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February 23, 2021
Our Supreme Court Goes Full Nicaragua in PA Election CaseOur Supreme Court is now part of the Washington Swamp, and the Washington Swamp is now totally divorced from any understanding of or caring about the rest of the nation.
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February 18, 2021
Toasting Rush Limbaugh and His Place in AmericaWe toast the amazing Rush Limbaugh, mourn his death, celebrate his Salvation, and recognize his profound impact on this nation and conservatives everywhere.
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February 1, 2021
Liz Cheney’s Predestined FutureWhile it may seem at first glance that her political career is at a dead end, it is far from it. Liz will be rich very soon, if she is not already.
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December 12, 2020
After SCOTUS's knife in the back, what Trump must do nowAt this moment, America needs him more than he needs America.
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November 4, 2020
The Nasty Street Fight ahead for 2020: This is Why We Elected TrumpIronic, isn’t it? This could be Trump’s finest hour.
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September 10, 2020
On Covid and Race, Sports Suddenly Ignore AnalyticsWhat has happened with big time sports’ fascination with crunching all kinds of numbers and statistics? Has this fascination with stats vanished in lieu of a political agenda?
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January 4, 2018
Trump versus Bannon: Is Trump Right?Is Trump right to punch back at Bannon? Well, yes and no.
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December 24, 2017
Trump, McConnell, Ryan Discover Politics Is Team SportRepublican losses are necessarily going to be Trump's losses, too. It seems that the president has finally realized that.
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August 21, 2017
The Strange Rage of Steve BannonThe man's downfall comes courtesy of a tragic flaw.
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July 30, 2017
McCain Gonna McCain 聽聽The Arizona senator and I first crossed paths during the 1992 campaign between incumbent George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
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March 9, 2017
Free the Big DeductibleObamacare confused the health care insurance issue by making everything that was working in health care illegal and by multiplying everything that was failing.
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February 28, 2017
Rove-Stupid: Bannon-SmartIt is clear that Bannon is now one of the most influential people on the planet.
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February 4, 2017
Gorsuch Nomination a Moment of Validation for Reluctant Trump VotersTrump pays back the skeptical voters who gave him the presidency.
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December 13, 2016
Trump’s 757 and Trade Deficit RealitiesWhen Donald Trump goes shopping for large aircraft, which he does from time to time, there is one item at the top of his "non-negotiable" list. Trump insists on British-made Rolls-Royce turbo fan jet engines.
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November 10, 2016
Reluctant Trumpers and the Turning PointCompromise from both sides was what, in the end, put Trump over the top.
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October 28, 2016
The Ways Trump Can WinIt's about the country and the Court, checks and balances, and so much more.
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July 22, 2016
Time Will Vindicate Ted CruzCruz was proven right when he stood up and filibustered Obamacare. He'll be proven right in his "non-endorsement" of Donald Trump, too.
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May 31, 2016
It is Time for Trump to Unify the PartyWhile many in the Republican Party rally to his side -– albeit with varying degrees of enthusiasm -- Trump continues to make it almost impossible for large swaths of the party’s voters to join the Trump train.
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May 6, 2016
Trump Supporters Need to be Held AccountableA sore loser is one thing, but a sore winner is something else altogether.
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May 5, 2016
Get Over What about Trump, Exactly?Now we're told at this early date to "get over it." We being those conservatives who aggressively opposed Donald Trump, of course. So what exactly should we get over?
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May 4, 2016
Trump and Supporters Insult Our IntelligenceThe highest office in this country is now within reach of a man who has jettisoned any concern for truth and intelligence.
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April 29, 2016
Coulter v. CoulterAnn Coulter has dispensed with her long-held principles to throw in with Trump.
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April 21, 2016
Donald Trump’s embarrassing third-place finish in NYBy Trump's own standards, Trump got thrashed in New York.
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April 5, 2016
Trump’s Irrational Trade Non SequiturA Presidential nominee who seems to conflate trade deficits with budget deficits
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February 29, 2016
Jobs Americans Won’t TrumpWhat the hell does Trump know about jobs Americans won't do? All he's done is actually have to get low skilled but necessary grunt work done in the United States of coddled welfare, unemployed hipsters at Starbucks, EBT card holders and Ritalin takers. He sounds like, well, almost every contractor you can find who is involved with the unskilled and semi-skilled labor markets.
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February 15, 2016
Code Trump: The Gallop Leftward ContinuesIs a cheap shot at lowly Jeb Bush worth the worst kind of leftist revisionist history that will no doubt harm the Republican nominee in the fall?
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February 5, 2016
The Tweet Heard ‘Round the WorldThe contrived furor over the Cruz Campaign tweet relaying a CNN Breaking News alert about Ben Carson is perhaps the intellectually unserious low point in all of Republican primary history.
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January 29, 2016
Beta Males Santuckabee/Huckatorum Kiss the Donald's RingBoth men are clearly angry and hurt as jilted lovers that Cruz has now caught the eye of most of "their" voters.
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January 25, 2016
Exploring Levin’s Trump/Nixon vs. Reagan/Cruz analogyConnecting dots on how the current Donald Trump campaign message and strategy is Nixonian, while Ted Cruz is running a more Reaganesque campaign.
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January 21, 2016
Trump Goes Full McConnell on CruzThis time, in his attacks on Ted Cruz, Trump is doubling down from the left, and from the establishment position.
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December 16, 2015
Here's the Rundown on Last Night's Republican DebateThe "foreign policy" debate, especially in light of Paris and San Bernardino. Not bad for Donald Trump.
