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April 3, 2024
Small change in Nebraska election law could throw the presidential election to TrumpThis would actually be a big deal.
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November 26, 2023
It’s getting scary out there for JewsThe George Floyd riots were an introduction of sorts and the fact the rioters got off, made it an invitation to step it up
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June 28, 2023
GOP hopes for taking the Senate majority: Finding better 2024 candidates and better anti-fraud and ballot-harvesting preparationOff to a promising start...
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October 26, 2022
What the polling tells us about the state of the racesCertain things seem clear, and other things are very unsettled.
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October 16, 2022
Anti-incumbency is the big factor in the midterm election, and it doesn’t always help the GOPThere will be some surprising results this year in races almost nobody is covering.
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September 12, 2022
Lefty writers understand that education issues could swing the midterms to GOPIs the GOP listening?
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November 15, 2021
GOP seems to be winning the redistricting battleTwo contingencies will determine if the forecast GOP advantage turns into a majority.
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October 4, 2021
The Alarm Bells are Ringing for American CitizenshipA review of Victor Davis Hanson's book, The Dying Citizen.
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August 8, 2021
On campus, the worst is yet to comeA comic novel that captures the passions and absurdities of campus craziness by a professor who ignited the furies.
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March 31, 2021
The One-Party StateA stark warning on how close we now are to the left accomplishing its long-term goal of dominating American politics in perpetuity
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February 10, 2021
The International Criminal Court targets IsraelThe International Criminal Court (ICC) is back on the warpath with its latest effort to do the bidding of a non-state actor (Palestine) in order to damage a non-member state (Israel).
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November 6, 2020
Pennsylvania's mail ballot results don't look rightCount me skeptical of Biden’s margin of 57% among mail in ballots, and his soon to be declared “victory” in the state.
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September 21, 2020
Collins and Murkowski should abstainTo participate in this confirmation process and then vote no, solely because of the timing of the day of the vote, is unfair to the nominee, especially if the nominee otherwise would be supported by either or both of the two senators.
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September 16, 2020
Suddenly, Pelosi wants a coronavirus stimulus dealThe margin favoring Democrats in the generic ballot for the House is slipping, but the failure to pass a new stimulus bill may not be the reason.
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August 24, 2020
Matt Stutzman, the armless archerA video to send to any people claiming they are entitled to reparations or compensation for the systemic racism in this country that makes them victims.
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July 21, 2020
What the coronavirus numbers are telling usThere are lots of numbers flying around about the coronavirus, so here is a brief attempt to put some context to them.
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April 27, 2020
The Standard for Reopening States is RiggedThere is a new factor which throws calculations so far off that the standard should be abandoned.
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March 16, 2020
More lessons from the numbers about Covid-19Some of of the most detailed and comprehensive looks at the experiences in China and other countries and the rate of spread.
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March 12, 2020
Coronavirus by the numbersThe U.S. population is close to 330 million, meaning our incidence rate so far is 1 in 330,000, about 1/20 of China’s rate. In other words, if our incidence rate grew to match China's before leveling off, we would get to about 20,000 cases. There have been at least 34 million infected with flu this year, 350,000 hospitalizations, and 20,000 deaths.
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February 13, 2020
CNN Columnist’s Smear of Bloomberg Has a Math ProblemAttempting to go after Michael Bloomberg, Jill Filipovic puts out a series of distorted data on who's commiting murders in New York City.
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November 29, 2019
If Bloomberg swings and misses......it won't stop him from spending hundreds of millions to defeat Trump next November.
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November 17, 2019
Two Parties, Many PathsA fascinating brief history of the two parties and their fortunes, and a reminder that today’s apparent trend-lines are not forever.
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September 10, 2019
Mattis refuses to follow the media's anti-Trump scriptMust see TV: Andrea Mitchell rendered speechless.
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August 19, 2019
Israel's no-win situation with Omar and TlaibPublicity for the tour by the two Squad members would have been covered as if it were the first successful climb of Mount Everest or the first moon landing.
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July 12, 2019
Amazon caught blocking favorable reviews of Mollie Hemingway/Carrie Severino book on Kavanaugh confirmationThere is simply nothing anymore that does not draw forth the social justice warriors to do battle.
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May 10, 2019
Can town halls change the Democrats' race?Wednesday night, my wife and I attended a Fox News Channel town hall in Milwaukee for Amy Klobuchar.
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May 8, 2019
On Campus, Thou Shalt Not Support IsraelHatred of Israel and anti-Zionism may now be at the top of the grievance tree at American universities.
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May 1, 2019
Good news for GOP Senate prospects in 2020Democrats' diversity obsession may help the GOP maintain control of the Senate after the 2020 election.
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April 27, 2019
Fighting back against the indoctrination that has replaced educationAmid horror stories, small rays of hope.
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April 27, 2019
Cancel the New York Yankees!It's time to hold virtue-signalers to account for their own sins.
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March 21, 2019
Anti-Semitic blacks in Congress: Then and nowIn the 2002 congressional midterm elections, Israel-supporters were among those who contributed to taking down in Democratic Party primaries two Southern African-American members of the House of Representatives. How times have changed.
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March 1, 2019
Climate brainwashing in schools and the Democrats' lurch to the leftThe mainstreaming of climate change hysteria into the public schools, beginning in early grades, has probably more to do with the overwhelming leftist sentiments of the rising generations than any other factor.
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November 21, 2018
NY Times vote guru warns Dems against 2020 optimismNate Cohn of the New York Times is a very smart numbers cruncher who calls it straight
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November 5, 2018
The Breaking Factors that Will Determine the ElectionAmerican Thinker’s political director Richard Baehr weighs the probabilities in an election where most polls of most key races show results well within the margin of error
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September 5, 2018
John Kyl's return to the Senate, replacing McCain, is very good newsA smart pick, and not a squish on policy like McCain. Just one small problem...
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August 8, 2018
Looks like a narrow (yet big) victory for GOP in Ohio's 12th District raceThe good news is that there are still plenty of Republicans out there, and if they are motivated to vote, Republicans can survive a bad electoral environment.
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May 17, 2018
The Grotesque Spectacle of Michelle Goldberg Throwing Up Her HateIt is hard to know where to begin to unpack her lies and deceptions, but let’s try a few.
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May 16, 2018
Big day for progressive candidates may limit Democratic gains in the HouseThe national media love to discuss the self destructive Republican infighting. But they are but one of two parties experiencing ideological stresses.
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May 15, 2018
At the Jerusalem Embassy opening ceremony: 15 GOP office-holders, 0 DemocratsDraw the appropriate conclusions.
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April 14, 2018
David Horowitz Explains the Ruling Ideas of the LeftWhy the left has been consistently wrong and produced so much destruction in its wake.
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April 14, 2018
The left gets even sickerEvery time you think the left could not possibly sink any lower, you get proof that it can.
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March 9, 2018
Eliminating the toxic residue of Obama's racialist approach to crimeYou side with either the decent people in a community or the criminals.
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February 1, 2018
Yale Law School Grad Cory Booker is an Ignoramus on Citizenship RightsNew Jersey Senator Cory Booker seems to spend every waking moment either admiring his Presidential look in a mirror, or trying to move left of any of his opponents for the 2020 nomination
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January 21, 2018
1940: American Inaction and the Tragedy of European JewryDuring 1940, three of the most significant Zionist leaders in the world visited the United States, hoping to gain a measure of support for the creation of a Jewish army to help fight the Nazis.
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January 5, 2018
Trump and the GOP: The polling turnsA dramatic shift. You can tell without looking that scores are rising, since there were no media stories last week about how low they are.
