Alan: This interview is considered a disaster for Sibelius because media outlets are manned by such polarized spokespeople -- whether right-wing or left -- that partisans are fuddled when anyone (Stewart in this instance) asks challenging questions.
I do not see this interview as a disaster for Stewart.
I see it as a triumph for journalism "the way it's supposed to be"
rather than the way it never, ever is on the right side of the aisle.
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Part 2: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-october-7-2013/exclusive---kathleen-sebelius-extended-interview-pt--2
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Republican presidential candidate, Pat Buchanan, the living American who has served longest as a White House senior staff adviser, observed: “The Republican philosophy might be summarized thus: To hell with principle; what matters is power, and that we have it, and that they do not.” “Where the Right Went Wrong"
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"The Reign of Morons Is Here," Charles P. Pierce, The Atlantic
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"A Southerner Explains Tea Party Radicalism: The Civil War Is Not Over"
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Diane Rehm's Brilliant Panel Discussion: "Possible Repercussions Of A U.S. Debt Default At Home And Abroad"
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"The Great Recession Vaporized 40% Of Americas's Net Worth. The Tea Party Intends Worse."
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"The Shutdown Is A Republican Civil War" by Ezra Klein
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Republican Rule And Economic Catastrophe: A Lockstep Relationship"
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"Politics and Economics: The 101 Courses You Wish You Had"
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"Republicans for Revolution," A Study In Anarchic Apocalypticism
"Sarah Palin As The Mad Hatter" (Image)
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"Shocking Development: Republicans Shut Down Prefrontal Cortex"
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