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October 29, 2015
Debate 3: Ted Cruz Changes the GameHere is what the Republican base has been waiting for.
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September 28, 2015
John Boehner: Bad Speaker or Worst Speaker?A not so fond farewell to the man who did not even know what his job was.
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July 28, 2015
Bi-polarizing TrumpFor all of his tremendous impact recently, can a candidate who still parrots liberal talking points on Wisconsin and the crash of 2008 really be the answer for 2016?
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March 24, 2015
Cruz Makes Inroads in the Most Important Primary of AllTalk about Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina all you want, but this is where the real action is.
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February 5, 2015
The Time Is Right for Cruz ControlIt is a bit unnerving when conservatives use liberal and establishment conventional wisdom to pan a conservative. Take Cruz, for example.
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December 31, 2014
Jurassic Media Desperate for JebThe Jurassic media is on the march, and their goal is to help the Republicans nominate Jeb Bush in 2016.
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December 11, 2014
An Angry Dad's Reaction to Dr. GruberYou have brought havoc unto the finances of my youngest daughter – and her newlywed husband
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November 20, 2014
Shutdown Hangover for GOP?Inside Washington, the Republican establishment -- and everyone else in the beltway to Manhattan media bubble for that matter -- is still obsessed with the few days of shutdown late last year.
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October 21, 2014
Karl Rove: Weapon of Mass DelusionLeave it to Karl to orchestrate a cover-up that actually hides information exculpatory to his President and his party. He did just that on the issue of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) in Iraq.
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October 16, 2014
Top Ten Reasons for Mitt to Run...AWAY!An orgy of evidence for keeping Romney far, far away from the upcoming Republican primary.
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September 25, 2014
Twenty Years Ago: Republicans Learned How to WinElection consequences are national. Shouldn’t election strategy be the same?
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September 22, 2014
Meet John Feehery, Perhaps the Worst GOP Establishment Consultant EverA consultant whose instincts are utterly tone deaf and as such is a serial loser in the game.
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September 18, 2014
Obama's Real CrimeWayne Allyn Root’s The Murder of the Middle Class spotlights the crime, full list of Obama’s accomplices and unindicted co-conspirators
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August 29, 2014
Why Karl Rove and the GOP Establishment Will Lose AgainRove and the GOP elite need to put down their pizzas and get out of the focus-group lab and into the real world a little bit.
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August 28, 2014
Thought Experiment: Congressional EntropyThe idea is magic, in that it’s transformative and incredibly illustrative – and fanciful in that it’s never going to happen.
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August 17, 2014
Ferguson and the Changing Attitudes Towards CopsEvery Podunk community having units that make the original Los Angeles SWAT teams look like cub scouts is not about protect and serve. It’s about raw government power.
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August 1, 2014
The Three Faces of CronyismRampant cronyism is one of the most insidious outgrowths of a government gone wild,
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May 17, 2014
Michael Sam the ShamA funny thing happened on the way to Michael Sam just wanting to play football
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April 21, 2014
But Seriously, Just How Slow-Witted is John Boehner?All around him are astonishing opportunities for him to be an historic figure -- one who could and should be the man who did more than any other single person in turning back the red tide of Obama.
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March 24, 2014
The Profound Arrogant Ignorance and Stupidity of Liberals in ChargeThe recent Twitter kerfuffle between Matt Drudge and the Obama/media/academic complex over the ObamaCare tax demonstrates the astonishing ignorance of the leftist commentariat on even their own pet issues.
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January 27, 2014
Reince's Solutions Miss the MarkIn typical establishment fashion, Reince Priebus and the wizards at the RNC have looked at the last presidential nomination cycle and learned the wrong lessons.
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December 16, 2013
Did Rush Limbaugh Just Endorse iCongress?The only solution to Washington's "company town" syndrome is to take the pols out of Washington.
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November 20, 2013
NFL's Obamacare Touchdowns, Rush Limbaugh, and Big Bang TheoryFootball is a sport facing a lot of challenges -- some of them, evidently, from eleven-dimensional spacetime.
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November 17, 2013
If You Like Your Insurance, You Can Rent It... MaybeNo one washes a rental car, and no one paints a rental house.
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November 7, 2013
Barone Report: Base Instinctively Ahead of GOP EstablishmentObamaCare could have turned the Virginia election.
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November 6, 2013
Mac Wins Sandra Fluke Vote; Media Anoint Christie GOP NomineeCount on the tea leaves from New Jersey and Virginia to be misinterpreted by the Jurassic media, and count on the Republican establishment to fall for it
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October 30, 2013
Why the Limbaugh/Krauthammer/Will Tiff is HealthyRush Limbaugh won't say it in so many words, but he (very correctly) called into question the discernment of Charles Krauthammer and George Will this week
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October 27, 2013
Obama Care: It's Nixon's Fault!Believe it or not, in panic mode, trying desperately to ignore what Obama Care reality is doing to a beloved President, a leading Democrat is blaming Richard Nixon for ObamaCare. Move over, George W. Bush.
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October 13, 2013
The Tiny Mind of Boehner: A Jail with No BarsJohn Boehner, once a man fully in touch with America and capable of writing large parts of the Contract with America, is now just a pathetic, frightened shell of his former self. And it is all so unnecessary.
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October 7, 2013
Shutdown: The Audacity of BureaucratsWhat the heck is on in the mind of someone who thinks the very oceans must be closed if they are not there to administer proper enjoyment of it?
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July 25, 2013
Schadenfreude, Michigan, and Mitt's Big FumbleDetroit is The Road Warrior taking place in real life, in the middle of the United States. So why is the GOP aiding the Dems in producing the sequel?