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December 13, 2017
Alabama's new Democrat senator: An avoidable disasterCasey Stengel's famous question applies to the GOP: "Can't anyone here play this game?"
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December 9, 2017
Watch AT co-founder debate the co-founder of the 'Electronic Intifada'A public television program worth watching.
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September 24, 2017
Bret Stephens's New MathBret Stephens seems to work hard at finding new things about which to complain about President Trump. Too hard, perhaps.
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June 26, 2017
The Real Lesson from Last Week’s Two Special Elections for CongressSpecial elections are indeed ‘special,’ and don’t predict the next election. But they do tell us something else, almost as important.
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May 1, 2017
Ros-Lehtinen retirement a bad sign for the GOPUsually, it is House members in the minority who think they are powerless and pack it in.
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March 25, 2017
When Are Bystanders Complicit?Do laws criminalizing those who witness a crime and do nothing to stop or report it help or hinder justice?
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March 15, 2017
President Trump dropping in the polls since unveiling of GOP health insurance planTime for the GOP to come up with a complete plan, and let the Democrats stand in the way and take responsibility for the crashing and burning of Obamacare if they choose to filibuster it in the Senate.
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March 8, 2017
The Middlebury riot and the fall of higher educationWill this be a turning point in how administrators deal with their adolescent fascists? How many Middlebury students do you expect to be suspended or expelled? Please stop laughing.
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December 14, 2016
Former secretary of labor Tom Perez will try to stop Keith Ellison’s DNC chair bidPerez is Obama’s choice. He is much smarter than Ellison, has a lot of political experience, and is a very tough and skilled fighter. Sorry, Keith – you'd be great for the GOP.
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December 8, 2016
Trump’s home run on EPA directorThere is a pattern here -- and it has the progressives freaking out.
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November 27, 2016
The Democrats’ real strategy in launching recountsDevious and destructive Democrats have an ugly plan
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October 27, 2016
The Left in Power: Clinton to ObamaThe progressive goal is to achieve a new society that has never been seen before in this country, though it has been promised and has catastrophically failed in many places around the globe.
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September 22, 2016
Trump and the post-debate attacksIf Trump holds his own in the first debate, the scorn and hatred directed against him will be like nothing we have ever seen in a race.
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August 7, 2016
Should America Remain Globally Engaged?This presidential election is in part about whether America's role as the sole superpower in the world and the leader in multilateral trade deals still makes sense for Americans.
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July 21, 2016
Once again, it was all about Ted CruzHillary, of course, is happy to have the purists do her dirty work for her.
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July 15, 2016
What money can’t buy for HillaryDespite tens of millions of dollars worth of TV and radio ads run in swing states by her campaign and her super PAC, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are effectively in a dead heat in these states.
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May 15, 2016
Does US News Degrade Law Schools?There is no real alternative to the US News rankings of law schools, and the newsweekly's list has become extraordinarily powerful.
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March 26, 2016
Obama’s difficulty in choosing capitalism over communismIt really shouldn't be surprising
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March 26, 2016
Obama: ‘good’ terror victims and ‘bad’ terror victims"If the Brussels bombers had been Palestinian, committing their murders in Israel, there would probably have been a statement issued from the White House; something about 'both sides needing to show restraint'"
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January 23, 2016
Winning the Close OnesBattles over voting results go back a lot farther than Bush v Gore, and aren't going to end anytime soon.
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November 10, 2015
How weak a candidate is Hillary?A shocking poll that should give her campaigners nightmares.
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October 29, 2015
American Thinker day on the Milt Rosenberg ShowRichard Baehr and Ed Lasky to discuss the CNBC debate, and take calls with Chicago radio legend Milt Rosenberg. Interet live feed available.
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September 21, 2015
Chicago Liberal Needs Safe Space at AIPACShould AIPAC temper its opposition to Obama's Iran deal in the name of "bipartisanship"?
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September 8, 2015
NRCC treads on dangerous groundWritten agreements with National Republic Congressional Committee may violate the law and hand opponents a weapon.
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August 3, 2015
Comprehensive summary of who benefits from the various provisions of the Iran dealAnyone who looks seriously and with an open mind at this analysis will oppose the current agreement with Iran.
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June 23, 2015
The best single article on why the Iran nuke deal is a bad onePublished today by a surprising source.
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June 16, 2015
Summing Up a LifeDavid Horowitz, perhaps the nation's most effective ex-leftist, has written a new and surprising book.
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May 11, 2015
Breaking the Democrats' Electoral College Blue WallMany savvy political analysts believe the Democrats have a built in advantage in the Electoral College. Here's a strategy for breaking it.
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April 30, 2015
The Fake Palestinian Video that Cost Over a Thousand Israeli LivesThe true story of how a staged fake video was used to generate the Second Intifada, killing over a thousand Israelis.
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March 18, 2015
Bibi's last-minute maneuver that won the electionHow Netanyahu snatched the victory that so frustrates Obama.
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December 22, 2014
Israel, the ObsessionThe struggle for those who stand with Israel will be uphill for a long time to come.
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December 21, 2014
Jeb Bush and Tenet: The other side of the coinMaybe Jeb deserves some credit rather than the scorn. Helping turn around a troubled company is a good credential for a lot of jobs.
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December 6, 2014
You heard it here first....If Hillary does not run, the Dem candidate will not be Elizabeth Warren, but an obvious choice Obama favors.
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November 25, 2014
Washington Post Hit Job on Giuliani Comes Up ShortAttempt to punish Giuliani for politically incorrect truths gets the facts wrong.
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November 11, 2014
How well did Republicans do last Tuesday?When you look into the numbers, the story gets better and better.
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November 5, 2014
Pollsters join Democrats as big losersThe polls were off in Maryland by 20 points. The Virginia Senate race off by 10. On average, GOP candidates beat polling average by 5 points in close Senate races.
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October 10, 2014
Chuck Todd plays the race card on Republican votersDemocrats face defeat because racism
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September 27, 2014
More good polling news for GOP Senate hopesEven factoring in Kansas, the GOP is looking good for a Senate pick-up.
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September 8, 2014
Good news for GOP Senate hopes in new round of pollingA large collection of new Senate polls from the New York Times/CBS and NBC/Marist are very good news for the GOP effort to retake the Senate.聽
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June 18, 2014
The New York Times saves the planetI have noticed that pretty much every day now, there is a New York Times story or op ed that describes someone who saves the planet through environmental action.
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June 11, 2014
A hopeful sign for the GOP in MaineOne result yesterday that I think is significant and few are noticing
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May 1, 2014
Bill moving ahead in Knesset to silence Israel's conservative newspaperWhat the left would like to do to Fox News may happen in to Israel's largest circulation newspaper
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April 29, 2014
An all black basketball league?Larry Johnson, former NBA star, is demanding a new all black basketball league. But would it benefit black players and owners?
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March 6, 2014
Hope for Illinois GOPIllinois is one of the bluest states in the country, but disgust with the mismanagement and corrupt leadership by Democrats,has opened the door to a GOP victory in the Senate and governor's races.
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January 10, 2014
Faulty numbers on Obamacare signupsThe numbers touted for Obamacare signups are completely misleading
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December 1, 2013
War Eagle!I feel sorry for people who are not sports fans. Last night, Auburn defeated Alabama in the Iron Bowl, in the most intense college football game you will ever see, in a rivalry game more bitter than any other, and with more at stake than in any prior meeting
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November 10, 2013
The Technion: The Engine of a Young NationAn amazing university in Israel is powering the economy and defense of the country.
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September 17, 2013
The World's Oldest Hate MetastasizesThe brief time-out on thousands of years of anti-Semitism among Europeans has ended.
