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Mitch McConnell 43 appoint conferees 43 President Elect Barrack 43 Eric Cantor R-Va. 43 humility 43 Wonkbook 43 Populist Caucus 43 Nancy Pelosi D Calif 43 SOTU speech 43 Post Ezra Klein 43 Monthly Steve Benen 43 Republicanism 43 Max Baucus D-Mont. 43 Moderate Dems 43 utter shamelessness 43 unicameral Legislature 43 DFL'ers 43 Another YouTuber uploaded 43 Debicella 43 fiscal rectitude 43 religious tolerance 43 Brad Dayspring 43 Sununu 43 eloquent speeches 43 Disclose Act 43 defunding NPR 43 Daschle 42 fundamentally unserious 42 rational discourse 42 Senator Bayh 42 Republicrats 42 intraparty 42 Arlen Specters 42 Norman Ornstein 42 Congressman Kucinich 42 Newt Gingrich Contract 42 Majority Leader Eric Cantor 42 comity 42 glittering generalities 42 Trumka 42 Majority Leader Bill Frist 42 leftward leanings 42 Rodent scurries 42 overhauling Social Security 42 David Snepp 42 Wyden 42 partisan obstructionism 42 inclusiveness 42 Frist 42 paygo rule 42 fiscal irresponsibility 42 privatize Social Security 42 NRA scorekeeping 42 TOM OLIPHANT 42 Senator Olympia Snowe 42 Republi cans 42 cowboy diplomacy 42 multilateral diplomacy 42 Dingy Harry 42 earmarks 42 Sen. Arlen Specter D-Pa. 42 cordiality 42 Obamanomics 42 judicial nominees 42 cloture votes 42 terminally naive 42 ticket splitters 42 extend sincere apologies 42 MTBE waiver 42 Congressman Pallone 42 Rethugs 42 Lame duck sessions 42 lamented partisan bickering 42 partisan wrangling 42 Demcrats 42 DeGette Y 42 Democratically controlled Legislature 42 self styled reformers 42 Cuss Free Week 42 unabashed patriotism 42 wasteful earmark 42 EJ Dionne Syndicated columnist 42 Steny 42 Gingrich R-Ga. 42 Pawlenty vetoes 42 Mike Ross D-Ark. 42 Chairman Dick Wadhams 42 Tea Partyers 42 Inaugurations 42 Sen. Connie Sipes 42 Tea Party activists 42 Reaganites 42 Senator Bingaman 42 Bilbray N 42 Congress 42 Arlen Specter 42 poisonously partisan 42 Hastert 42 kumbaya moment 42 dispositional conservatives 42 lesser evilism 42 judicial confirmations 42 House Speaker Nancy 42 Legislatively 42 BROWNBACK 42 GOPer 42 VAN HOLLEN 42 Shea Porter 42 republicans 42 Senate Minority Leader 42 William Proxmire 42 Recess appointments 42 EJ Dionne 42 lawmakers 42 WOODBURY NY Sarah Palin 42 Representative Deborah Pryce 42 GOPs 42 saner heads 42 deregulatory agenda 42 Sister Souljah moments 42 Broun N 42 Pawlenty 42 Orwellian newspeak 42 Senator Brownback 42 V oters 42 intraparty contests 42 neoconservativism 42 kumbaya 42 birther nonsense 42 Kyl 42 unconservative 42 filibuster proof Senate 42 Louise Slaughter DN.Y. 42 open mindedness 42 democracy 42 Rhetoric aside 42 Congressman Sestak 42 Bushian 42 Republicrat 42 Gringrich 42 shifted rightward 42 contrarianism 42 Trump flirtation 42 Rove 42 Current Occupant 42 Mukasey confirmation 42 voter discontent 41 Rubinomics 41 avid earmarker 41 leader Mitch McConnell 41 Post Dana Milbank 41 Rep. Wamp 41 CARFA 41 Senator George Voinovich 41 RUDIN Well 