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July 18, 2013
Creep Me Out: Chinese is the 'New Nigga'?I confess to being a very confused creepy ass cracka, trying desperately to go New School, as recently elucidated by Rachel Jeantel
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July 6, 2013
Mandate Delay Shames Roberts, Krauthammer, and WillTime for a mea culpa from our chief justice and his cheerleaders.
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June 23, 2013
Immigration Reform: Not Easy, But it is SimpleFixing the immigration mess is a lot more straightforward than the Democrats -- and some Republicans -- have made it seem.
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May 24, 2013
The Three Stooges of Big GovernmentLike it or not, Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are not the real enemy.
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May 20, 2013
How to Bring the Right (Yes, All of Them) TogetherHere's a hint: it has to do with what the IRS threatens most.
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May 18, 2013
How to Bring the Right (Yes, All of Them) TogetherHere's a hint: it has to do with what the IRS threatens most.
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April 29, 2013
Frank Luntz and Focus Groups are Destroying the GOP MessageA misguided over-reliance on focus groups has neutered and thus destroyed any semblance of courage in the GOP's message
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April 23, 2013
Did Bill Maher Just Trump Bush on Islam?You could say, to use a bumper sticker metaphor, Maher just stuck "Don't Mess with Texas" on his car, while Bush went with that absurd COEXIST decal.
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April 21, 2013
Darn...They're Not Named 'Smith,' Either!In the wake of Boston, the same media who covered up "Nidal Hasan" lament hearing "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev" instead of "John Tea Party Smith."
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April 14, 2013
Tiger's Ruling, Liberty, and the Rule of LawRules are rules -- except when they're not.
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November 9, 2012
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?The story of the 2012 election is that voters still blame Republicans for systemic problems caused by liberalism, and yet they credit Obama for victories brought about by applied conservatism. Now how does this happen?
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November 1, 2012
Obama's Loss: Inevitable for YearsThe pundits and the pollsters can argue political gravity all they want -- and they certainly have for the majority of the past four years -- but truth does not require validation from those who refuse to acknowledge it. Truth is...period.
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October 31, 2012
Christie's Actions ExplainedIn a state where Barack Obama is still relatively popular, it makes sense for Christie to start backing down from his hard anti-Obama rhetoric of the past couple of years.
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October 24, 2012
The Wave That Breaks the Liberal BubbleCan you feel it? Some of us are just catching on, while others have been expecting it for years.
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October 22, 2012
Last Debate Proves Mitt Way AheadRomney's campaign realizes Mitt is fast pulling away from Obama. Obama's slash and burn techniques show me that his campaign understands the same thing.
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October 16, 2012
Obama 'Inherited' Only ObamaThe notion that our fearless young president innocently inherited a mess of biblical proportions is just not correct. Neither is the idea that we are in a recovery that is merely too weak to justify re-election.
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September 27, 2012
Should Mitt Hire Jay Leno and Pat Caddell?The Romney Campaign is overlooking an attack on Obama that could win the election for it.
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September 25, 2012
Bernanke's FollyQE 3 might have a greater impact on the 2012 election and us in the long run than the embassy issues.
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July 28, 2012
It's the Bureaucrats, StupidVote Obama in 2012, and you have cast your ballot for more rules and more paperwork and more bureaucrats to answer to should you dare to try to carve out your little piece of the pie without government help.
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July 21, 2012
Obama of Roanoke: We Saw You ComingObama let slip in a momentous way what many of us knew all along about him.
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June 29, 2012
Justice Roberts Pleads: 'Lie to Me'Our Harvard-educated chief justice just made it the law of the land that as long as a president and House speaker and Senate leader lie long enough and in a bald-faced enough way, whatever they pass is just fine and dandy if we can eventually admit that it's a tax.
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June 27, 2012
America Needs More Adelson and Less McCainAmerica would be a country with a smaller government and fewer restrictions on liberty and speech if we had more Sheldon Adelsons and fewer John McCains. Which is to say a better America in fact.
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June 21, 2012
Fear the 'Mandate Only' RulingConservatives beware: ObamaCare's individual mandate is far from the most malignant part of the bill.
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June 6, 2012
Big Labor's Big Boo-BooThe unions' reward from the citizens of Wisconsin for a year and a half of hell was a resounding "go to hell" of epic proportions.
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June 4, 2012
How Obama Might Just Break Even on JobsThere is one thing he can do to leave office with as many Americans working as on his Innauguration Day, and the good news is that he's likely to do it, even against his own will.
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May 9, 2012
Lugar out of Senate after 6 termsJohn F. Kerry bemoans "tragedy for the Senate" as Tea Party favorite Richard Mourdock wins GOP nomination.
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February 13, 2012
OK Rush: You Own Santorum SurgeA strong case could be made that Rick Santorum owes much of the credit for his recent surge to Rush Limbaugh -- whether Rush wants that credit or not.
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February 9, 2012
Turnout Proves That Mitt Really Did Scorch the EarthMitt Romney's scorched-earth campaign might serve him in the primary, but it is a surefire losing strategy in the general.
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February 6, 2012
Santorum the 'Good Son'? Not So Much.Much like the good son in the biblical parable, thin-skinned Rick Santorum has shown a fair amount of open resentment over the embrace conservatives have given prodigal Newt Gingrich upon the latter's return to the conservative scene. But is Santorum even entitled to feel this way?
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February 2, 2012
Newt Struck Gold, Promptly Abandoned MineIn South Carolina, Newt Gingrich correctly attributed his success to the fact that he had simply "articulated the deepest felt values of the American people." Those values are still ready and eager to be tapped.
