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Bachmann earns fifth spot on British “shame” list

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.31.08 | 11:17 am

Madoff, Palin, Bush, Blagojevich… Bachmann? The Guardian’s Michael Tomasky ranks Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District Rep. Michele Bachmann fifth in “America’s hall of shame.” Her suggestion that journalists should investigate whether Barack Obama and other members of Congress…

Spitzer: Flat tire on Integrity Lane?

By Paul Schmelzer | 03.13.08 | 1:32 pm

Groan: Could this 2006 campaign ad by Eliot Spitzer be any lamer? Maybe, but it probably couldn’t be more ironic. Touring the childhood school of runningmate David Paterson (now New York’s governor), Spitzer mentions “street signs” that mark the building’s…

Spitzer out as N.Y. gov

By Jeff Fecke | 03.12.08 | 12:49 pm

Eliot Spitzer, the combative New York governor who has been under fire after revelations he engaged the services of prostitutes, announced today that he will resign effective next Monday, March 17.

Spitzer, a Democrat who rose to prominence as the…