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Big Labor Humbled by Blanche Lincoln's Win
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2010/06/14/big_labor_humbled_by_blanche_lincolns_win
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2010/06/14/big_labor_humbled_by_blanche_lincolns_win
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That's compared to only 4.7 percent of workers 16 to 24. … Every Democratic senator but one (who was out sick) voted for cloture to consider the card check bill in 2007, including Blanche Lincoln … It was enough to give her a 52 percent to 48 percent victory.…
Can Republicans Win the Hispanic Vote?
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2010/06/14/can_republicans_win_the_hispanic_vote
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2010/06/14/can_republicans_win_the_hispanic_vote
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Clearly, demographic realities present real challenges to the Republican Party and the values that it is supposed to be championing … The reason is that it is in the interests of our Hispanic citizens to support what Republicans are trying to do. … If Republicans make this choice clear to these folks, political change has got to happen.…
Selective Thoughts
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2010/06/14/selective_thoughts
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2010/06/14/selective_thoughts
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We are forced to decide between asking them to be quiet and facing their “righteous indignation” or enduring their obstreperous behavior … I came late to the Wooden fan club. I moved to Los Angeles in 1969. … Yet, he felt the need to lie about his history.…
Jerry Brown, California's Prince of Self-Transformation
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2010/06/13/jerry_brown,_californias_prince_of_self-transformation
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2010/06/13/jerry_brown,_californias_prince_of_self-transformation
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Brown's true talent, however, has been to sense what voters want to hear. … This mayor wanted more cops on the beat.I voted to re-elect Brown, as he was the best mayor Oaktown had seen in years. … It is the suspicion that Brown loves to campaign, but not to govern.…
Why Women Won
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickmorrisandeileenmcgann/2010/06/12/why_women_won
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickmorrisandeileenmcgann/2010/06/12/why_women_won
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But when it comes to women candidates, a totally different calculus is involved. … So the question of whether a man or a woman has an advantage relates less to the candidate than to the nature of the times. … The efforts to buy off candidates who were seeking the Senate seats from Pennsylvania and Colorado, the deals to get the votes of swing…
If Mama Ain't Happy, She May Run for Congress
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2010/06/11/if_mama_aint_happy,_she_may_run_for_congress
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2010/06/11/if_mama_aint_happy,_she_may_run_for_congress
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From Sarah Palin to Meg Whitman to the even Democrat Blanche Lincoln. … Another type of woman, in fact, fought for a woman's right to vote, whether women who voted subsequently realized it or not. … Mom might have had something to do with how they got to think like they do.
Of course, deny some will.…
GOP Makes Strides Toward November
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2010/06/10/gop_makes_strides_toward_november
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2010/06/10/gop_makes_strides_toward_november
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Nevada to California certainly gave a refreshingly new political image to the party's emerging lineup. … win the right to run against Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid. … raise taxes to pay for Obama's cradle-to-grave social-welfare programs.…
Sarah Palin: Please Endorse Rob Simmons
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2010/06/10/sarah_palin_please_endorse_rob_simmons
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2010/06/10/sarah_palin_please_endorse_rob_simmons
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offer to spend "up to" $50 million of her own money on the campaign. … Despite outspending Republican Chris Christie 3-to-1, Corzine lost 49 percent to 44 percent. … , outspending his opponent 15-to-1.…
The Mortal Politician
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2010/06/10/the_mortal_politician
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2010/06/10/the_mortal_politician
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A major part of President Obama's attraction, especially to the many young people who voted for him, was his supposed difference from … It's the easiest thing in the world to start looking around for someone to blame."
Wise words. … Too bad the president doesn't practice what he preached to the graduates.…
In Washington, 'Disclose' Means Stifle
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2010/06/29/in_washington,_disclose_means_stifle
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2010/06/29/in_washington,_disclose_means_stifle
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Two Republicans voted for the measure; 36 Democrats voted against it. … The bill now goes to the Senate, where it deserves to molder. … Then he agreed to expand the exemption to cover other large special interest groups, like the Sierra Club.…
Obama Owes Bush an Apology
https://townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/2010/06/29/obama_owes_bush_an_apology
https://townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/2010/06/29/obama_owes_bush_an_apology
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It was taken for granted in the run-up to the presidential campaign of 2008 that candidate Obama had principled objections to the war … get a harvest to market and get a fair price for it without having to pay too many bribes in between. … country and bring an end to their conflict.…
Scott Rigell's Hope for Virginia's 2nd Congressional District
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/06/28/scott_rigells_hope_for_virginias_2nd_congressional_district
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/06/28/scott_rigells_hope_for_virginias_2nd_congressional_district
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Virginia’s Second Congressional District is home to one of our country’s most vital national defense centers and the state’s biggest … city, and is one of our best opportunities to elect a Republican to Congress in November. … In fact, he’s voted with his liberal leadership over 84% of the time since he was elected.…
When Lame Ducks Bite
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolplattliebau/2010/06/28/when_lame_ducks_bite
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolplattliebau/2010/06/28/when_lame_ducks_bite
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Presumably, the failure even to take up a budget would free plenty of time for the Congress to complete the rest of its work. … of the opposition party to a U.S. … politicians who have forgotten that they are supposed to work to represent their fellow citizens, not to rule them.…