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May 2, 2013
Red lines are not real for the Obama administrationYou know the Obama team is displaying weakness and incompetence when this guy lashes out.
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March 21, 2013
Ben Carson for Michigan Senate Seat?The Detroit News is busy talking up the possibility of Dr. Benjamin Carson running as a Republican for the Senate from Michigan. Turns out, it makes a lot of sense.
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February 25, 2013
If Rahm is Superman, Chicago must be made of KryptoniteChicago is rated the 4th most miserable city in America. There is still work to do to pass Detroit, Flint and Rockford. Keep it going, Rahm.
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February 20, 2013
The Peace Process ObsessionBefore the president and his new Secretary of State John Kerry begin to repeat the mistakes of the past and resume the effort at "peace processing," here is what they need to understand.
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February 3, 2013
Book Review: The Long Road to FreedomAs members of Congress struggle with immigration reform, Canto's story is of an immigration journey where a family played by the rules and entered the country legally.
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December 9, 2012
Some worms are turning?It would be tough to find a bigger bleeding heart liberal in the mainstream media than Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times. So his article yesterday comes as a bit of a shock.
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November 14, 2012
Electoral College: Advantage DemocratsWe can expect calls for abolition of the Electoral College to disappear, now that Democrats appear to have a built-in advantage.
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October 5, 2012
Obama camp may be freaking out todayNew swing state polls are out today from Rasmussen and We Ask America, all taken yesterday after the first Presidential debate.
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August 11, 2012
The Ryan RolloutHe will get all the attention Palin did and more, and it will help our side.
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August 10, 2012
Veepstakes feverMedia hype suggests the decision will be soon. Here is the tradeoff Mitt is considering.
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August 2, 2012
Putrid PollPew is out with a new poll showing Obama with a commanding ten point lead. Do not believe it.
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August 1, 2012
Propaganda poll shows Obama aheadA worthless new Quinnipiac poll for CBS and the New York Times gives Obama a big edge in Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
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July 31, 2012
New Yorker writer fabricated, plagiarizedFunny how it is always the most prestigious liberal publications who generate these frauds.
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July 24, 2012
New York Times series on decline of middle class to run over next few monthsThe Times sets the agenda
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July 12, 2012
Campaign Cash from Jews Is Bad Only if It Goes to RepublicansHappy to feed vile anti-Semitic toxins into the campaign.
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July 4, 2012
Lies, damn lies, and TV documentariesAt a press conference to promote his new "documentary" series, Oliver Stone revealed that Hitler and Stalin were misunderstood.
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June 8, 2012
Citizens United Becomes the Left's All-Purpose ExcuseBlaming Citizens United for the decisive Walker victory is nothing more than a smokescreen to cover up the fact that most Wisconsin voters were tired of 15 separate, very divisive, and angry recall campaigns.
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June 7, 2012
More good polling newsColorado is tied. Romney up 1 in Michigan (via a respected Michigan pollster). Michigan was a state Obama won by almost 17%. If Michigan is this close, Romney will be in very good shape in other battlegrounds.
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June 6, 2012
Huge exit poll disaster for all the networks in WisconsinI bet Axelrod, Messina, and Plouffe are looking at some of the state polls this morning a bit differently.
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June 1, 2012
More good poll news for RomneyFor the first time this cycle, the Rasmussen survey now shows Mitt Romney ahead of Barack Obama in Florida, Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina, the last by a wide margin.
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May 20, 2012
An unexpected encounter with Chicago NATO protestorsThe greatest collection of losers I have ever seen in my life. But it was diverse.
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May 11, 2012
Good news in the pollsThe more blue states that are added to the battle, even if Romney does not win them, the better his chances to win.
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May 10, 2012
West Virginia dazeMy favorite political story of the year is Texas inmate Keith Judd, winning 41% of the vote against Barack Obama in the West Virginia Democratic Presidential primary
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April 24, 2012
The Baehr EssentialsIt is pretty apparent that the Obama Administration will do pretty much anything to get Obama re-elected. But this takes the cake
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April 1, 2012
ABC's Terry Moran is a Know Nothing On Bush v GoreMoran is either uninformed, or deliberately disregards the history of the case in order to advance a thesis that an activist conservative majority on the Court is pushing through an agenda by 5-4 votes
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March 30, 2012
The real madnessThere was big news dominating the front pages of newspapers in 49 states this week: the Supreme Court's consideration of ObamaCare
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March 5, 2012
Obama at AIPAC: Another Missed OpportunityBarack Obama did nothing at AIPAC to allay the concerns of any American who stands with Israel.
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February 19, 2012
The Baehr EssentialsWarren Buffet talks the fairness talk all the way to the bank.
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November 24, 2011
Thanksgiving: Family, food, and footballIt is Thanksgiving Weekend, which means family get togethers, turkey and football.
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November 22, 2011
Analyzing the 2012 electionThe best best analysis of the 2012 Presidential election I have yet seen was just published.
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October 12, 2011
New survey shows surprising strength for GOP in head to head matchup with ObamaAll three top Republican candidates best Obama.
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October 7, 2011
Tipping Points in the Race for the Presidency?The field may be set, but there are likely to be a few more turns in the road before this is decided.
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September 13, 2011
Targeting Perry (updated)Perry is still the favorite to be nominated. For what it is worth, if Rick Perry does not lift his game, he will be toast in a general election. He has lots of vulnerabilities, and unlike Romney he can get tongue-tied dealing with them.
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September 10, 2011
Do We Matter?David Horowitz, fierce enemy of the left, on death, the fate that awaits all living things.
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August 8, 2011
Obama Administration Blames the MessengerPerhaps the administration thinks it can create anger at S&P, and it can get flash mobs or its allied union goons to come to New York State and threaten S&P executives in their homes.
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July 25, 2011
Another GOP pickup opportunityA retirement announced today opens a Democrat-held House seat in a GOP-leaning district.
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July 21, 2011
Packing, Unpacking: Midterms and the 2012 ElectionsThe off year vote for the House is an excellent indicator of how the President election might turn out two years later.
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July 17, 2011
Obama's selling but Americans aren't buyingObama's poll numbers tanked this week. Maybe some people are tuning out not only Obama but the media's attempt to make him look the adult in the debt ceiling debate.
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July 15, 2011
The Debt LimitI just watched a bit of the Obama press conference, and as usual, he lied.
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June 14, 2011
The Obama Campaign Team's Electoral College ObsessionThe Obama campaign team are providing early signals on the states where they think the 2012 contest will be decided.
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June 7, 2011
A likely GOP pickup in House of RepresentativesThe son a popular Democrat former governor will retire from the House in one of the most GOP-friendly states.
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June 3, 2011
NYT scrubs the new editor's embarrassing words (update of earlier post)Has Jill Abramson, the new executive editor of the New York Times, been taking lessons from Newt Gingrich on how to start a new venture, and Anthony Weiner on how to handle an embarrassment?
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June 2, 2011
Dumb... dumber... dumbest... Wasserman SchultzIn the internet age, fact checking is not too hard to do. So the new DNC chair probably needs to learn that bald-faced lies won't cut it.
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May 24, 2011
Chris Wallace says Israel 'Kicked Out' PalestiniansOne of the best of the television news interviewers needs to do some more reading.
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May 24, 2011
Why Did the Congress Love Bibi?The Israeli Prime Minister gets it about America in a way our president does not.
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May 2, 2011
The Baehr EssentialsSo who carried out the mission? It appears that it was a team which the odious Seymour Hersh in a New Yorker article called Dick Cheney's Assassination Squad.
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May 1, 2011
Obama COLB release and the pollsObama's poll numbers have jumped in the wake of the release.
