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Romney is Wrong Candidate For GOP
Posted: 8/15/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTMitt Romney is a clever and talented man. But, as was evident in the most recent Republican debate, he should not become our next president. -
Can't We All Just Not Get Along
Posted: 8/14/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTI’ve avoided commenting on the Republican candidates to this point, mostly because I suspect a lot people are like me and haven’t found their choice yet, but now that we’ve had a good discussion amongst the candidates...- Topics:
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Debate Leaves Republican Field Unaltered
Posted: 8/13/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTNever before has there been a televised presidential candidates debate so short a time before the Iowa Republicans' Ames straw poll. Last night's debate, co-sponsored by The Washington Examiner and Fox News Channel, provided plenty of spirited conflict and some unscripted, or at least unanticipated, moments.- Topics:
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Debate in Ames
Posted: 8/12/2011 11:22:00 AM ESTFox News wanted to look for questions to ask and for ways to ask them which would make the candidates engage on the stage. As one Fox exec put it, "We know they want to throw punches at Obama, we want to see how they mix it up with each other." -
While Economy Collapses, Obama Still Stuck in Slow Gear
Posted: 8/12/2011 9:54:00 AM ESTWASHINGTON -- The Obama economy is looking bleaker than ever. All recessions end, but this one's going to last a lot longer than most because America remains overtaxed, overregulated and drowning in unfathomable debt.- Topics:
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The Reluctant Presidential Candidate
Posted: 8/2/2011 12:01:00 AM EST"In a presidential straw poll conducted at the Western Conservative Summit Perry came in second to Herman Cain, but since the politically inexperienced Cain won't win the nomination, Perry's finish demonstrates strength among at least some conservatives." -
Games the left plays with polls about same-sex 'marriage'
Posted: 8/1/2011 1:30:00 PM ESTRecently, PR Newswire ran the latest Harris Interactive poll under the headline, “Over Half of all Americans Favor National Recognition for Same-Sex Marriages.” -
Games the left plays with polls about same-sex 'marriage'
Posted: 8/1/2011 1:30:00 PM ESTRecently, PR Newswire ran the latest Harris Interactive poll under the headline, “Over Half of all Americans Favor National Recognition for Same-Sex Marriages.” -
Aimless Ames, A Lot of Numbers and a Tiger
Posted: 7/31/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTWith all the news of doom and gloom and threats to halt Social Security checks, you might not have noticed there is a political event coming up that the media will inevitably hype - the Ames Straw Poll.- Topics:
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Surrendering to Statism: The Boehner Plan
Posted: 7/28/2011 10:21:00 AM ESTThis is our moment to take a stand and attempt to change the unsustainable course we are on. Doing nothing or making negligible cuts will seal a Greece-like fate for our future. This is not intended to scare people through fear-mongering or demagoguery. It’s the simple reality of our situation. -
Obama Could Be Comeback Kid if He Heeds Clinton's Lessons
Posted: 7/26/2011 12:31:00 PM ESTIn the end, Obama might be doomed whatever he does. But as his campaign aides have pointed out, he's betting that voters will judge him on whether they feel he's taking the economy in the right direction, not whether he has reached any particular point. -
Obama's Zig Zags Reflect Lack of Strategy
Posted: 7/22/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTPresident Obama's job approval score sank to nearly 40 percent this week in the midst of a budget and debt-limit crisis that threatens to further weaken our economy and America's future.- Topics:
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The Ideologue in the Oval Office
Posted: 7/20/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTThe president, we are told, is a pragmatist for wanting a "fair and balanced" budget deal. What that means is tax increases must accompany spending cuts. Any significant spending cuts would be way in the future. The tax increases would begin right after Obama is re-elected. -
Dim Bulbs in Government and Hollywood
Posted: 7/17/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTAre you a Republican? If so, I’d like to congratulate you on your 8 point lead in the polls over President Obama in the 2012 race. Man, November 2012 can’t come fast enough...- Topics:
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Shovel-Ready in the Middle East?
Posted: 7/16/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTPresident Obama sent bin Laden to sleep with the sturgeons earlier this year in a move widely hailed. No one but the Michael Moores complained that bin Laden hadn’t been given a Miranda warning or carped that our faithful friends, the Pakistanis, hadn’t been tipped off first. -
The Tea Party Is Ceiling the Deal
Posted: 7/13/2011 12:01:00 AM ESTThe public wants deep spending cuts. That’s their first priority and that’s why polls overwhelmingly show opposition to a debt-ceiling increase. So regarding those spending cuts, the only thing that matters is the first-year spending decline.- Topics:
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Obama's Reagan Parallels Are Falling Away
Posted: 7/8/2011 12:01:00 AM EST"In recent weeks, it seems that the White House has discovered that, barring an entirely unforeseen economic boom, the Reagan analogy is a non-starter for them." -
George McGovern Snubbed by "Old Friend" Fidel Castro
Posted: 7/7/2011 2:54:00 PM ESTMcGovern's "friend" jailed political prisoners at a higher rate than Stalin during the Great Terror, murdered more Cubans than Hitler murdered Germans during the Night of Long Knives, and craved to nuke U.S. Presidential candidate George McGovern's very homeland. -
Closed Factories Symbolize Obama's Economic Woes
Posted: 7/6/2011 12:16:00 AM ESTThe likelihood that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may resign from his post later this summer is the latest sign that President Obama's team of economic advisers is disintegrating as the economy grows weaker.- Topics:
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Obama Goes On The Offensive With Class-Warfare Bromides
Posted: 7/1/2011 11:17:00 AM ESTPresident Obama went on the political offensive Wednesday by reviving the old class warfare enmity he hopes will excite the liberal base of his party, while accusing Republicans of playing politics with our nation's economic future.- Topics:
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