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WASHINGTON – It has become conventional wisdom that Republicans are suffering an internal split that President Obama is successfully exploiting to neuter the Republican House. It is not true, however, that the Republican split is philosophical and fundamental. And that a hopelessly divided GOP is therefore headed for decline, perhaps …

Oh, the hate is flowing in America today —especially in Arizona. It’s like the river of slime from “Ghostbusters II,” oozing underneath the surface, infecting everything. Here’s how Rep. Jared Polis described the mood in Arizona: “It is absolutely reminiscent of second class status of Jews in Germany prior to …

President Obama says he finds the Tea Party movement’s complaints amusing. Bill Clinton thinks some of the language of the movement is dangerous. And Time magazine’s Joe Klein thinks two Tea Party favorites, Sarah Palin and Fox’s own Glenn Beck, are bordering on sedition. Whoa. The president says the Tea …