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"Live Blogging" the GOP Debate ...
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/01/24/live_blogging_the_gop_debate_
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10:35 - Ron Paul on switching political parties: "I wish they would worry about it, just in case ... might keep them on their toes … Romney says he does support it, which I think is news to everyone ... 9:52 - Endorsements are one thing, but real policy advisers … Their political futures are literally on the line. …
Florida Debate: First Blood
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/marykatharineham/2008/01/24/florida_debate_first_blood
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He knows how to work voters in Florida, who moved their primary date up partially to bring attention to the idea of a national catastrophe … One of few times I've appreciated McCain, political tin ear and all, but there you go. … idea that we're all God's children to the state's 16 percent Hispanic population.Mitt will likely benefit from the fact that the news…
Open-Minded Liberals?
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2008/01/24/open-minded_liberals
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Walter Cronkite, when asked whether he agreed that liberals dominated the major news media, told me, "Yes -- if by liberal you … To find out, a biennial survey conducted by the University of Michigan's American National Election Studies uses a scale from 0 to … Not particularly interested in a political discussion, I said something about keeping the country safe, opposition to big government…
There's A Method To Crafty Bill's Madness
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickmorrisandeileenmcgann/2008/01/23/theres_a_method_to_crafty_bills_madness
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In the days before Iowa and leading up to New Hampshire, Hillary was the prime topic of political discussion. … By doing so, he cuts Obama out of the news, pushes him off the front page, and usurps the headlines. … Of course, he also crowds out Hillary, but that's O K, given her large leads in the national polls and in all the big states whose…
Six Big Lies About John McCain
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2008/01/23/six_big_lies_about_john_mccain
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It’s increasingly obvious that he’s right: tax cuts without spending cuts won’t shrink the national debt or trim the size of government … In the Fox News debate in South Carolina on January 10, Governor Romney declared: “All of us on this stage agree… that we secure the … Does any American – particularly those in key primary states – honestly believe we now have a shortage of political ads on TV?…
Dems Turn Off Male Vote
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2008/02/08/dems_turn_off_male_vote
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Although, according to National Journal, he is the most liberal senator in the U.S. … The problem is much older than Obama's political career. … Political life with Hillary Clinton isn't looking like it will make the situation any better.…
How the Media Stir the Brew of Identity Group Politics
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianfitzpatrick/2008/02/07/how_the_media_stir_the_brew_of_identity_group_politics
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On Tuesday, ABC’s World News political analyst George Stephanopoulos reported on a poll finding that, “The No. 1 attribute [Democrats … On CBS Evening News, Jim Axelrod interviewed a woman planning to vote for Obama, who said, “We’ve just talked about it among our friends … America is a nation made up of hundreds of racial, national, and religious groups. …
Conservatives on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
https://townhall.com/columnists/cliffmay/2008/02/07/conservatives_on_the_verge_of_a_nervous_breakdown
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such important issues as immigration, climate change, the granting of new rights to unlawful enemy combatants, and freedom of political … Mike Huckabee is a social conservative but he is neither an economic conservative nor a national security hawk. … The left long has been regnant on America’s campuses, in the mainstream news media, in the entertainment industry, and in the unions…
GOP's Anti-Pork Nominee
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/2008/02/07/gops_anti-pork_nominee
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Haley Barbour went on the Fox News Channel as primary returns came in Tuesday night to suggest the time was near to stop the contest … A lifelong professional politician and former Republican national chairman, Barbour was following GOP tradition of closing ranks once … Nevertheless, McCain's advisers would like him to reach out to right-wing activists today (Thursday) when he addresses the Conservative Political…
Western Civilization and Other Fairy Tales
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2008/02/06/western_civilization_and_other_fairy_tales
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This is one of those news stories that pop up with some regularity,
highlighting how ignorant people on both sides of the Atlantic … A survey of teenagers conducted by the National Constitutional Center found
more students able to name the Three Stooges (59 percent … Political theorist
Hannah Arendt once said that, every generation, Western civilization is
invaded by barbarians - we call them "…
Media Stack the Deck For McCain and Obama on Culture Issues
https://townhall.com/columnists/janetmlarue/2008/02/05/media_stack_the_deck_for_mccain_and_obama_on_culture_issues
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The most competent candidate who comes closest to sharing my core values and political philosophy will get my vote as president. … According to The New York Daily News:
“The Rev. … I've been involved in every single major national security crisis since -- in the last 20 years.…
The Law of Unintended Consequences: Well meaning efforts to target indecency could come back to haunt us
https://townhall.com/columnists/stuartepperson/2008/02/04/th…ning_efforts_to_target_indecency_could_come_back_to_haunt_us
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These stations provide Christian teaching and talk, contemporary Christian music, conservative news talk, and other formats to millions … Our editorials emphasize limited government, free enterprise, a strong national defense and traditional moral values. … Let us suppose that these Commissioners declare that such a position is against national policy and constitutes discrimination and…
A Candidate We Could Get Excited About—if Only the Pundits Would Let Us
https://townhall.com/columnists/sandyrios/2008/02/04/a_candi…_we_could_get_excited_about—if_only_the_pundits_would_let_us
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don’t think I’m wrong to suggest that they have gone overboard with their vitriol in an all out assault on a good man with great political … I have interviewed leaders, politicians and news people from Arkansas who don’t agree. … Surely Governor Huckabee alone cannot bear the full brunt of the blame for a shift in Arkansas which was a national trend.
