Laine Milam
Junior political science major at Belmont University and law school hopeful. Intern experience at both the state and federal level. Lover of witty political banter, big words and Southern culture.
started following Chris Miles, Jake Horowitz, Andrea Ordonez, Gary Sanford, Ben Poole, Susan Kraykowski, Jon Lewis, Elizabeth Pickworth, Elizabeth Pickworth, Editorial Board, Meg Miller, James Taylor, Melissa Freeman, Tarek Mostafa, George Schieck, Taylor Jo Isenberg, Dave Heller, Seth Green, Samuel Todd, Matthew Hipple, Jesse Merkel, Lawrence Sampson, Zbigniew J. Kabala, Jason Hensley, Matthew Swift, 4 months ago
Mitt Romney does not have a good brand, so Rick Santorum could win the nomination if he continues to develop a highly identifiable brand.
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- 3 months ago
Religious freedom, not reproductive freedom, is the issue in the contraception debate.
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- 3 months ago
Applying lessons about impactful oratory reveals why Obama is such a tour de force and shows what the GOP must do to beat him in 2012.
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- 3 months ago
The adverse treatment of NGO’s in Egypt reflects a lingering authoritarian influence
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- 3 months ago
The recent name-dropping of Saul Alinsky by conservatives is a part of a larger trend of the paranoid style in American politics.
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- 4 months ago
Despite the cacophony of accusations that come from both sides of the aisle, media bias might not be as much of a problem as once thought.
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- 4 months ago
Republican front runners decimate the GOP platform by appeasing media entertainment.
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- 4 months ago
![[Satire] Ron Paul Falls in Line with GOP, Declares Support for War with Iran and Never-Ending War on Islam](/articles/3616/s_photo.png)
In a dramatic reversal, Ron Paul has announced he will support a preemptive strike on Iran, along with the return of U.S. troops to Iraq, a never-ending war on Islam, and a CIA-led Cuba Spring.
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- 4 months ago
In his Tuesday night speech, Obama only brushed on the college debt crisis.
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- 4 months ago
Newt Gingrich won South Carolina's GOP primary by convincing evangelical Christians to trust his economic policy and disregard his moral character. Will the pattern continue in Florida?
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- 4 months ago
According to Smart Politics, Obama's State of the Union Addresses rank as three of the six most simplistically written of all time.
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- 4 months ago
As hard as the GOP will push the issue, the price of gasoline will not effect the election.
Laine Milam High gas prices and an Iran imbroglio killed Jimmy Carter's reelection. Like Carter, Obama currently has both of these.