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Salon's guide to robo-calls, push polls, vigilantes and other murky dealings from this year's elections.

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The Republican National Committee chairman puts his foot in his mouth, yet again

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The duo's sudden rise and unfortunate downfall are explored through intimate interviews and old footage

Republicans know what they're against: Barack Obama. They're still figuring out what they're for.

If Michael Steele wanted to make a splash trashing Bush, why didn't he just do it?

Salon talks to the writer/director of the searing HBO drama about child sex abuse and the stories we tell ourselves

The RNC chairman says Harry Reid should quit over the "Negro" flap. So why did Steele apologize to Rush Limbaugh?

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