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February 1, 2012
Mitt's Scorched Earth WinWhile Mitt Romney may have taken a step closer to the nomination Tuesday in Florida, the scorched earth he leaves behind tells me he took a few steps further away from the White House
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January 25, 2012
Brian Williams v. Crowd: Who Is More Intelligent?When you compare the substance of the so-called rowdy mob debates in South Carolina with the serious Brian Williams exercise in Florida, there is simply no contest.
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January 22, 2012
Psst: Hear the Roar and Pay AttentionThe roar is passion. The roar is intensity. The roar is pent up frustration. The roar, put another way, is the national mood of conservatives.
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January 19, 2012
Are The GOP Debaters Foolish Enough to Take CNN's Bait?So CNN's executives have let it slip. Why is this so hard to figure out?
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January 18, 2012
Newt and the '10 PM Question'So it's not exactly "the 3 am phone call" from the 2008 race. No, it's scarier than that. It's the "10 pm question." And you can bet your bottom dollar it's coming to a general election debate near you.
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January 16, 2012
AMERITOPIA: Mark Levin Connects the DotsWhen I came across the line that "Utopia misapprehends man's nature," I had to stop reading and make a note to self. I do this with any brilliantly succinct and accurate notion.
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January 4, 2012
Iowa Should Not MatterThe eight-month spectacle that is the Iowa caucuses every four years is almost political porn.
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December 12, 2011
Newt's Rise: It's the Persuasion, StupidGenerally, the only persuasion we see today is the phony attempt to make voters think the politician agrees with them.
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December 5, 2011
O's Legacy: Unemployment Rate Now MeaninglessOne item you can add to the Obama ash heap will be the trust anyone has in any government statistics.
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November 23, 2011
Voters Wrestle with Illegal Immigrant RealitiesLiberals are rolling in the aisles watching the Republican Party implode over what are ultimately inconsequential differences around illegal immigration
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November 18, 2011
The Prism of Electoral RealityIn January of 2013, a deeply flawed human being will take the oath of office as president of the United States.
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November 17, 2011
Why Newt's Surge Will ContinueAdmit it: you were giving Newt a second look long before you dared say so out loud or post it on a message board.
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November 10, 2011
'Weak field' spanks CNBC liberalsPutting aside Rick Perry's awful 53 seconds, the real story of the CNBC debate last night was how thoroughly the so-called weak field of Republican Presidential candidates collectively embarrassed the panel aggregated by the financial network.
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October 17, 2011
Who Knew Conservatives Loved the IRS?If there's one thing that the ongoing national debate over Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan has exposed, it's how much some conservatives love our current tax code and its enforcement arm. Who knew?
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October 13, 2011
Wall Street Mobs Play into Herman Cain's Hands"Only in America" optimism versus "give me what I want for free." How could Cain not come out on top?
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October 10, 2011
Mitt Running against McCain's GhostIf Mitt wants to have any chance of winning the nomination in 2012, he had better start running against McCain again -- and quickly.
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October 6, 2011
Pitch-Perfect PalinYes, there was the big announcement yesterday -- but Sarah Palin had so much more to say beyond that.
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September 28, 2011
Herman Cain Swims with the SharksConventional wisdom is missing the shifting of several electoral tectonic plates beneath our feet.
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August 14, 2011
Ames Straw Poll: A Little PerspectiveWhen 15 thousand people drop about thirty bucks and fill Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa for a Cyclone basketball game, it is considered an insignificant event even in the limited world of the Big Twelve Conference
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August 13, 2011
Debate's Biggest Loser? Chris Wallace and FoxThe mainstream media -- and Fox is getting more and more mainstream every day -- is not the friend of the Republican primary voter.
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August 12, 2011
Obama and Bernanke: Double-Whammy DisasterAn attempt by the central bank to be a central planner, imposing prosperity on us through manipulation.
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June 22, 2011
Obama Era Economic Stagnation Explained by Lemonade and CookiesWe don't need to ask the wizards of the Ivy League why Obamanomics is not working. Everything we need to know can be explained with lemonade and cookies.
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June 10, 2011
The Real Lesson of Weiner: A Thought ExperimentA modest proposal to limit the corruption of Congress.
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May 22, 2011
Rock You Like a Herman-CainWhile that idea may seem fanciful to the pundits and the mainstream media, Herman Cain has the "it" factor, as was obvious to most attending his campaign kickoff rally yesterday in Atlanta.
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May 6, 2011
Of Course We Should See the PhotoOf course we have the right to see it. We all are the victims.
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May 3, 2011
OBL's Death a Victory for the AdultsThe credit belongs the adults who put in place these interrogation techniques and who decided they would take place at Gitmo. That would be Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld.
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May 2, 2011
Top Ten Problems for Liberals on OBL's DeathUh oh. Won't this now be a great recruiting tool for Al Qaeda?
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April 27, 2011
QUICK: Someone take Boehner to Atlas ShruggedIn 1957 Ayn Rand understood the America of 2011 better than our current Speaker of the House does. She warned us about the likes of him.
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April 18, 2011
Translating TrumpAs demonstrated for all to hear on Friday's Rush Limbaugh Show, Trump presents an incoherent political philosophy that is built mainly on the Perot-esque notion that we should vote for Trump because, well, he is Trump.
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April 11, 2011
We Must Think Beyond the 38 BillionSlugger Paul Ryan has the big bat, and his turn is coming, but John Boehner delivered a critically important bunt single Friday night.
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March 31, 2011
Mr. Boehner: Shut Her Down!Take a look at what has happened outside Washington since 1995. It's a brave new world out here Mr. Speaker. I invite you to take a peek at it.