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April 25, 2011
Obama's incoherent Syria policyThe "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine (R2P), Samantha Power's justification for entering the conflict in Libya, has been largely absent so far from any discussion of what to do about Syria
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April 16, 2011
Atlas Shrugged Part IAyn Rand's The Fountainhead was published in 1943, and a film version was released in 1949. It took a bit longer to get Atlas Shrugged to the screen
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April 12, 2011
The Baehr EssentialsHave you noticed that the Libya war has quickly faded from the news?
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April 8, 2011
The Baehr EssentialsThe inside story on the impact of a government shutdown, and much more.
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April 3, 2011
Is There a New Antisemitism?If there were no Israel, would antisemitism recede again or disappear? Or is hatred of Israel a mask for the more routine hatred of Jews that has existed for two thousand years?
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March 21, 2011
Politically Incorrect March Madness NotesLast night I attended the NCAA games at the United Center with my daughter. For Indiana, it was the most embarrassing night since Barack Obama carried the state in 2008.
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March 8, 2011
The Baehr EssentialsAn article from the New York Times on Sunday, that is so ridiculous, it should have been a front page story in the Onion.
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March 4, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood is officially A-OK for the Obama AdministrationA gigantic strategic blunder
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February 28, 2011
A little nuclear war might not be so bad?Finally, we may have an explanation for the Obama administration's playing footsie with Iran
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February 21, 2011
Obama and Israel at the Security Council: A Tie?So what should we make of the U.S veto of a Security Council resolution on Friday, after which our Ambassador to the U.N. effectively endorsed the very resolution she had vetoed in a sneering attack on Israeli settlements
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February 18, 2011
Yet another Democrat senator retiringA safe seat for the Democrats is now at least possible as a GOP pick-up.
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February 14, 2011
NY Times' willful blindnessThe recent events in Egypt highlight how far from reality the Times' foreign policy "great minds" have wandered.
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February 10, 2011
Sen. Kyl reportedly won't seek re-election2012 race for Arizona Senate seat will be more competitive, but GOP candidate still favored to win.
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February 10, 2011
The Baehr EssentialsRahm Emanuel, who will spend more money per day for this race than any Mayoral candidate in American history not named Michael Bloomberg, yesterday came out and endorsed paying reparations for descendants of slaves
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February 9, 2011
Sen. Webb will not run for re-electionAnother Democrat-held Senate seat up for grabs
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February 1, 2011
GOP Senate pickup opportunity in MontanaThe Republicans just got the candidate they wanted to run for Senator in Montana in 2012
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January 27, 2011
Making Obama a One-Term PresidentRegardless of his rebound in the polls, Barack Obama is no shoo-in for reelection. Here's how the GOP can win.
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January 13, 2011
Krugman tries to move on, stumblesPaul Krugman is back to discussing income inequality on his blog, following a very negative reaction to his disgraceful column on the Tucson shootings
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January 11, 2011
The Baehr EssentialsWas Jody Foster an accomplice in the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan in early 1981?
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January 5, 2011
A primer on the principles that conservatives need to defend in offering an ObamaCare alternativeA dose of realism on what it will take to repeal or unravel the worst features of that law
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January 3, 2011
The Baehr EssentialsAT's chief political correspondent takes on the news (and sports) of the day.
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December 13, 2010
The Lesson of the Tax Deal and the Deficit: Teach Your Kids ChinesePoliticians love complexity. So do lobbyists, who get paid to produce it.
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December 5, 2010
Net job impact of stimulus zero, from SF Federal Reserve studyTHe only lasting effect is the debt we have to repay.
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November 21, 2010
Immigration: A Modest ProposalIf the GOP has the wit and will to pursue a serious immigration reform program, the country and the party both will benefit.
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November 2, 2010
How big?If there is a late surge to GOP among independents, keep in mind that 1/3 of Americans who will vote have already voted.
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November 1, 2010
2010 Predictions: A Pretty Big WaveTomorrow will be a good day for a political party all but written off as dead two years ago.
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October 21, 2010
ObamaCare Unrealistic Cost Estimates Exposed by Dem GovernorThe ultimate budget buster. There is no believable federal budget for any year beginning in 2014
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October 18, 2010
Jan Schakowsky: First You Lose, then you MisquoteSeveral hundred people turned out last night to hear Illinois 9th district Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky discuss Israel with her Republican challenger, Joel Pollak.
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October 14, 2010
Senate takeover prospects dimWith 19 days to go, GOP chances of winning the 10 seats needed to take control of the Senate stalled a bit this week.
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October 12, 2010
RCP: Only 133 Safe Democrat SeatsElectoral prospects for Dems get worse with each passing week.
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October 8, 2010
The Forgotten Evil behind the Iron CurtainAn entire American generation has come of age since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet empire in Eastern Europe, never understanding the evil of Communism.
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September 30, 2010
GOP House Contenders Flying under the RadarNovember 2 could see some big unpleasant surprises for incumbent Democrats in the House of Representatives.
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September 27, 2010
The Baehr EssentialsSo the settlement freeze has ended, and so far, the world has not ended.
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September 21, 2010
Time for the GOP to UniteThe primary season is over, and it is time to move on and throw out the bums who are left -- and that means the party in power, the Democrats.
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September 20, 2010
New York State Begins to Hurt DemsGood news for the GOP in the first post-primary poll in the New York governorship
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August 30, 2010
There are now 13 Democrat-held Senate seats in playEven one of the most liberal columnists concedes today that there is a possibility of the GOP taking control of both Houses of Congress.
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August 23, 2010
Paul Krugman Is a Liar: Does the New York Times Care?Paul Krugman's New York Times column for August 23 on extending the Bush tax cuts is not merely misleading; it is an outright and deliberate fabrication.
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July 30, 2010
The Obama Victory ReconsideredBarack Obama's presidential election victory in 2008 represents the most successful new product introduction in American history.
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July 29, 2010
The Baehr EssentialsObservations on the news of the day by AT's chief political correspondent.
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July 12, 2010
The Baehr EssentialsChris Christie continues to demonstrate why serving as Governor is the best preparation for the White House.
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June 25, 2010
Taiwanese TV has done it againFirst the simulated Tiger Woods car crash, now Al Gore grabbing the masseuse.
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June 18, 2010
Alan Dershowitz Finally Endorses a RepublicanThe famous liberal took his time before he found a Republican he considered worth supporting -- just under 72 years to be exact
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June 18, 2010
The Better Team TiedA very bad call by a referee from Mali deprived the US of the go ahead goal in the 85th minute of its match with tiny Slovenia today.
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June 1, 2010
The Baehr EssentialsAT's chief political correspondent on the Gaza flotilla and other news of the day.
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May 28, 2010
Israel and America's JewsThere are many explanations for why younger Jews do not feel the same way about Israel as earlier generations.
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May 21, 2010
The Baehr EssentialsRichard Bluemnthal, Woody Allen, and the foreign policy catstrophe of Barack Obama.
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May 19, 2010
The November Impact of the PrimariesThe first of the mini-Super Tuesdays has come and gone, and both parties can find things to cheer about.
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May 12, 2010
Specter desperate in PennsylvaniaHe cut a commercial of Obama praising him, but the president won't campaign for him.
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April 19, 2010
The Jews of SilenceThis president is the greatest threat to the strategic alliance of the U.S. and Israel since the founding of the modern Jewish state in 1948. His Jewish supporters mostly have been silent.
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April 17, 2010
Obama's numbers sinking againThe public isn't buying what Obama is selling, and the polls prove it.
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April 7, 2010
GOP prospects in the senate continue to brightenStill only a small chance they can pick up enough seats to grab the senate.