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Gipper and Dubya
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/02/04/gipper_and_dubya
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Political theater
It's "Super Tuesday" in the District for an entirely different reason and audience tomorrow night, as Disney's … "High School Musical" has its long-awaited opening at the National Theatre. … As for Ben, he's getting rave reviews for his national-tour performance.
Head count
Talk about a U.S.…
Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Pillar Of Female Achievement? Really??
https://townhall.com/columnists/austinhill/2008/02/03/hillary_rodham_clinton__a_pillar_of_female_achievement__really
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That was a direct quote taken from an official statement issued by the New York state chapter of the National Organization for Women … The news of this Kennedy rebuke was widely reported, but, because of some confusing headlines, some were left with the impression that … N.O.W.’s national leadership issued the reprimand.…
America In Flux
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2008/02/01/america_in_flux
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Louis Cards, but what he once said about the once
national pastime goes double for America itself: "You can sum up baseball in
one … As all await Tuesday's results, speculation takes the place of any
actual news. … And who would have thought that Bill Clinton's unmatchable political
instincts would have so deserted him in South Carolina?…
Keep Your Mittens
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/01/31/keep_your_mittens
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While in the District in recent days, professor Jeff Bennett of the Crawford School of Economics and Government at Australian National … University toured the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, where he snapped photographs, since forwarded to Inside the … John McCanine
Good grief, who isn't conducting political polls in 2008?…
The Unmaking of the American Presidency
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2008/01/31/the_unmaking_of_the_american_presidency
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I believe it did, and in the process has blown apart the political world we have known for decades.
First, John McCain. … A political earthquake is under way. … Not as a power broker at a national convention. But perhaps in other roles.…
Downturn? Yes. Recession? No
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2008/01/31/downturn_yes_recession_no
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WASHINGTON -- With all the economic gloom and doom we're hearing on the nightly news, it should be noted that not everyone believes … It was a drumbeat throughout 2007 from people who had their own political agenda. … Chief economist David Huether at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) sees GDP growing by a severely anemic 1.4 percent…
'Supporting the Troops'
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2008/02/19/supporting_the_troops
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The Berkeley city council has made national news by telling Marine Corps recruiters that they are unwelcome in that bastion of the … They have little or no tolerance to those who do not conform to the norms of academic political correctness. … But when the military surge was followed by things going right, the Iraq war was suddenly no longer front page news.…
Are We Reaping What We've Sown?
https://townhall.com/columnists/chucknorris/2008/02/19/are_we_reaping_what_weve_sown
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Will we allow another human hunting to headline tomorrow's news? … George Washington said in his Farewell Address:
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity … conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national…
Dusting Off My Predictions of Democrat Disharmony
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmcbride/2008/02/15/dusting_off_my_predictions_of_democrat_disharmony
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmcbride/2008/02/15/dusting_off_my_predictions_of_democrat_disharmony
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I am no palm reader or Tarot card master, no crystal ball wrangler, no political clairvoyant, but I am cognizant of historical factors … going to make the 1968 Chicago Democrat National Convention look like a play date for snobby, elite toddlers. … And I am glad that I don't have to break the news to them that the Party is now going to attempt to move to the right a bit.…
Walking Wounded
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/02/13/walking_wounded
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And in the Pacific Northwest, there exists "the worst voter-registration fraud in Washington history," reports one news outlet. … Warner will discuss his commitment to bringing about that political "change" we've been hearing so much about from the various Democratic … NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale has just informed the National Space Club that NASA's "Return to Flight" launch of the STS-114…
Hillary's Audacious Hope: Dark Whispers in the Media
https://townhall.com/columnists/tonyblankley/2008/02/13/hillarys_audacious_hope_dark_whispers_in_the_media
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Every political season has its pleasures. … But for the political gourmand, it is the Democratic Party's race that offers the more delectable morsels. … But you will be reading it in your favorite news outlet nonetheless.…
MSNBC'S Chelsea Confessions
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2008/02/13/msnbcs_chelsea_confessions
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Hillary Clinton should be nobody's idea of a paragon of civil discourse in the political arena. … Her personal style of political warfare is ruthless, a bare-knuckles fight to the death. Ask Ken Starr. … A co-worker told NBC News in 1999 that he heard cussing from Hillary that night like he'd never heard before.…