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March 1, 2011
The 2012 Nomination Lead is There for the TakingIt's right there for all to see: a hanging curve ball moving so slowly that even a "Republican strategist" should see the stitches.
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February 20, 2011
End Public Sector Unions...PeriodThe problem is that our country has been lulled to sleep over decades of hearing that government workers are dedicated and low paid public servants who trade good pay for security.
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February 18, 2011
Christie Showing the Power of the Real New ToneMove over President Bush. Step aside Karl Rove. There's a real "new tone" in town.
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February 2, 2011
Judge Vinson Also Smacks Down Crony CapitalistsPerhaps almost as pleasing as the affirmation of individual freedom and the dismissal of a government-run society is the smack-down Judge Vinson's ruling gave to the concept of "crony capitalism."
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January 26, 2011
Top Ten Reasons to Support Herman Cain for PresidentEven those conservatives who will not vote for Herman Cain to win the Republican nomination should hope that he does run.
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November 19, 2010
Why Air Security is the IssueThe TSA is no more about airline security than ObamaCare was about affordable health care.
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November 10, 2010
George Bush at PeaceGeorge W. Bush may be at peace with his decision not to "sully the presidency" with trivial matters like defending conservatism, but I am not.
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November 3, 2010
Tsunami-LiteSomehow, in every monstrous storm, there are a few ratty old buildings that somehow remain standing in the calm afterwards. Such is the case with 2010.
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November 2, 2010
Thirty-six Reasons to Vote DemocratA learning tool to help folks decide whether or not they really do want to vote Democrat in the 2010 midterms.
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November 1, 2010
Tsunami: Could Be 100 House Seats (and Maybe the Senate)This beat-down will be bigger than the pundit class is predicting.
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October 27, 2010
Health 101: How We Lowered Our CostsI just got my health insurance renewal premium for 2011, and our family's cost went down 19 percent. Yes, down! -- and all because we did the opposite of ObamaCare for our family.
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October 24, 2010
Goodies for artists buried in ObamacareAmazing what we're finding now that we're taking Nancy's advice and "reading it."
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October 23, 2010
Fox's Rash Juan Williams OverreactionCould it be that the people at Fox News were more concerned with their own elevator relationships than with their viewers' opinions when they immediately decided to enhance Juan Williams' contract mere hours after his firing by NPR?
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October 22, 2010
Juan Williams, Welcome to ImusvilleA place where people who make their living talking end up when their buddies on the left forget the First Amendment and sacrifice them on the altar of political correctness.
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October 22, 2010
Obama Care For Thee, But Not For MeThe man who will be perhaps the most influential figure in determining how health care dollars will be spent has made sure that he and his wife are immune to his own dictates for the rest of us.
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October 2, 2010
The Car Key Analogy: Another Obama ClunkerThe Obama administration has lately been using a clunker of a talking point: the idea that it would be foolish for America to "give the keys back" to Republicans, who "got us into this mess in the first place."
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September 23, 2010
Liberals Going Blind?Liberal elites are so blind to what really matters to us that they think they can derail the fervor to return to a constitutional republic with crude ridicule.
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September 17, 2010
Do the (Thirty-Year) Math: The Consultants Are WrongHistory is clear -- and so is the math. Conservatism works, every time it's tried.
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September 16, 2010
The Architect Has No ClothesFrightening as the image might be to ponder, "the architect" Karl Rove was stripped bare for all to see on Fox News' Hannity show Tuesday night.
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September 15, 2010
Delaware Crosses the WashingtonTiny Delaware's voters ignored their party apparatus, actually held a true Republican primary, and chose the person who most closely represents what the Republican base voter believes in.
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September 10, 2010
What the Burning Quran Issue Says about UsIs it just me, or does Islam's repeated threats of violence and mayhem at every provocation -- real or imagined -- strike anybody else as the actions of a spoiled child's tantrums?
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August 22, 2010
Let Me Translate: We Don't Believe Him -- or You.Memo to the ruling-class media: We are not ignorant or stupid. We've not forgotten Jeremiah Wright. It's not that we don't "know" what faith Obama subscribes to -- it's more that we don't believe him. Or you.
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August 20, 2010
He's Not a Muslim! (Not that There's Anything Wrong with That)The Jurassic media's panicked reaction to polling data indicating millions believe Obama to be a Muslim can be characterized only as hilariously Seinfeld-esque
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July 19, 2010
Here's What Happened to the JobsSo John Harwood of the cable financial network CNBC and the New York Times are just flummoxed over what happened to all the job losses in the country. What a hoot.
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July 10, 2010
According to LeBron: Reagan 1 Obama 0The NBA superstar made a wise financial choice in going to Miami.
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May 28, 2010
When Professor Obama Meets Dirty RealityNothing in Barack Obama's background full of lectures and textbooks makes him fit for any job where getting things done is important.
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May 19, 2010
Another Very Bad Night for Obama, Democrats, and the MediaThe U.S. dollar and good news for Democrats have a lot in common these days. No matter how much of either liberals print, the absolute value keeps declining.
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March 29, 2010
Top Ten Reasons Charlie Crist Lost Debate to RubioThe media declared Marco Rubio a clear winner in his Fox News Sunday debate with Charlie Crist yesterday. They are correct, and here's why.
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March 25, 2010
No Longer Able to Save on Health Care InsuranceThe president has promised that his health care plan will save the average American family 2,500 dollars a year in insurance premiums. What an amateur!
