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Rand Paul, Ted Cruz (AP/Susan Walsh/Photo montage by Salon)

Tea Party’s great dunce-off: How Ted Cruz is quietly kicking Rand Paul’s butt

FILE - In this July 1, 2010, file photo, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul address a tea party rally in Shepherdsville, Ky. Republicans are outraising Democrats in nearly a dozen open Senate races, increasing their hopes of dramatically narrowing the Democrats' majority in November. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke) (AP)

Rand Paul: Intergenerational con man

President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Sept., 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Church of the savvy — “He isn’t handling it”

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks during the National Rifle Association's 139th annual meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 15, 2010. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (Reuters)

Does Newt know what it’s like to be unemployed?

Where Republican ideas come from

How Politico keeps the Tea Party happy

Sarah Palin speaks at an event in Duluth, Ga., on Tuesday, June 29.

Sarah Palin: Reality entertainer of the year

“Involuntary” verdict for BART cop defies logic

Representative Joe Sestak (D-PA) speaks during his U.S. Senate democratic primary election results event at the Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania, May 18, 2010. REUTERS/Beverly Schaefer (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) (Â© Beverly Schaefer / Reuters)

The scandal monster’s venom administered to Joe Sestak

“Put yourself on the line,” billionaire tells unemployable graduates

Billionaire activist Peter Peterson (Reuters/Larry Downing)

We (meaning you) must tighten our belts

Who makes up the Tea Party Nation?

GOP creates false reality about healthcare bill

Erick Erickson’s tone-deaf mea culpa

WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 19: House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) listens during a panel discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference annual meeting February 19, 2010 in Washington, DC. Conservative leaders have seized on U.S. President Obama's declining approval ratings as an opportunity to advance their conservative agenda during the group's annual meeting. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

The unspeakable Eric Cantor

Tearing up the social contract, piece by piece

The anti-ACORN minstrel show

The public option gambit

The narcissism of Evan Bayh and the Senate centrists

President Barack Obama (R) with Senior Advisor David Axelrod (L), Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (2ndL) and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs in the White House Red Room in Washington, in this handout photograph taken March 24, 2009 and later released by the White House. REUTERS/Pete Souza/The White House/Handout (UNITED STATES POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS (Reuters)

The real political realities

There is job hysteria for a reason

There’s something about Obama

Let’s talk about tasers

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder sits during a hearing at the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington April 23, 2009. Holder said on Thursday he was considering forming a financial fraud task force and that a "more comprehensive" view was needed.

Tortured logic

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