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April 3, 2010
Dumb Dems to be Drummed OutThe good news is that we may be on a verge of a wave election where some of the dead wood is removed. Speaking of dead wood, who is the dumbest Democratic Congressman of them all?
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April 1, 2010
When Media Become Obama PR AgentsThe media's tongue bath for President Obama knows no bounds.
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March 16, 2010
Obama to Israel: 'Drop Dead'It took awhile -- fourteen months, to be exact -- but both the ADL and AIPAC have issued very solid statements condemning the president's new verbal war on Israel.
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March 15, 2010
AT Readers: Call Your Blue DogThe House will likely vote on the Senate health care bill. American Thinker readers can get involved in the action, by calling the offices of the 64 Democrats whose votes may be in play.
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March 9, 2010
Counting House Votes on Healthcare ReformWhere does the healthcare reform bill stand in the House, as of today?
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March 6, 2010
The Health Care Bill's ProspectsWill the health care reform bill pass? Here's what it depends upon.
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March 3, 2010
The Big Problem with Health Care Is Cost, Not AccessFour structural changes that would make a difference.
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February 26, 2010
The Baehr EssentialsBarack Obama may have looked like a change figure in 2008, but trotting out the not very gracefully aging Democratic leaders of the House and Senate to make any kind of case is poison
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February 25, 2010
GOP Dark Horse Reported Running for Gillenbrand's NY Senate SeatThe kind of newcomer, who, given New York's ethnic mix, might have a real shot.
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February 12, 2010
One hand washes the otherThe symbiotic relationship between public employee unions and government overspending at the federal, state and municipal levels
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February 1, 2010
Can Illinois Go Red, and Give the White House the Blues?Illinois has been a disastrous state for Republicans for over a decade. That could start changing tomorrow.
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January 31, 2010
Rasmussen shows Obama got a SOTU approval bumpWhile the Gallup poll, so far shows little movement to President Obama since his State of the Union address, Rasmussen shows a big bump for Obama among Democrats
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January 26, 2010
Senate StrategizingRepresentative Mike Pence has announced he will not challenge Indiana Senator Evan Bayh next November. A smart decision.
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January 26, 2010
Mitchell's WayGeorge Mitchell seems to have a way to get the PA and Israel talking again. But first, it requires a few confidence building measures.
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January 25, 2010
Good news for the GOP from DelawareYet another opportunity to pick up a Blue State Senate seat
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January 22, 2010
The Baehr EssentialsAT's chief political correspondent, on the Brown victory in Massachusetts and what it means for Obama.
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January 19, 2010
AT's Massachusetts election forecastOur Political Correspondent Rich Baehr lays it all out.
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January 13, 2010
Ben Nelson waffling again on health care billHe is "not yet 100% certain" he will vote for it.
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January 12, 2010
Blue to Red: Massachusetts Senate RaceAn unusual opportunity now presents itself in the special election for U.S. Senator in Massachusetts.
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January 12, 2010
Little-noted good news for GOP from PAA seat in the House of Representatives may be saved from a likely Democrat victory in 2010, and a statehouse may be recaptured, thanks to a new decision.
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January 5, 2010
GOP momentum on the riseCapable candidates attracted by the prospect of a wave election in 2010.
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December 20, 2009
A Cracking of the Heart by David HorowitzAt some point in our lives, we come to understand the concept of death, and then it happens to our family members or friends.
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December 14, 2009
More House Dems leavingWe may be seeing the first evidence that many moderate Democrats are tired of fighting the leftist urges of their own party.
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December 11, 2009
Can the GOP Win Back the House?The question is not whether the GOP will pick seats in 2010, but how many. A detailed review of where the change could happen.
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December 4, 2009
Dem retirees present GOP with golden opportunitiesSeats in districts that Bush/McCain won.
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December 1, 2009
GE's very special media propertiesWhy does Keith Olbermann still have a job with NBC for NFL Sunday night games after this column?
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November 20, 2009
The Jewish Vote, One More TimeThe election two weeks ago and the change it shows.
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November 18, 2009
Obama's tide flows in, then it flows outPresident Obama's overall job approval has fallen below 50% for first time in the Quinnipiac poll.
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November 16, 2009
Obama and the 'Palin effect'President Obama's approval ratings have inched up in the last week, for no obvious reason. Could it have anything to do with Sarah Palin?
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November 13, 2009
Put Chris Dodd on the 'Most Endangered Incumbent' listAn anti-incumbent mood may hasten his exit.
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November 11, 2009
Sinking numbers for Obama, DemocratsHealth care a drag on Democratic electoral prospects.
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November 8, 2009
Why Cao voted for Pelosi's healthcare billCao has zero chance to be re-elected. He is the single most vulnerable member of Congress.
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November 5, 2009
The Obama administration's mounting Middle East failuresThe fiasco of U.S. policy in the Middle East gets clearer each day.
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November 2, 2009
Election 2009 ForecastsOn Tuesday, there will be elections in four states: two governorships and two special elections for U.S. House seats, all four of whose constituencies were won by Barack Obama in 2008.
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October 29, 2009
A New Obama Jobs Program?How often do scads of new government employees generate cost savings?
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October 7, 2009
National Sovereignty and International LawA president enamored of international law, the UN Security Council, and an era of nuclear proliferation.
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September 30, 2009
Why I hope Obama brings the 2016 Olympics to ChicagoLet's get real here: if a President can go on vacation for a few weeks, he can spare a day for this trip.
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September 13, 2009
Can Israel Make Peace with the Palestinians?A conversation with Ambassador Alon Pinkas
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September 12, 2009
Chicago Olympics prospects dealt blow by ObamaUsing Michelle Obama to deliver a kick in the rear to his patron, Mayor Daley.
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September 3, 2009
Wild card in MassachusettsCurt Schilling, former Red Sox hero, mulls a run as GOP candidate for open Senate seat in Massachusetts.
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August 18, 2009
Where Should Treatment Decisions Get Made?Those who think that some right wing group is responsible for ginning up the concerns of older Americans about decisions about their future health care have not been reading the continuous signals that have come out of the Administration
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August 17, 2009
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August 13, 2009
Arlen Specter in big troubleJust a few months after his party switch, Pennsylvania voters seem to regard Arlen as Arnold (as in the traitor Benedict Arnold)
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August 11, 2009
Harry Reid is in big troubleAnd he's not the only Dem senator facing grim re-election prospects next year.
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August 11, 2009
Two peas in a podRick Richman proves that Obama was not misunderstood when in his speech in Cairo he seemed to be equating creation of state of Israel after the Holocaust with the suffering of Palestinians.
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August 5, 2009
Things looking up for GOP, not ObamaWe are seeing a sea change in political sentiment in just 9 months.
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August 1, 2009
When Obama waits for the factsSometimes President Obama knows enough to refrain from speaking when he does not have the facts at his command.
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July 30, 2009
Obama honors an enemy of Israel (updated)Barack Obama today announced that he is presenting the Medal of Freedom to Mary Robinson.
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July 28, 2009
Ayn Rand: 'Goddess of the Market'Ayn Rand's books are suddenly hot, and her ideas too, as the statist menace looms.
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July 24, 2009
Obama poll numbers take a diveBarack Obama now has a negative approval score for the first time since his victory last November: 49% approve, 51% disapprove
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July 20, 2009
Big Mo turns against ObamaMany Americans seem to want a time out, and a renewed focus on improving the economy before the White House and Congress shake up the county any more.
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July 12, 2009
Obama distracts the public by falling back on an old standbyApparently, investigating Bush will take precedence over the economy - at least until it starts to recover.
