Gail Collins' Slant

I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned this, but Mitt Romney once drove to Canada with the family Irish setter on the roof of the car. Seamus, the dog-on-the-roof, has become a kind of political icon. You cannot go anywhere without running into him. There are Seamus T-shirts and endless Web .. submitted 05/21/12

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One of a journalist’s most important duties is to seek out information in places the readers wouldn’t go themselves, like following troops into combat or covering charter revision commission hearings. In that spirit, I have been reading all the books written by likely candidates for the Republic .. submitted 05/21/12

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Right now concerned citizens are probably asking themselves: What will happen if the federal government shuts down? Also, why is the federal government in danger of shutting down? Whom can I blame for this? Does it have anything to do with what’s going on in Wisconsin? Did Congress pass a .. submitted 05/21/12

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The House of Representatives has been cutting like crazy! Down with Planned Parenthood and PBS! We can’t afford to worry about mercury contamination! Safety nets are too expensive! But keep your hands off the Defense Department’s budget to sponsor Nascar racers. submitted 05/21/12

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Today, let’s discuss choices, starting with Barbara Bush raising an alarm and Gov. Rick Perry’s personal experience with sexual abstinence. I did throw in the last one to keep you interested. Sue me. submitted 05/21/12

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I know that you have been wondering what the story of the shirtless Congressman tells us about the current state of American politics. A lot. Definitely, a lot. Representative Chris Lee set a record for swift resolution of a sex scandal this week. It began on Wednesday afternoon, when the We .. submitted 05/21/12

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As if we didn’t have enough wars, the House of Representatives has declared one against Planned Parenthood. Maybe it’s all part of a grand theme. Last month, they voted to repeal the health care law. This month, they’re going after an organization that provides millions of women with b .. submitted 05/21/12

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Our question for today is: Who is to blame for this weather? This week, 70 percent of the country was looking at snow. Florida is the only state that has not seen snow this winter. But Florida has gotten icicles in the orange groves plus a new governor whose claim to fame was running a corpo .. submitted 05/21/12

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Is Michele Bachmann the new Sarah Palin? And do we really need a new Sarah Palin? Shouldn’t the first one be made to go away before we start considering replacements? submitted 05/21/12

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This week in Washington, Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey introduced three very modest gun regulation bills, including one making it more difficult to sell guns to people on the terror watch list. Meanwhile, in Salt Lake City, the State Legislature is considering a bill to honor the Browning M .. submitted 05/21/12

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Sarah Palin is going to Iowa to be the headliner at a Republican fund-raiser. In the state that will be the first to hold a contest in the 2012 presidential campaign, even if it has to do it in 2011. Her staff says this means nothing whatsoever, but let us acknowledge that Palin is on a roll. She .. submitted 05/21/12

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“I started with absolutely nothing and I have lived the American dream,” Jeff Greene, a Senate candidate and billionaire, told a small crowd in one of Miami’s poorest and most crime-ridden neighborhoods this week. It was not entirely clear how the cheering audience found this information. Bu .. submitted 05/21/12

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I have been thinking about the fact that Colorado Republicans rejected their front-running candidate for governor, Scott McInnis, apparently on the grounds that he committed plagiarism. McInnis, a former congressman, was once paid $300,000 by a right-wing foundation to write a series of articles .. submitted 05/21/12

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