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The current negotiation between President Obama and House Republicans over raising the debt ceiling can, at times, be a difficult story to follow. The seeming disparity between discussions behind closed doors and public statements of pea-eating and reports of individuals storming out of those discussions leave any concerned citizen confused and frustrated. Thankfully, we national treasure Stephen Colbert, who last night effortlessly cut through the rhetoric and posturing to tell his audience what was really going on: this negotiation has the GOP’s nuts caught in a vise, but Sen. Mitch McConnell has a plan to cut them free.

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My colleague across the aisle, Matt Lewis of Politics Daily and Townhall.com, has taken issue with my post about how crazy the uproar about President Barack Obama‘s address to schoolchildren is (“President Obama Is Coming For Your Children“). Well, he sorta thinks President Obama is coming for your children. With the worst kind of propaganda ever: Celebrities.