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March 22, 2010
The One Preexisting Condition Getting a CureWe have the debate over ObamaCare to thank for one thing at least: the treating of the preexisting childlike delusion that bipartisanship is possible, let alone desirable, when the other side is the Obama Democrats.
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March 18, 2010
Bret Baier: 1; President Obama: 0Don't you just love it when a young student hammers the arrogant professor in a debate? That was the distinct feel of last night's "Special Report."
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March 5, 2010
Texas-Sized Lesson: The New Tone Era Is OverThe GOP had better heed the main lesson of Rick Perry's thumping of Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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February 25, 2010
Worse than AwfulThe debate over third parties and how bad the Republicans are comes down to this: evil versus awful.
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February 22, 2010
CPAC's Odd EndingSomeone please tell me: Just what the heck happened to a convention that was off to such a wonderful conservative start?
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February 14, 2010
The persistent practice of tying conservatives to NazisReuters perpetrating the myth.
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February 12, 2010
Dear Mr. President: Why We Are Not HiringMr. President, did I really hear you say businesses aren't hiring because they can't get bank loans?
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February 8, 2010
Sarah Palin and the Tea Party ZeitgeistWhile Barack Obama remains obsessed with George W. Bush, Sarah Palin hardly acknowledged his existence in Nashville at the Tea Party convention.
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January 20, 2010
What Has Brown Done for Us?Sure, Martha Coakley ran a horrible campaign. But Democrats win safe seats with horrible campaigns all the time.
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January 17, 2010
Palin's Curious First Week at FoxThe decision to jumpstart Palin's FOX News career with Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck bears comparison with the decision to start her media campaign with Katie Couric.
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December 23, 2009
Latest Obama poll from RasmussenHope and Change is not working out so well either
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December 13, 2009
Rasmussen shows continued slippage for ObamaThe difference between those who "strongly approve" and "strongly disapprove" is at its largest.
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December 4, 2009
Sarah Palin weighs in on ClimategateShe is once again tackling a serious subject with facts and linear thinking
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December 3, 2009
Jobs Summit Will Not Produce JobsIt is easy to confidently predict that Barack Obama's job summit today will not do anything to create jobs. It's so easy that even a climatologist could do it.
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November 29, 2009
Hating SarahThe Alaska governor is far more than someone who appeals to the (conservative) base; she is someone who can make the base appeal to America
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November 25, 2009
Some polling indices of which you may be unfamiliarWhat's Obama's "Give a damn" index? Or his "Get a Clue" index?
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November 8, 2009
Memo to ABC: There's a Reason He's Not Called SmithDiane Sawyer was dreadfully upset that the mass murderer from Fort Hood was not named Smith.
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November 4, 2009
Forget the 2-1 Spin; It Was a RoutThe Democrats did not lose a 2-1 squeaker last night. They lost two huge races, saw an overall evaporation of 25 basis points of support -- and lost by nearly 500,000 cumulative votes in the three high-profile elections.
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November 3, 2009
Planned Parenthood official has eyes opened on abortionThe Director of the Bryan, Texas Planned Parenthood clinic has just foresworn further involvement in abortion.
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November 2, 2009
Connecting the dots of Obama's falling pollsThe math is this: 77% of his total opposition is strong and only 59% of his support is strong.
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November 1, 2009
NY 23: Perhaps Not All Politics Are LocalThat we all know -- let alone care -- about the goings-on in New York's 23rd Congressional District speaks volumes about how far things have gone.
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October 30, 2009
Health insurance is too cheap and covers too much. Really."Insurance" may be the most used -- yet least understood -- word in our political parlance today.
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October 29, 2009
Next Tuesday's Lessons for 2010The special elections next week will be full of lessons for the 2010 midterms. Hopefully the right people recognize them.
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October 19, 2009
Health insurance industry's 'new tone' was off keyThe health insurance industry's gamble in playing footsie with ObamaCare has been a disaster.
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October 15, 2009
Rush Snared by NFL Paradox...AgainIn one of life's great paradoxes, the ultra-competitive NFL and the almost equally competitive business of NFL media coverage is dominated by people who have a world view that is very often anti-competitive.
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October 12, 2009
Government Care and the Dole FamilyThe last thing conservatives and the GOP need is for Bob Dole to re-emerge and push to "get a bill signed."
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October 12, 2009
Obama's Oslo Bounce BackwardThere does seem to be a bit of an "Oslo bounce" for the President in the Rasmussen poll. Backward.
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October 9, 2009
Obama, Afghanistan, and the Nobel Peace PrizeA not so veiled attempt to make it psychologically impossible for Obama to now send 40 thousand more American troops to Afghanistan
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October 4, 2009
The Obamas Violated First Three Rules of SellingOf course Barack and Michelle Obama failed in Copenhagen. Their strategy could not possibly succeed.
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October 2, 2009
Palin's Revenge: Who's Laughing Now?Now correct me if I am wrong, but didn't I hear the Jurassic media bury the career of Sarah Palin just last July?
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September 22, 2009
Obama's Elusive Auto Insurance AnalogyTeam Obama and the media continue to flail away at an auto insurance analogy in an attempt to sell Obama Care. It is almost funny how they seem not to understand even the most basic concept of insurance.
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September 18, 2009
How To Find Millions of RacistsHow do you create millions of white racists? I have a theory.
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September 15, 2009
Community service is not what made America greatDare we say that the planners of the 9-11 attacks understand more about the greatness of America than our current President and some in Congress?
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September 8, 2009
Jaw Dropping Arrogance From Obscure CongressmanIt is not just the career safe seat members of Congress and the Senate who are vulnerable to getting caught up in the arrogance and elitism of power.