41 ideological obsessions 41 Political expediency 41 Edwards DN.C. 41 pre-#/# worldview 41 McConnell R-Ky. 41 populist rhetoric 41 Repugs 41 vague platitudes 41 Democratsâ € ™ 41 hardheadedness 41 MITCH MCCONNELL 41 Chafee 41 Dingell D Mich 41 DISCLOSE Act 41 Repuglican 41 pardon Scooter Libby 41 Congressman Perriello 41 Post Chris Cillizza 41 HillaryCare 41 demagogic 41 unanimity 41 REINS Act 41 McBama 41 Herseth Sandlin 41 HUME Well 41 moral certitude 41 political expediency 41 President Barack Obama 41 shamnesty 41 defunding ACORN 41 Speaker Denny Hastert 41 fiscally conservative Democrats 41 defund NPR 41 columnist EJ Dionne 41 Ideological purity 41 openness 41 CNBC Larry Kudlow 41 statists 41 BULB Act 41 Bork nomination 41 statehouse 41 Shadegg 41 wonkery 41 electibility 41 Rethuglican 41 BILL KRISTOL 41 Jim Webb D-Va. 41 socialism 41 cockeyed optimism 41 Mitch McConnel 41 Democrat 41 Vermonster ordering 41 Congressman Hodes 41 dems 41 rigid ideologue 41 Senator Frist 41 Tort reform 41 Rep. Jim Ramstad 41 GONYEA 41 Hoyer D-Md. 41 cloture vote 41 congressional bargainers 41 Thomas R-Calif. 41 teapartiers 41 libertarian leanings 41 kemcha Way 41 exceptionalists 41 Rep. Jeff Flake 41 Ken Salazar D Colo 41 strident partisanship 41 Mr. Bielawa 41 MARA LIASSON 41 scrupulous honesty 41 Slurpee Summit 41 grandstanders 41 Senator Akaka 41 Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi 41 Kelliher DFL Minneapolis 41 creeping socialism 41 liberal judicial activism 41 ideological opposites 41 Deficit hawks 41 Sen. 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George Voinovich 40 MCCONNELL Well 40 Krusee 40 earmark laden 40 Speaker Chopp 40 Great Uniter 40 cloture 40 Rebublican 40 NTUCF 40 Repuglicans 40 Congressman Yarmuth 40 bumper sticker slogans 40 Libby commutation 40 constitutionalism 40 Shadegg R Ariz 40 polarized electorate 40 mean spiritedness 40 Iowa caucusgoers 40 Don Nickles R Okla 40 CNN Candy Crowley 40 Speaker Shap Smith 40 foolish delusion 40 Jim Ramstad 40 Congressman Peter DeFazio 40 green gooey slime 40 Loebsack 40 Paul Ryan R-Wisc. 40 filibusters 40 Fairness Doctrine 40 Repbulican 40 Diana DeGette D Colo 40 Gephardt 40 KONDRACKE 40 Brademas 40 liberal 40 Solomonese 40 commonsense conservatism 40 demagoguing 40 moral cowardice 40 AMT patch 40 Mediscare 40 Speaker Bosma 40 filibuster proof 40 Congresswoman Musgrave 40 Julian Zelizer professor 40 National Rifle Assn 40 porkulus 40 Armey 40 relatively noncontroversial 40 obstructionist 40 incrementalist 40 reauthorizing SCHIP 40 Jr. DS.C. 40 Straayer 40 Speaker Hastert 40 reformers 40 Hastert R-Ill. 40 Congresswoman Waters 40 imperial presidency 40 troop pullout timetable 40 accusatory rhetoric 40 Peter DeFazio 40 This mindless paralyzing 40 Leader Darrell Steinberg 40 post-#/# worldview 40 Tedisco 40 chickenhawk 40 strategist Jenny Backus 40 Coburn Omnibus 40 Schwarzengger 40 prebuttal 40 Craddick Ds 40 Gabrielle Giffords D-Ariz. 40 Crapo 40 internationalism 40 Director Jim Nussle 40 Krugman 40 Fuzzy math 40 MARK SHIELDS 40 DFLers 40 Quie 40 Franking Commission 40 agriculture Usakowski 40 Falmlen 40 Bilbray Y 40 Orwellian doublespeak 40 GOP Leader Mitch 40 Hobbled Dems eager 40 H.Res.