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July 6, 2009
Obama's security reduction mission to RussiaIt is hard to believe that this level of naïveté is present in the individual directing US foreign policy at least through 2013, and perhaps 2017.
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July 2, 2009
Look who's distancing from ObamaIf you want a sign that the Obama bandwagon is losing a few wheels, read this.
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July 1, 2009
Obama and IsraelAn ongoing debate concerns whether the Obama administration has blinked and will now lay off Israel a bit, or whether it is merely a pause in the action
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June 25, 2009
Why Obama changed his mind on hot dog diplomacyNo, it wasn't because the Iranians weren't polite enough to RSVP
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June 23, 2009
Obama's hostility to Israel is clearThe Obama administration seems to have fallen into a pattern: the more outrageous the behavior of the Iranian regime, the more Obama lashes out at... Israel.
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June 21, 2009
Obama net approval slips to negative for first time (updated)The Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Poll slips into negative territory for President Obama on Father's Day, 2009.
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June 19, 2009
Explaining Obama: Our First Islamist President?One might think that Barack Obama's obsession with Jewish settlements in the West Bank would wane a bit, given the events in Iran.
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June 15, 2009
Obama starts to get radioactive among Jewish votersCongressman Bob Wexler, an early and important Jewish endorser of Obama, is creating some space between the presdient and himself.
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June 10, 2009
Obama and the SettlementsWhy is Barack Obama spending so much time focusing on Israeli settlements in the West Bank?
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May 29, 2009
Does Barack Obama believe Israel is a sovereign state?Does Barack Obama believe Israel is a sovereign state? There are reasons to doubt it.
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May 14, 2009
Did uncounted overseas ballots give the lead to Franken in Minnesota?The numbers tell a disturbinmg story.
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May 13, 2009
The Circle of Life in GazaA classic video. In 1 minute and 22 seconds, everything you need to know about alleged Israeli atrocities.
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May 12, 2009
The big shakedownPutting politics in command of business ends up rewarding those who have, to use a Chicago word, "clout."
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May 8, 2009
Israel in perilThe Obama administration seems to want a linkage between progress on the Israeli Palestinian front and any stepped up American pressure on Iran.
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April 29, 2009
The Democrats' Magic BulletThe Democrats now have their magic bullet to ensure that Barack Obama gets what he wants.
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April 26, 2009
An unexpected country thinks more defense spending is neededWhat do they see, that President Obama does not?
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April 24, 2009
Why aren't the human rights groups screaming?70 civilians a day have been killed on average in the last few months in the fight between Sri Lankan army forces and the Tamil Tigers, a separatist group
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April 16, 2009
And NBC's biggest hack is...?GE is concerned CNBC is too critical of Obama, according to the New York Post.
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April 16, 2009
Dept of Defense hires LA Times columnist who belittled terror 'threat'Are you feeling safer yet?
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April 13, 2009
Jon Stewart's teleprompterAndrew Breitbart, who navigated the Bill Maher show, has now also visited the Jon Stewart show. Turns out Jon is another big fan of teleprompters, which feed him the material prepared by a dozen writers.
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April 8, 2009
Who is blocking an Israeli Palestinian peace? Israel or Hamas?Hamas won't even enter a Palestinian government that accepts Israel.
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April 1, 2009
Class War in AmericaMass movements are not nuanced. They need good guys and bad guys, and an emotional desire to ruthlessly steamroller the bad guys
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March 31, 2009
Obama's approval ratings bounce backThe media offensive -- press conference, Leno, Schieffer, 60 Minutes -- had the desired effect.
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March 25, 2009
Obama RetreatingYesterday marked what may be a turning point for the Obama administration.
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March 13, 2009
The O is for OverratedWe have now seen the President and his team in action, and the lack of executive experience seems to be a real drawback.
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March 6, 2009
Obama stimulates the wrong jobsThe February job numbers reveal the wrong jobs are being created.
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February 27, 2009
The Obama Steamroller: Is Resistance Futile?The political reality at the moment is that whatever will be proposed by the Obama administration or Congress in the next two years, it will pass.
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February 26, 2009
The damage unions will doThe union movement today is a job killer. And it wil kill aagain and again under President Obama.
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February 21, 2009
The trend is the GOP's friendObama has lost almost all of his post-election bounce, according to Rasmussen.
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February 13, 2009
Israel after the electionIn Israel, across the broad political spectrum, almost no one thinks the Palestinians are a serious negotiating partner.
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January 30, 2009
Super Bowl 43: A Mismatch?The numbers tell an interesting story in the hands of AT's Richard Baehr.
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January 24, 2009
Think global, blame localMany countries in Europe seem to be feeling the effects of the collapse of a consumer driven economy that was living well beyond their means
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January 20, 2009
Inauguration thoughtsWas it only me who noticed that Obama spoke of America as a nation of "Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and the non-believers", in that order?
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January 8, 2009
Let Them Eat RocketsWar conducted by Israel, apparently, must now mean zero civilian casualties, while rocket attacks on Israeli civilians are of no concern to the "international community."
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January 8, 2009
The dumbest senator of allA heated contest sees a leader leap to the front of the pack.
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January 3, 2009
The sounds of silenceHave you seen any protestors anywhere in the West decrying these massacres and shootings?
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January 2, 2009
The Blago Saga: Chapter 2More twists and turns in the comic opera that is Illinois poltics.
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January 2, 2009
Gaza round-upHamas needs to be defeated, not negotiated with. There is real fear that Israel will succumb to international pressure, and not finish the job
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December 21, 2008
Truth-telling at the NYTI almost never like columns by Nicholas Kristof. Today is an exception.
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December 21, 2008
Global warming jihadistsThe wind chill is about 25 below today in Chicago. It snowed again last night. Perfect timing for a few more articles on the incoming Obama administration and its cast of global warming jihadists.
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December 21, 2008
They call it 'art'The world famous Art Institute of Chicago may be considering a satellite location in the city's Old Town neighborhood.
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December 15, 2008
A call for Obama to 'crack heads' in IsraelAmerican Jews in the "peace camp" (one piece of Israel given away at a time), are feeling their oats after Obama's big victory
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December 13, 2008
How to steal a senate seatThe Minnesota senate race is being stolen as you read this.
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December 11, 2008
The Blago Saga BeginsI suspect that no Governor has ever before conducted a crime spree, with the possible exception of Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards.
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December 1, 2008
Mumbai's big lessonThere are important lessons to be learned from Mumbai. We are at risk.
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December 1, 2008
Know the enemyWhat do Syrian President Assad and PA President Abbas have in common?
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November 29, 2008
She's Baa-aack!The woman who called Hillary Clinton a "monster" during the campaign has a job on Obama's transition team.
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November 29, 2008
Dancing around the obvious in MumbaiThe mainstream media is dancing around the obvious nature of the attacks in Mumbai.
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November 28, 2008
Obama kids to skip DC public schoolsJonah Goldberg thinks it is fine for Barack Obama to send his kids to private school. I agree. What's wrong is the money wasted on DC public education.
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November 28, 2008
Liberal tells liberals not to be fooled by Obama appointmentsPeter Beinart, one of the smarter and saner liberals, tells those to his left not to worry about the recently appointed "hawks" in national security /foreign policy/defense roles. It's just cover...
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November 26, 2008
Fiscal crisis or not, Obama may push for nationalized health careHealth care reform will not long remain on the back burner, and Obama may well strike while iron is hot -- when his public approval is highest.
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November 21, 2008
Obama proves to be stock market poisonDid Obama's election trigger this bear market?
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November 11, 2008
The Jewish Vote in 2008 and the Exit PollsJewish Democrats are trumpeting the results of the national exit poll, which this year seems to show a very solid win for Barack Obama over John McCain among Jewish voters.