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September 7, 2009
Obama Hits New Low on the Give A Damn IndexAfter a couple of days of bad news for President Obama in the Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll, this morning's report is the second straight day of deteriorating numbers for the administration.
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September 3, 2009
Something for Obama, RNC to Chew OnThis must be somewhat disturbing to a White House that has seen hundreds of millions of dollars spent on behalf of its health care plan
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September 2, 2009
Obama's polling weakness will continueSome very telling numbers from Rasmussen today
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September 1, 2009
Obama's Ratings Shrinking and FirmingNormally it's a good thing when a politician's poll numbers are firming up. Not so much when those numbers are both shrinking and firming at the same time however.
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August 28, 2009
Fighting ObamaCare in the Spirit of Ted KennedyMaybe David Brooks has it right: we should use Ted Kennedy's behavior during the Reagan years as our blueprint for promoting unabashed and unapologetic conservatism.
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August 26, 2009
Kennedy's death: This day in historyTed Kennedy passed away yesterday, August 25th. Without comment -- and simply as a matter of historical interest -- I recap some key historical moments and other notable deaths from August 25th.
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August 25, 2009
Manchild President Stays with Adult as Fed ChairOne thing is clear: Barack Obama has turned to the Bush Administration for what might be his most important appointment.
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August 19, 2009
Labor boss gaffe: Telling the truth about taxesBig labor has opened its mouth and scored a huge blow against liberal tax policy.
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July 27, 2009
As Racists Go, We are Rank AmateursMr. President, history and reality teach us that as racists go, we are, frankly, rank amateurs. And I am sick and tired of Ivy League elites like you and Professor Gates pretending otherwise.
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July 24, 2009
Wages? What Really Happens TodaySo today the minimum wage goes up by government mandate. What a time for celebration, right? What wonderful compassion is being show by our government, right?
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July 23, 2009
Is Obama Re-Establishing 'Black Street Cred?'Nothing was as surreal about last night's press conference on healthcare as was the mention of the incident at Harvard regarding African American Studies Department Head Professor Gates and the "white cop."
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July 21, 2009
Is the Incredible Shrinking Economy Helping Obama? (updated)It's the eranings report season
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July 5, 2009
Palin v. PunditsPalin v. the pundits demonstrates a profound disconnect that is a decent microcosm of the bigger political debate going on in this country
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June 25, 2009
Recovery When? How About If?Shhh. Don't let this get around, but Warren Buffet just let the cat out of the bag -- no economic recovery in sight.
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June 16, 2009
Health Care Is Not That ComplicatedIt is no more practical to have "health insurance" to pay for prescription drugs and routine doctor visits than it is to expect your auto insurance to pay for your oil changes and tire rotations.
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June 10, 2009
Oily ParadoxOvernight and into this morning, oil futures surged to over 71 dollars a barrel.
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April 18, 2009
The Wrong AnthemFolks all over the media have been trying to brand John Rich's song "Shuttin Detroit Down" as the anthem of the tea party movement, such as it is. Bad choice.
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March 20, 2009
Our national leadershipA Florida congresswoman conducts the country's business on the floor of the House, and puts in a strong bid for the coveted title of Dumbest Member of Congress.
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February 15, 2009
Chavez and Obama: Scary ComparisonIt is not normal for Americans to pay a lot of attention to elections in South America. There is a something important us to learn. And it is scary.
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February 14, 2009
The Law Liberals Always BreakThere's a law that liberals always shatter. (And no, I'm not talking about tax law.) It's the law of unintended consequences.
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January 19, 2009
Bush's Legacy: None of The AboveGeorge Bush's legacy will be the end of Ronald Reagan's impact and the beginning of Barack Obama's.
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January 16, 2009
Why Geithner and Rangel MatterThe two most powerful men in our tax system are either corrupt, incompetent, or both.
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January 7, 2009
Jobs report should be no shockToday one of the major monthly jobs reports came out, and for the second month in a row the "experts" are shocked
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January 5, 2009
The Ridiculous Year End DanceMemo to Barack Obama. And his voters. This is what Joe the Plumber was talking about.
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December 22, 2008
Blago's AuctionThere isn't too much money in politics after all. The problem is too damned much politics in money.
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December 11, 2008
Blame me for job lossesThe job destruction process has started at my company. We are about 20% of the way through our ramp down process and on schedule to complete the shut down by spring 2009. I see the Obama handwriting on the wall.
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December 4, 2008
Saxby's Win: 08's Most Intellectually Pure ContestFor all of the talk about "bi-partisanship," the Georgia Senate run-off was nothing if not blatantly partisan. It was, simply, ALL about the party, and by extension, was the most intellectually sound and pure election in all of the 2008 cycle.
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November 19, 2008
Expect an early Obama bailout of the Big ThreeThis week's Congressional shenanigans are just chumming the waters and to allow the networks to have all Thanksgiving and Christmas to run "woe is me" stories about the wonderful hard working union families facing economic extinction after the holidays.
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November 13, 2008
Safe Seats and Carolina BluesTo get a really good close-up glimpse of what demographic problems the Republican Party is facing in the national electorate, one has to look no further than the North Carolina Senate race lost by Elizabeth Dole.
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November 7, 2008
Our Language is the LoserOne of the big losers in this cycle is the English language. Not all of this is new to this election cycle of course, but it does seem to be getting worse.
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November 6, 2008
GOP Defeat and the 'New Tone'Tuesday's debacle was some 8 years in the making. Or more.
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October 28, 2008
Time for McCain to ruffle some feathersThe conventional wisdom is that John McCain's only hope for this election is for the economy and markets to "settle down" so that he can focus on foreign policy. Wrong.
