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Palin Stays One Step Ahead of the Political Class
https://townhall.com/columnists/jillianbandes/2010/01/11/palin_stays_one_step_ahead_of_the_political_class
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gathering behind the Republican National Convention. … Continetti’s assessment is right in line with a National Journal poll last month, which put Palin dead last as the “GOP political insider … ” choice for the Republican nomination – that’s coming from party leaders, political professionals and pundits.…
Carteresque
https://townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/2010/01/29/carteresque
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He is not going to tack to the political center. … Though he shot to political stardom as a supposed "post-partisan," he has presided over the most ideologically dogged administration … The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." Um, no.…
Obamanomics: "A Fiscal Catastrophe in the Making"
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2010/01/28/obamanomics_a_fiscal_catastrophe_in_the_making
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WASHINGTON -- If President Obama thinks the political disaster that hit his party last month in Massachusetts was bad, he had better … In testimony before the House Budget Committee last week, which got scant news media attention, CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf painted … It spells even deeper political losses for the Democrats in Congress than are presently forecast.…
The President Needs to Learn More About the Real Meaning of the Massachusetts Senate Election
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellebernard/2010/01/28/t…_about_the_real_meaning_of_the_massachusetts_senate_election
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The Christmas Day attempted terrorist attack also put national security on people’s minds. … Brown’s victory obviously was good news for the Republican Party. … Bernard is the president and CEO of the Independent Women's Forum (IWF) and an MSNBC political analyst.…
You've Got Me, Babe
https://townhall.com/columnists/jackiegingrichcushman/2010/01/28/youve_got_me,_babe
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have led him to believe all the marketing messages released from his organization and all the praise heaped upon him by many in the news … With more than 80,000 people packed into Invesco Field for his acceptance speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, all standing … On Monday, when ABC News White House Correspondent Yunji de Nies asked Robert Gibbs about Obama's "you've got me" statement, the White…
A Tale of Bias and the Washington Mentality
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2010/01/28/a_tale_of_bias_and_the_washington_mentality
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If you want to hear a tale of being beaten up by the Democratic National Party for just delivering an unbiased report, read on. … Then, of course, I was personally attacked for having been Newt Gingrich's onetime political chairman. … No one from the Democratic National Committee was calling me a plant by the Republicans back then.…
An Open Letter to Charles Johnson
https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2010/01/26/an_open_letter_to_charles_johnson
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years, I was so impressed with your near-daily documentation of developments in the Islamist world that I twice had you on my national … Vlaams Belang is a Flemish nationalist political party that won 17 out of 150 seats in Belgium's Chamber of Representatives. … Support for anti-government lunacy (see: tea parties, militias, Fox News, Glenn Beck, etc.).…
The Perils of Presidential Failure
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2010/01/25/the_perils_of_presidential_failure
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In an interview on Wednesday with ABC News, Obama said, "People are angry, they are frustrated. … Speaking to National Review, Brown's chief political strategist Eric Fehrnstrom said that "terrorism and the treatment of enemy combatants … The political winds in America are blowing against Obama.…
Choosing Life, Despite the Fear
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2010/01/22/choosing_life,_despite_the_fear
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If you are a scared parent who has just returned from hearing a doctor's bad news about your unborn child, Rafie wants you to have … She says that when former Alaska governor Sarah Palin walked onto the national political scene during the 2008 presidential election … How great that these precious people have someone associated with a national campaign that they can identify with..."…
Dems Lose Control of Health Care Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2010/01/21/dems_lose_control_of_health_care_agenda
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The political rebellion against government-run Obamacare was nowhere on his list of reasons that led to his party's rout in one of … "It is hard to know which will be the worse political defeat -- losing the bill and looking weak, or passing it and leaving it as a … "The message resonates not only in Massachusetts but throughout the country," the National Republican Congressional Committee wrote…
Useless Fort Hood Leaves Americans Unprotected
https://townhall.com/columnists/dianawest/2010/01/21/useless_fort_hood_leaves_americans_unprotected
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Islamic leader who eschews all word-modifiers of Islam including "moderate," the adjective the media often applies to his AKP political … Two related events took place just as the Massachusetts miracle sucked the oxygen from non-election news excepting Haiti coverage. … From the Bush years to the present, see-no-Islam denial has turned U.S. government attempts to assess and discuss national security…
Obama vs... Palin?