# 40 hopey changey stuff 40 Palinites 40 Congressman Kagen 40 Congressman Jim Nussle 40 appeasement 40 DeWine 40 Boehlert 40 Tebelius 40 Rovian tactics 40 Alito dissents 40 Ogsbury 40 Speaker Dennis Hastert 40 Fiscally conservative Democrats 40 Sen. Orrin G. 40 Begala 40 Jim Wansacz 40 SCHUMER Well 40 Jeff Merkley D 40 Clintonesque 40 Sens. Dianne Feinstein D-Calif. 40 bipartisan problem solver 40 Reduce Unnecessary Spending 40 MOLLY IVINS 40 democraps 40 DiFi 40 strategist Geoff Garin 40 Beltway pundits 40 Healthy Forests Initiative 40 Olympia Snowe 40 Speaker Armond Budish 40 Great Compromiser 40 spokesman Hari Sevugan 40 Speaker Newt Gingrich R-Ga. 40 Lame ducks 40 Madame Speaker 40 nakedly partisan 40 cloture motions 40 Congressman Gingrey 40 pre buttal 40 Baucus Grassley 40 gridlock 40 Gronstal 40 humor Jena Elayan 40 NANCY PELOSI 40 JOHN BOEHNER R 40 midterms 40 partisan gerrymandering 40 Eric Cantor 40 DeLauro 40 Merkley 40 tripartisan 40 spokeswoman Christie Parell 40 nothingism 40 isolationism 40 Props aplenty 40 disingenuousness 40 punditocracy 40 Anderson Kelliher 40 Leader Harry Reid 40 overt partisanship 40 Schumer 40 Congresswoman Capps 40 Katulis 40 moral equivalency 40 cites strident partisanship 40 triangulator 40 lame duck 40 Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. 40 Wherein lies 40 Rep. Calvin Smyre 40 McCainiac 40 Grassley Baucus 40 Kerry D-Mass. 40 petty partisan bickering 40 Lobbying Reform 40 Clintonians 40 frugality 40 diplomacy 40 swipes underscoring 40 Cillizza 40 childish bickering 40 Tea partiers 40 Chair Dick Wadhams 40 Congressman Loebsack 40 temporized 40 false equivalencies 40 intraparty battle 40 vague generalities 40 troop escalation 40 Brother Jeb 40 Fiscal Responsibility Summit 40 Values Voter 40 Wanzenried 40 downticket races 40 nondefense discretionary spending 40 Norm Ornstein congressional 40 jointness 40 expediency 40 Spokesman Ari Fleischer 40 filibuster 40 VAN HOLLEN Well 40 tea baggers 40 Mort Kondracke 40 Potomac Fever 40 Kondracke 40 Specter defection 40 E. Sununu RN.H. 40 eternal verity 40 CPAC attendees 40 Luntz 40 Harry Reid Nancy Pelosi 40 hysterical diatribe 40 lamer duck 39 Representative Rahm Emanuel 39 Turzai 39 TAPPER 39 TEA partiers 39 tea partyer 39 ideological zealots 39 single payer 39 New Hampshirites 39 JOHN BOEHNER 39 liberal orthodoxy 39 Insure Missouri 39 speaker Nancy Pelosi 39 multilateralist 39 Hensarling 39 statesmanlike 39 Republican Leader Mitch 39 Matzzie 39 Chet Edwards 39 intraparty fights 39 RINOS 39 Cafero 39 aloha spirit Abercrombie 39 Evan Bayh 39 Skelos 39 Harry Reid D Nev 39 weasel wording 39 intellectual rigor 39 Dick Lugar R-Ind. 39 KOLD News #Obama 39 spokeswoman Adrianne Marsh 39 pardoning Libby 39 stridently partisan 39 John Boehner BAY' 39 Sheldon