields) are foreign bor ...
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