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2010/02/08/obama_vs_palin
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You have scheduled a speech to the Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington, DC. … This, if you are in the political shop at the White House, is not good. … Just as Sarah Palin is being treated as the political equal of Barak Obama, Congressional Republicans are now the political equals…
How the Pray-er in Chief Got Seven Things Right
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President Obama showed up at the National Prayer Breakfast. In fact, not only did the president show up, he got it right. … of political leaders for a faith assembly. … This is political correctness at its worst.…
Obama Could Learn from Hillary and Dean
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2010/02/07/obama_could_learn_from_hillary_and_dean
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least it is resonating with the brains who must run the campaigns to retain the largest congressional majority ever held by a political … One Democrat who was able to come down from the political-elite mountain was Hillary Clinton. … In 2006, as the Democrats’ national chairman, Dean put his plan in place to make the party competitive.…
National Prayer Breakfast: Obama Wants Civility Now, Dammit
https://townhall.com/columnists/douggiles/2010/02/06/national_prayer_breakfast_obama_wants_civility_now,_dammit
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This week at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama waxed eloquent on the need for more “civility” in the national discourse … When the NBC execs who head up the PR arm of Obama’s political agenda heard the call for courtesy, they cried, “Yes, civility! … We need more of that civility crap and no more of FOX News’ insensitivity!”…
Tea Party Convention: Give Me Some Sugar
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read.I just don't think those things matter as much as the people in attendance, who I can barely even find under the barrage of news … being here, and keenly interested in reducing the size of government — but who aren't part of some grand conspiracy to co-opt a national … They're mostly here because they're looking for some camaraderie, some political direction, and a good time.…
Voting Record Puts Bayh in the Hot Seat
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"Move from Currently Safe to Narrow Advantage for the Incumbent Party," he said in his widely read Rothenberg Political Report this … He was breaking with his state's right-of-center political traditions, and Indiana voters are now breaking away from him. … That's something that has to be corrected," the shaken Indiana senator told ABC News.…
Rapid Rail is Really Just Political Pork
https://townhall.com/columnists/dangainor/2010/02/04/rapid_rail_is_really_just_political_pork
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By committing to a bogus national rail system, Obama is promising billions of dollars of pork targeted at urban areas around the U.S … You remember the Daleys, the Democratic political family whose machine has ruled Obamaland, er, Chicago for decades? … So why then all the news about it?…
President's Budget to Stretch Nation's Purse
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2010/02/02/presidents_budget_to_stretch_nations_purse
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They are running into intense political opposition to the tax plans they have floated thus far. … Indeed, a value-added national sales tax is already being considered by the Democrats on Capitol Hill. … Federal budgets are complicated and the news media, particularly the nightly network news shows, do an abysmal job of explaining what…
Proud American
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2010/02/01/proud_american
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Anyone with my political convictions was likely very frustrated after the 2008 presidential elections. … The last 12 months have brought clarity to our political system. … Certainly Fox News was launched to counter the effects and deliver a more evenhanded analysis, yet it could not compete with the combined…
Mutual Loathing Society
https://townhall.com/columnists/georgewill/2010/02/18/mutual_loathing_society
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The latest Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that 71 percent of Americans -- including 52 percent of Republicans -- think she is … When she was suddenly forced to take a walk on the highest wire in America's political circus, she showed grit. … Besides, full-throated populism has not won a national election in 178 years, since Andrew Jackson was re-elected in 1832.…
The Real Reason for Obama's Unpopularity
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2010/02/18/the_real_reason_for_obamas_unpopularity
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People don't mind when national health care costs rise. They do mind when their personal health care costs rise. … It's a mistake to think every political trend has deep meaning. … The bad news for Obama is that making it up will require the help of things he also can't control.…
Am I Not Conservative Enough?
https://townhall.com/columnists/joescarborough/2010/02/18/am_i_not_conservative_enough
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History has proven that, if anything, I was not tough enough on an administration that doubled the national debt and turned a $155 … But you will be insuring yourself another four angry years in the political wilderness. … times I stand alone in my defense of conservative media figures like Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge, Roger Ailes, Bill O'Reilly or Fox News…
McChrystal's Afghan Offensive
https://townhall.com/columnists/austinbay/2010/02/17/mcchrystals_afghan_offensive
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News of NATO's impending attack in Helmand province permeated regional and international mass media. … McChrystal continually emphasizes population protection, which is key to political and economic progress. … Afghanis argue that the Afghan National Army (ANA) is much better than it was four years ago, but no one believes the ANA is capable…
Watch-Dogging the Dog-Watchers
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidmartosko/2010/02/17/watch-dogging_the_dog-watchers
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The idea is that political campaigns can become larger than life—so large, in fact, that they need independent watchdogs. … Why does a national humane society deserve special scrutiny? … Why does a national “humane society” need a pension plan anyway? Or a staff of 30 lawyers?…