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An Israeli tank advances near an army base on the Israel Gaza border in southern Israel, Sunday, May 8, 2011.

Ira Chernus
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to the crowd at a campaign rally for Texas Gov. Rick Perry Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 in Cypress, Texas. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) (Pat Sullivan)

So what if Sarah Palin runs?

Steve Kornacki
Norm Coleman

Another right-wing "grass-roots" group exposed

Justin Elliott
Salon logo

Glenn Greenwald
Cong. Paul Ryan (R-Janesville) arrives for his town hall meeting about his Federal budget plan,Thursday April 28, 2011 at the Waterford Village Hall. in "Waterford, Wis. (AP Photo/The Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg) (AP)

Natasha Lennard
FILE - In this May 18, 2011 file photo, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty talks with reporters prior to a fundraising dinner in Minneapolis. Pawlenty on Sunday, May 22, 2011 released an Internet video ahead of a public appearance Monday in Iowa, where he planned to formally enter the race for the 2012 GOP nomination. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, file) (AP)

Justin Elliott

Jim Abrams
Newt Gingrich and Paul Ryan

The "smartest," "bravest" and most "serious" pols*

Alex Pareene

Why 1992 matters for 2012

Steve Kornacki
Ronald Reagan

Gene Lyons

Andrew Leonard
FILE - In a Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin answers questions at the public appearance at Long Island (LIA) Association Meeting and Luncheon in Woodbury, N.Y. Palin will share the stage in Colorado Monday, May 2, 2011 at a fundraiser at Colorado Christian University with Retired Lt. Gen. William Boykin, a former senior military intelligence official who disparaged Islam while helping to lead the war on terror after Sept. 11. Monday evening's speech was already scheduled before Sunday's killing of Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File) (AP)

Natasha Lennard
Joe Lieberman

Alex Pareene
President Obama

Andrew Leonard

Robert Reich
Cong. Paul Ryan (R-Janesville) arrives for his town hall meeting about his Federal budget plan,Thursday April 28, 2011 at the Waterford Village Hall. in "Waterford, Wis. (AP Photo/The Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg) (AP)

Natasha Lennard
Bill Moyers talks with Andrew Bacevich on "Bill Moyers Journal" in 2009.

Michael Winship
Patrick McHenry

The most shameless College Republican in Congress

Alex Pareene
Then Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, speaking at a campaign rally in Clearwater, Fla., Monday, Jan. 28, 2008.

Can Rudy Giuliani take a hint?

Ben Adler
John Edwards on "Meet the Press."

Emma Mustich
(© Eric Thayer / Reuters)

Andrew Leonard
Democratic candidate for the 26th District Congressional seat, Kathy Hochul arrives at a campaign stop at a restaurant in Amherst, N.Y., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Hochul is running against Republican Jane Corwin and tea party candidate Jack Davis in the race to succeed Republican Chris Lee. Lee resigned in February after shirtless photos surfaced that he'd sent to a woman on Craigslist. (AP Photo/David Duprey) (AP)

Steve Kornacki
Elizabeth Warren, interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, appearing before the House Oversight Committee on May 24, 2011.

Andrew Leonard
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden, left, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, listen. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Susan Walsh)

Does Congress even know what it was cheering for?

Justin Elliott
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