Whitehouse DR.I. 39 George W. Bush 39 Kucinich 39 wasteful pork 39 supply siders 39 courtliness 39 Feingold 39 BRAZILE 39 self styled progressives 39 Tort Reform 39 ratify START 39 H. Res 39 Capital Markets Subcommittee 39 wealthiest Americans 39 Mr. DIONNE 39 naïve idealism 39 Aderholt N 39 struggled inconclusively 39 Congressional appropriators 39 cynicism 39 Congressman Wamp 39 Teddy Kennedy 39 Congressman Murtha 39 Obamessiah 39 Assemblyman Jack McEneny 39 Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn 39 Participatory democracy 39 compassionate conservativism 39 Michele Bachmann R-Minn. 39 fence straddlers 39 deregulatory zeal 39 Romney 39 Newt Gingrich 39 DN.D. 39 birther 39 transpartisan 39 exceptionalism 39 detente 39 Senate conferees 39 Obstructionism 39 Blendu 39 Obamacan 39 Congressman Waxman 39 Jim McGovern D-Mass. 39 defunding Planned Parenthood 39 Easter recess 39 omnibus spending 39 Liddy Dole 39 Hartsuch 39 overcome procedural hurdle 39 HOLTZ EAKIN 39 Biggert N 39 pugnaciousness 39 CORNYN Well 39 Representative Christopher Shays 39 Lincolnesque 39 Representative Jeb Hensarling 39 Ron Wyden D 39 Defund ACORN Act 39 principled pragmatism 39 Rep. Raúl Grijalva 39 Mediscare tactics 39 nativism 39 Collegiality 39 Ted Kaufman D-Del. 39 #x'# 39 Pro Tem Peter Shumlin 39 soberness 39 partisan hacks 39 Electorally 39 strategist Mark Mellman 39 Congressional Progressive Caucus 39 faux populism 39 WREX.com Rockford News LeaderObama 39 Ellen Karcher 39 Martha Rainville 39 By Ron Chimelis 39 spokeswoman Karen Hanretty 39 Blumenauer 39 Obamaites 39 Hoyer D Md 39 McCainiacs 39 drop mindless partisanship 39 Defunding Planned Parenthood 39 Majority Whip Mitch McConnell 39 maximalist positions 39 bumper sticker slogan 39 Aqaba summit 39 Spokeswoman Dana Perino 39 Kevin Rudd prime ministership 39 infinite wellspring 39 boricua style 39 Faux Noise 39 oust Craddick 39 repeal DOMA 39 Election Day 39 Majority Whip Clyburn 39 Domenici 39 Conservatism 39 Kaine Bayh 39 Ben Nelson D-Neb. 39 affix blame 39 Spiliotes 39 Bennet Romanoff 39 Lautenberg Menendez 39 postelection session 39 W ASHINGTON 39 elect Barrack 39 Tracey Schmitt 39 partisian 39 Shoemyer 39 wonkishness 39 Jeffersonian democracy 39 grandstanding 39 GOP pollster Whit 39 RomneyCare 39 Representative JOHN BOEHNER 39 recommitting ourselves 39 Jackie Walorski 39 nutroots 39 Sen. Olympia Snowe 39 Platitudes 39 Elizabeth Dole RN.C. 39 ideological brinksmanship 39 H.Res [002] 39 snide sarcastic 39 Bilirakis Y 39 Boxer D Calif 39 Post Dan Balz 39 CPAC straw poll 39 Jeff Bingaman DN.M. 39 regressives 39 Representative Peter DeFazio 39 decisiveness 39 colorblind society 39 neoconservative hawks 39 launched furious counterassault 39 Congressman Rahall 39 veto pen 39 Larry LaRocco 39 Progressive Caucus 39 SECRETARY SPELLINGS 39 reformist zeal 39 Partisan wrangling 39 Filibuster Reform 39 BOEHNER 39 Ideologues 39 tea partier 39 Incredible Hulk necktie 39 rejectionism 39 Dem gov 39 Ms. Radnofsky 39 Jim Dunnam