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October 22, 2008
Hey Joe -- About That License ThingWell Joe, now the entire world not only knows you are an unlicensed plumber. Is Brian Williams a licensed broadcaster? Of course not. His employer, NBC, is. Just like Joe.
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October 17, 2008
Hey Plumber Joe: Been There, Done That16 plus years ago I was where you are now. And I must tell you if Obama wins, I am pulling the plug in a few months. I am out. I have had it. I am preparing to destroy almost 100 jobs
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October 3, 2008
Liberalism needs another bailoutCalifornia, blessed with incredible beauty, perfect weather, fabulous soils, plenty of coast line and even much of the world's high tech and entertainment revenue, has managed to run out of money and wants a bailout.
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October 2, 2008
Rescue: The Conservative ConundrumWe have to use the defibulator to re-start the economic heart muscle makes sense. With the patient alive, we can then go back and change the diet and unclog the arteries later.
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October 1, 2008
Time for McCain to Name NamesThere is but one issue in the 2008 election. The economy. Or more to the point, the economic meltdown. Whoever wins this debate will win the election.
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October 1, 2008
Another anti-Obama video yanked from YouTubeThis video is the third popular video that cast an unflattering light on Barack Obama and Democrats in general to be yanked in the past couple days.
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September 29, 2008
You Tube pulls a popular anti-Democrat video off the web (updated)You Tube and Warner Music Group today pulled a highly popular video that very succinctly and clearly spelled out the roots of the current economic crisis.
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September 24, 2008
The Bush TV addressThe President with the 26% approval ratings who has almost disappeared from the national scene in the past year reappeared tonight under unhappy circumstances.
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September 19, 2008
Mistress of Disaster: Jamie GorelickKen Lay and Jack Abramoff must be green with envy over the all the mischief that has been accomplished by Jamie Gorelick, with scarcely any demonization in the press.
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September 16, 2008
McCain on Wall Street: Swing and a MissJohn McCain was interviewed this morning on CNBC's Sqawk Box program about the Wall Street crisis. His "bipartisanship" has gone too far.
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September 14, 2008
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September 14, 2008
McCain-Palin seeing a 'Gibson Bounce'?Could it be that the McCain-Palin ticket is seeing a "Charlie Gibson bounce" in their poll numbers? Perhaps.
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September 11, 2008
The Bourne Stupidity: Damon on Palin (updated)It's hard to determine whether the ignorance, the childish reasoning or the arrogance was the most stunning aspect of actor Matt Damon's video about Sarah Palin that surfaced this week.
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September 10, 2008
Why Sarah Palin Makes such a Big Difference for the GOP TicketThe Alaska Governor is far more than someone who appeals to the base, she is someone who can make the base appeal to America.
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September 8, 2008
Fannie and Freddie: GOP Cleaning up Democrat MessesGrown ups are always having to step in and clean up the messes left by the children. Such is the case all too often in our government.
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September 1, 2008
The ever-changing politics of GustavAs Gustav makes its final approach to the gulf, the political ramifications shift with every wobble of the storm itself.
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September 1, 2008
Bristol's Baby: Quick TakeSarah Palin's 17 year old daughter Bristol is pregnant. Now, what to do to combat the sure-to-appear catcalls about Palin being a believer in abstinence and a devout Christian?
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August 31, 2008
Update: Politics abound with GustavThe Democrats have apparently found religion with Hurricane Gustav
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August 29, 2008
The Politics of Hurricane GustavRemember the good ol' days back when hurricanes were weather events and not political happenings?
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August 27, 2008
Cardinal Egan and the Abortion DebateDid I just hear Cardinal Egan change the abortion debate?
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August 22, 2008
Buffett Suggests Edwards Supporters File Class Action SuitIn an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box," billionaire Warren Buffett suggested that donors to the John Edwards for President Campaign might consider filing a class action lawsuit.
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August 19, 2008
Obama making his Saddleback performance even worseThe once Messianic Obama is now having a hard time not stumbling over his own rapidly falling halo.
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August 17, 2008
Who Was That? Mac Goes Right at Saddleback!For whatever reason, Big Mac shed most of his Maverick stripes last night at the Saddleback Civil Forum
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August 16, 2008
Style was fine, but was there any substance?While the McCain campaign revels in a reasonably clear win, the Obama campaign enjoys the fact that their candidate quoted scripture in a church without saying GD America
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August 1, 2008
Reparations RisingDid I just hear Barack Obama call for "reparations?" I think I did. What would that really involve if we are worried about "fairness"?
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July 14, 2008
Slowing to 55 MPH Could Speed us into RecessionThere is no better example of how out of touch Washington is with reality than the idea that our energy crisis can be addressed with a reduction of the national speed limit to 55 miles per hour.
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July 5, 2008
Jesse Helms: Misunderstood (on purpose)Senator Jesse Helms might well be the most mis-understood, mis-cast and "mis-appreciated" figure in American politics today.
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May 30, 2008
Blame Bush for McClellanScott McClelland was the perfect Press Secretary for the presidential New Tone. Unsurprisingly, both failed.
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May 28, 2008
Punditry and the reality of environmentalismTwo pundits on one of D.C.'s most enlightened programs, the All Star Panel on Fox's "Special Report," may have learned something yesterday.
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March 14, 2008
Pastor Wright and Barack Obama: The media finally noticesDr. Jeremiah Wright Jr. has been saying things like "God damn America" for a couple of decades to a congregation that has grown to the thousands, and his sermons only go out via webcast, podcast, telecast, broadcast, cable cast.