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While discussing the looming “fiscal cliff” on Thursday, Fox News’ Neil Cavuto and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) had a rather unpleasant exchange of words: Cavuto repeatedly pressed Rep. Johnson for specifics on what Democrats would be willing to cut as part of a budget agreement. For her part, the Texas congresswoman insisted on focusing on “revenue generation.” “No, you told me things you’d do to raise taxes. That’s what you told me. Credits, allowances, that sort of stuff. That’s what you told me,” Cavuto said. “You’ve got to talk about revenue generation,” the congresswoman replied. “I know that, but...

She only talked about things she wanted to cut. And when pressed repeatedly by Cavuto to list something she would cut, she replied to Cavuto: "You" It was embarassing. Cavuto went to commercial by saying: "I'd love to have you back but this has ben a total waste of time."

Democracy: The U.S is about to join in the ranks of countries whose elections have been scrutinized by international observers on the theory that foreigners are more qualified than U.S. citizens to police U.S. elections.Thought the U.S. is the greatest example of representative democracy the world has ever seen, election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have arrived. They were invited by the State Department in an unfortunate attempt to neutralize an issue raised by a dozen Democratic congressmen – the theory that the 2000 presidential was “stolen” and that, without them, the 2004 elections...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Leading black Democrats in Congress and the national party are protesting the layoffs of 10 minority staffers at the party's headquarters. The Democratic National Committee notified some committee members and lawmakers Wednesday that they were cutting the positions to save money and streamline operations in preparation for next year's presidential election. "I'm just outraged," said Donna Brazile, who served as Al Gore's campaign manager in the last presidential election and is also the chairwoman of the DNC's Voting Rights Institute. "They started reading me the names and I said 'Oh, oh -- they're all black. I went...