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November 10, 2008
A Few Post-Election ThoughtsIt is not a good sign when Party officials describe a loss of at least 6 Senate seats and 20 or more House seats and the presidency as not all that bad, given the circumstances.
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November 5, 2008
What numbers so far tell usAT's numbers wizard Richard Baehr dissects the election results and draws some very interesting lessons.
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November 4, 2008
Election PredictionThe final deluge of national tracking polls and state polls has arrived, and they reveal a most unusual picture.
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October 30, 2008
Asinine racist claptrap at The AtlanticFor months, many in the media have been insinuating that if whites do not vote for Barack Obama, or if Obama loses, it must be because white Americans are racist.
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October 29, 2008
Good news for McCain from latest Rasmussen pollThe trend is McCain's friend if you analyze the latest Rasmussen results.
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October 28, 2008
McCain's End GameMcCain can still win. But it will not be easy, and Obama remains a heavy favorite. State-by-state, here's how he could do it.
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October 22, 2008
Responsibility for Fannie/FreddieEveryone who is planning to vote Democrat in order to punish Republicans for the economic meltdown needs to watch this video clip.
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October 22, 2008
Must-read of the dayThe comprehensive argument against Barack Obama on hotair.com.
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October 21, 2008
Obama's campaign built on liesTwo lies in particular have been especially consequential in boosting Barack Obama so far toward the presidency.
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October 20, 2008
The Buying of the Presidency 2008Barack Obama is well on his way to buying the Presidency.
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October 16, 2008
Joe the Plumber on GMA (update with video)If you did not see Diane Sawyer interview Joe the Plumber (7:15 am central), you need to watch it here.
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October 16, 2008
Best Rasmussen numbers in three weeks (updated)Obama lead down to 4: 50-46. 8 point lead a week ago. Among those certain: a tie 41-41.
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October 13, 2008
Tracking polls show signs of hope for McCainThis trend may or may not mean much, but Obama's numbers appear to have peaked a few days back.
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October 11, 2008
Osama for president?The Rensselaer County Board of Elections has sent out absentee ballots with the Democratic candidate for president's name spelled Osama.
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October 9, 2008
Can McCain Come Back?It's all about the Electoral College and a referendum on Obama.
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September 25, 2008
Faux outrage at PalinCampbell Brown of CNN unleashes her sarcasm over the McCain campaign's limiting press coverage of Sarah Palin's meetings with world leaders at the UN.
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September 25, 2008
Letterman's attack on McCainDespite his decades in broadcasting, David Letterman seems unaware there is an important difference between CBS News and CBS Entertainment Divisons.
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September 22, 2008
NYT recognizes reality in Iraq at lastThe former paper of record acknowledges that things have changed dramatically in Iraq in the last two years, and all for the better.
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September 22, 2008
Disinviting Palin 'cowardly and shameful'The organized Jewish community attempts suicide.
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September 17, 2008
What states are really in play?How the election will be won or lost depends on a handful of states where the two campaigns are playing very different ground games.
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September 5, 2008
Hurricane Sarah Shakes Up the RaceHurricane Gustav wiped out day one of the Republican convention on Monday. But Hurricane Sarah more than made up for it.
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August 29, 2008
Class vs no classLast night, John McCain put on ads congratulating Barack Obama for his achievement. The day Joe Biden was picked, John McCain called him to congratulate him. That is class.
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August 26, 2008
Democrats in Denver Discuss the Jewish VoteOn Monday afternoon, I was part of a panel on the Jewish vote in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention.
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August 21, 2008
Obama campaign made another big mistakeThe Obama campaign team had a week or two to get some traction with a VP pick before their convention, but for some reason they held off.
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August 18, 2008
The Shape of the Race ChangesSlowly, almost imperceptibly, the contest for President has become a real horse race, close to a tossup
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August 18, 2008
Misreporting at the New York TimesNowhere in this story about the "cone of silence" at the Saddleback Forum does Elizabeth Bumiller let the reader know that McCain was in the car for half an hour and in the cone of silence for half an hour after he arrived.
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July 22, 2008
The Trip that Did Not DeliverWith the major media in full swoon mode -- every network anchor covering the Obama trip, and only one reporter following John McCain to New Hampshire Monday night, the polls should be moving strongly for Obama.
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July 17, 2008
Encouraging Poll Numbers for McCainRich Baehr gives us a report from the campaign's front lines.
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July 16, 2008
The Party of DefeatThe political success of the effort by the Party of Defeat was tied to creating a story, repeated constantly by members of Congress, former political figures, and cooperative journalists, that the Iraq war was a mistake.
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July 12, 2008
A candidate who needs helpCynthia McKinney is running for the Green party nomination. She's "better" than Nader -- younger, more radical, more hostile to Israel and the US. And she's a twofer-- a black woman.
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July 11, 2008
Signs of life for the McCain campaignRasmussen polling reveals a significant shift in last week toward McCain, and that is just one three good signs.
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July 10, 2008
How McCain Could WinAbsent some of the unique structural or environmental advantages that exist for Democrats this year, John McCain should be running away from Barack Obama. So how can McCain realize some of this potential?
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July 10, 2008
Judicial Watch files complaint on Obamas' mortgageJudicial Watch has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission over the below-average interest rate Barack and Michelle Obama received on their Hyde Park mansion in Chicago. Guess who broke the story?
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July 8, 2008
Knife control in BritainBanning guns does not eliminate the impulse to violence that animates some people.
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June 24, 2008
Latest State Polls Show McCain CompetitiveIt's early yet, but McCain is showing surprising strength in key states.
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June 19, 2008
Obama Renegs on Promise to take Federal Financing of the ElectionToday Obama became the first candidate of a major party to ever opt out of the federal financing system for elections.
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June 18, 2008
The Mistakes That Launched 3,000 RocketsIsraeli withdrawal from Gaza has been disastrous -- leading to the creation of a lawless terrorist haven from which come thousands of crude rockets lobbed indiscriminately into southern Israel.
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June 18, 2008
Progress in Isarel-Syria talks?Egypt is leaking word of a ceasefire to begin Thursday between Gaza and Israel,
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June 15, 2008
Another key Dem uninterested in being Obama's VPFormer Virginia governor Mark Warner has ruled himself out as Barack Obama's running mate.
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June 14, 2008
A hate-Israel screed of extraordinary vilenessStephen Kinzer, writing in the UK Guardian, argues in essence that RFK had his assassination coming, since what happened to him was "in fact an eminently political act."
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June 14, 2008
Chris Matthews and Tim Russert: Crass versus ClassAmong all the tributes offered Friday night on the various cable networks to Tim Russert, only one that I saw managed to use the opportunity to crassly advance a political perspective and advance a personal political ambition.
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June 13, 2008
The battle for the SenateAccording to Rasumessen, Senator Cornyn has opened up a 17 point lead in texas (it had been 4), almost killing the Dems' hopes of picking up 9 to gain a filibuster-proof 60 seats. Here's how the key Senate races look.
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June 10, 2008
How the Media misrepresents the Candidates' Tax PlansWhen President Bush signed the 2001 tax cuts into law, the new lower rates had a ten year life, and are set to expire in 2010.
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June 6, 2008
India expresses a vote of confidence in American ThinkerTuesday, as the Democratic nominating process finally came to an end, American Thinker was contacted by the Times Global Broadcasting Company of Mumbai, India, asking if I would agree to an interview for their TV news programs.
