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Thad Cochran (AP/Rogelio V. Solis)

Most hilariously tone-deaf political ad of the year: Thad Cochran’s appeal to lobbying and pork

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Eric Cantor, Dave Brat (AP)

Cantor loss spawns dangerous myth: The dumb “money doesn’t matter” meme

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David Brat (AP/Steve Helber)

David Brat’s shameless new friends: Tea Party groups that ignored him now declare victory

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Eric Cantor (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cantor conventional wisdom is wrong: This didn’t kill immigration reform (it was already dead)!

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(Reuters/Jason Reed)

Tea Party’s overlooked blunder last night: How did it let Lindsey Graham survive?

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Eric Cantor (Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com)

Drudge’s new fixation: Eric Cantor and the right’s frenzied paranoia

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Ross Douthat (HBO)

Ross Douthat’s fantasy world: Why this man is very confused about 2016

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Phillip Puckett for Senate ad (screengrab)

GOP’s new bribery scandal: How dirty will they get to mess with Obamacare?

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Charles Schumer (AP/Lauren Victoria Burke/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-438058p1.html'>pio3</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

What happens if Democrats hold their convention in Brooklyn?

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Joe Scarborough, Chris Christie (AP/Virginia Sherwood/Mel Evans)

“Morning Joe” sickness: Why D.C. insiders get local politicians so wrong

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(AP/Matt York/Reuters/Jason Reed)

George W. Bush “competency” myth: Why Beltway media is dangerously confused again

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Chris McDaniel (AP/George Clark)

Weirdos, dopes and break-ins: What’s going on with the Mississippi Tea Party?

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Thad Cochran (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Will Republicans ditch Thad? The GOP’s tricky Tea Party dilemma

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Sen. Thad Cochran

The Tea Party’s warning to Republicans: Waver an inch, and we can still beat you

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(AP/Jim Cole)

Ted Cruz’s plan to “eliminate” super PACs involves… eliminating critical campaign finance restrictions?

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Bob Bergdahl, Barack Obama (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

GOP nuts find a new Benghazi: What happens next in the Bergdahl flap

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(Reuters/Bill Waugh)

Gun nuts aim at each other! Inside NRA’s fight with open-carry lunatics

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Chris McDaniel (AP/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi’s nutty GOP Senate primary: What you need to know for tomorrow

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Mitt Romney (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Mitt Romney’s latest confusion: Why he’s endorsing candidates who don’t agree with him

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Phil Robertson (AP/A&E/Zach Dilgard)

Dear GOP: “Duck Dynasty’s” Phil Robertson may not help your outreach problem

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(AP/Steve Helber)

Redskins’ disastrous social media strategy: Everyone come mock us!

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John Boehner (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP’s John Boehner myth: The truth behind the quest for a “more conservative” Speaker

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Michael Kinsley, Glenn Greenwald (Reuters/Keith Bedford/Eduardo Munoz)

Michael Kinsley and New York Times public editor at war: Neither side looks great!

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Michelle Obama (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Wingnuts’ war against Michelle Obama: The real school lunch battle

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