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I have a serious question: Is Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal high? Because in this otherwise uninteresting op-ed bleating about how the Republican Party needs to stop introspecting so much and just start being awesome, he closes with perhaps the truest statements on what the Republican Party is about, which is fighting against an American "left" pulled entirely from his own imagination:

At some point, the American public is going to revolt against the nanny state and the leftward march of this president.

Read more: Gov. Bobby Jindal explains what 'the left wants'

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Rep. Marsha Blackburn, tapped by Republican leadership to be the face of their new abortion ban legislation, comes up with a new—and completely bizarre—argument in favor of the legislation:

REP.

Read more: The new Republican plan to go after rapists... one fetus at a time

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Mitch lets the cat out of the bag:

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday starkly warned Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) not to eliminate the filibuster on presidential nominations, threatening to end the 60-vote threshold for everything, including bills, if he becomes the majority leader.

Read more: McConnell promises to end filibuster if made majority leader