Obama Fires McChrystal - We Can Fire Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/douggiles/2010/06/27/obama_fires_mcchrystal_-_we_can_fire_obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/douggiles/2010/06/27/obama_fires_mcchrystal_-_we_can_fire_obama
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for him, now thinks the community organizer has been elevated to a level of incompetence. … Providence made certain that negative info went out to Lefties, uncut … to which I say, sa-weet! … Obama may have been able to fire the General for speaking the truth, but he can’t fire America.…
Obama Courts Latinos by Suing Arizona
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickmorrisandeileenmcgann/2010/06/26/obama_courts_latinos_by_suing_arizona
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickmorrisandeileenmcgann/2010/06/26/obama_courts_latinos_by_suing_arizona
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Furious at Obama for failing to keep his election-year promise to promote comprehensive immigration reform when he had a super-majority … Hence the lawsuit to shore it up. … The answer on immigration reform is to adopt a three-part program to dry up the jobs that attract illegal migrants in the first place…
Orwellian
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2010/06/25/orwellian
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2010/06/25/orwellian
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It would be interesting to see how many of them are willing to subscribe to a First Amendment theory expansive enough to permit pornography … Washington Democrats were willing to stamp on the rules and traditions of the Senate in order to assure government control over Americans … Now, it appears they are willing to trash the First Amendment -- and the idea, central to this country's founding, that toleration…
Marriage Petition Case Was Not a Defeat for Traditional Marriage
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenklukowski/2010/06/25/marriage_petition_case_was_not_a_defeat_for_traditional_marriage
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenklukowski/2010/06/25/marriage_petition_case_was_not_a_defeat_for_traditional_marriage
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Groups sought to get enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot, so that the voters could decide directly whether to change this … form, and encourage opponents to seek them out. … An appeal to the Ninth Circuit is inevitable.…
McChrystal No Loss for Conservatives
https://townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/2010/06/25/mcchrystal_no_loss_for_conservatives
https://townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/2010/06/25/mcchrystal_no_loss_for_conservatives
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They are out to make news -- and the only sure way to do that is to stir up controversy. … to violate the code in his presence. … But the proper way for him to deal with it would have been to resign his commission first and then speak out, not to take pot shots…
What a Sack of Sacrosanct
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2010/06/23/what_a_sack_of_sacrosanct
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2010/06/23/what_a_sack_of_sacrosanct
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Because in my experience, on a scale of 1-to-infinity, the range of acceptable opinion among New York liberals goes from 1-to-1.001 … (The New York Times fair-mindedly refused to ever mention the vulvas, instead suggesting that the mayor's objection was to the cow … How many people do you know who voted for Nixon?…
Hiring "General Betray Us"
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2010/06/23/hiring_general_betray_us
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2010/06/23/hiring_general_betray_us
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Petraeus.Hey, I've been a fan of General Petraeus -- back when Obama's buddies at MoveOn.org were trashing him, and Obama simply voted … "present" to avoid having to take a stand on the matter. …
Terrorist Support Case Hints Kagan May Move to the Left
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenklukowski/2010/06/23/terrorist_support_case_hints_kagan_may_move_to_the_left
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenklukowski/2010/06/23/terrorist_support_case_hints_kagan_may_move_to_the_left
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HLP managed to make three challenges to the material support statute that made it all the way to the Supreme Court. … What’s especially interesting here is that even the liberal Justice John Paul Stevens voted with the conservatives to uphold this law … President Obama’s only Supreme Court appointment thus far, Justice Sotomayor, voted to strike down this statute.…
Voters' Ire Spells Dems' Doom
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2010/06/22/voters_ire_spells_dems_doom
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2010/06/22/voters_ire_spells_dems_doom
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percent, under Ronald Reagan's tax-cut policies, according to the U.S. … reform -- and to the Democratic senators who voted in favor of it." … In Colorado and Ohio, voters rejected it by 56 percent to 44 percent and 57 percent to 42 percent respectively, they said in a Wall…
Top 10 Questions Kagan Should Be Asked at the Hearings
https://townhall.com/columnists/mariodiaz/2010/06/22/top_10_questions_kagan_should_be_asked_at_the_hearings
https://townhall.com/columnists/mariodiaz/2010/06/22/top_10_questions_kagan_should_be_asked_at_the_hearings
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The hearings on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court are set to start on June 28. … That attitude could be devastating for our freedoms if she were to be confirmed to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. … Yet Obama voted against him because he would not go outside the law and use his empathy to steer the law.…
The Trouble with World Opinion
https://townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/2010/06/22/the_trouble_with_world_opinion
https://townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/2010/06/22/the_trouble_with_world_opinion
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On June 18, the council voted by acclamation to select Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann to serve on its Advisory Committee. … He traveled to Cairo to sprinkle the fairy dust, and filmed a fawning New Year's message to the gangsters who rule in Tehran. … all while the U.S. continues to grovel to al-Assad.…
Open Season on Democrats: Immigration on the Front Lines
https://townhall.com/columnists/jillianbandes/2010/06/21/open_season_on_democrats_immigration_on_the_front_lines
https://townhall.com/columnists/jillianbandes/2010/06/21/open_season_on_democrats_immigration_on_the_front_lines
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Perhaps sensing her vulnerability, Giffords has recently called for National Guard troops to be deployed to the border, but still maintains … opposition to the state law. … That’s just one move that has prompted Republican opponents to create an advertisement with Giffords as a puppet, responding to House…