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June 5, 2008
The Lakers and Celtics meet againTonight begins Round 11 of the Celtics-Lakers championship series. The Celtics lead the series 8 to 2, but lost the last two to the Lakers in 1985 and 1987
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June 5, 2008
Obama and AIPAC: A Delicate DanceAmazingly, it has taken less than 24 hours before Barack Obama started backtracking on one key part of his speech to AIPAC Wednesday
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May 31, 2008
Two Views on McCain's Chances in the FallA mixed bag for the Arizona senator but he is helped tremendously by the weakness of Obama as a candidate.
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May 29, 2008
Obama's Woes: A Tale of Three StatesIf you want evidence that the Democrats are taking a huge gamble by nominating Barack Obama as their Presidential candidate, you need look no further than the current state of the race in three Southern/border states.
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May 27, 2008
It gets worse for the GOPIt is no longer out of the question that the Democrats could gain a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.
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May 23, 2008
Stupid politician tricksA campaign stunt by Democrat Dan Seals, a candidate for the 10th district U.S. House seat in Illinois, seems to have backfired in a most predictable fashion.
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May 19, 2008
Are Obama's view on Israel informed by radical Palestinian Activist?Barack Obama's connections once again present questions that the candidate has yet to answer sufficiently.
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May 15, 2008
The Good News for John McCainMcCain shows every sign of being able to stay with Barack Obama in the polls despite horrid prospects for Republicans in general in November.
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May 15, 2008
The Obama campaign senses the glove fitsThe Obama campaign seems to know they have a problem -- their man is perceived as soft on terrorists, and way too accommodating to the world's worst thug regimes.
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May 13, 2008
Obama and affirmative actionBarack Obama may try to win over white working class voters by turning against race-based affirmative action programs in favor of class-based AA.
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May 9, 2008
Obama and the Jewish VoteThe Jewish vote in the coming presidential election is up for grabs to an extent unseen for almost three decades, assuming Barack Obama wins his party's nomination.
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May 5, 2008
Obama and Iran's nukesBarack Obama wants to go easy on Iran and its nuclear program, and does not like Hillary Clinton's strident rhetoric on the subject
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May 3, 2008
Democrats live in two different worldsRasmussen's daily survey out today shows an amazing split between Democrats for Obama and Democrats for Clinton with regard to the Reverend Wright controversy.
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April 30, 2008
Obama's Wright TurnWhy did Barack Obama finally denounce Rev. Wright yesterday? The reason is different than what he said.
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April 28, 2008
Superdelegates trickling toward ObamaDemocratic Party super-delegates continue to break for Barack Obama
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April 14, 2008
McCain's Electoral College MathThe 2008 Presidential contest should logically be one where the Democratic Party nominee, still likely to be Barack Obama despite his latest case of foot in mouth disease, would win a solid victory. But this year is not a typical one.
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April 4, 2008
Rabbi Yoffie Excommunicates Pastor HageeRabbi Eric Yoffie, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, seems to think Israel has too many allies in America.
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April 1, 2008
McCain's numbers in the tracking pollRasmussen has numbers today that must be making the McCain camp very happy.
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March 29, 2008
The shape of the race is changingHillary is collapsing under the weight of her Bosnia lie. Obama now leads her 48-42 in head-to-head.
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March 22, 2008
Very bad poll news for Obama and the DemsThe latest news from the Rasmussen Tracking Poll is very encouraging for McCain. Obama's favorable-unfavorable is 46 to 51, its all time low, demonstrating no ability yet to stanch the bleeding.
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March 20, 2008
The Palestinians Have no Interest in PeaceThe latest survey on Palestinian attitudes should throw a glass of very cold water on the large class of Middle East peace processors.
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March 9, 2008
Israel's Siege ContinuesAlone among the states of the world, Israel is not assured of its continued existence. We do not need to discuss whether New Zealand or Ghana have a right to exist
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February 28, 2008
Obama's Farrakhan momentBarack Obama's response to Tim Russert's questioning and Hillary Clinton's barbs on Farrakhan may suffice for those who don't listen closely, but the repudiation of only his anti-Semitic views struck many as lawyerly.
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February 27, 2008
The Democrats' debate last nightObama was unflappable and very smooth. Her strategy was to unnerve him by annoying him with relentless attack on his health care plan. He held his own. He also lies
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February 23, 2008
Presidential race polling may be shiftingThe New York Times smear appears to have been a huge boost for McCain, and Obama is beginning to plateau, if not slip a bit.
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February 21, 2008
New York Times disgraces itself, may help McCainThe New York Times under Pinch Sulzberger has, for all practical purposes, become an arm of the Democratic National Committee.
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February 15, 2008
Can Anybody Stop Obama?We are just shy of nine months to the general election, and many in the media, in their excitement over Barack Obama, are ready to declare him the Democratic Party nominee. Not so fast.
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January 30, 2008
The Base is Wrong About the Gang of 14When conservatives lay out their long list of apostasies committed by John McCain, one of them is always his role in the Gang of 14, the 7 Democrats and 7 Republicans in the Senate who agreed to a judicial compromise in 2005. To put it plainly, the critics of the deal are flat out wrong.
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January 26, 2008
Hillary's inner Tracy FlickI just re-watched the flim Election the other night, and made the same connection between Hillary and the film's character Tracy Flick as did Slate V. Watch the entertaining video clip and see for yourself.
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January 26, 2008
Another kiss of deathHow can you tell the Dems do NOT want McCain to be the nominee of the Republican party? They smother him with kisses.
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January 15, 2008
Romney ahead in MichoganIf Romney wins Michigan, as appears to be happening, the big winner will be Rudy.
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January 12, 2008
Nevada prepares to caucusI am in Las Vegas and it is heaven for a political junkie. One major media theme: unions endorsed Obama without polling members. Another: women and Hispanics like her better.
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January 11, 2008
Immigration: A Modest ProposalNo issue seems to excite the GOP base more than immigration and the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants already here
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January 7, 2008
Only McCain Can Beat ObamaI know John McCain does not go down easily among many conservatives. But with Barack Obama looking like the victor among Democrats, his party needs the Arizona Senator at the top of the ticket.
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January 4, 2008
The Big WinnersThere were three winners in Iowa last night: Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, and John McCain. The race in both parties has now changed, with the path to the nomination clearer on the Democratic side than the Republican.
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January 4, 2008
Goodbyle Iowa, Hello ObamaGoodbye Iowa for 4 more years. But the Hawkeye State may have crowned the new President this time: Barack Obama.
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December 26, 2007
Has Hillary Found Her Man?There has been much speculation that if Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic nomination for President , she will choose a running mate with a military background. Forget about Wesley Clark or Jim Webb: a much better choice is available.
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December 22, 2007
Giuliani's Woes ContinueThe numbers are starting to look grim for "America's Mayor.
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December 20, 2007
Back from the Dead Again: McCain RisingA few months back, John McCain's run for the GOP Presidential nomination was considered to be all but over
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December 17, 2007
The Hall of Fame Debate Begins AnewWhile Bob Costas makes a case for admitting to the Hall of Fame Marvin Miller, the negotiator for the major league baseball players union, his candidacy is not what will keep the hot stove league boiling over this winter.
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December 17, 2007
Is Paul Krugman bucking for a Cabinet position in a Clinton Administration?Paul Krugman continues to carry water for Hillary Clinton, with another hit piece on Barack Obama and his health care proposals in the New York Times.
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December 6, 2007
Obama rally to be held at massive venueMore terrible news for Hillary. She may be tossing lamps and china at hapless staffers soon.
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December 3, 2007
Nominating the Next President: The Frontrunners and the WingmenNot for the first time in the current Presidential election cycle, the momentum appears to have shifted in each party's race.
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November 29, 2007
A GOP Senate seat pick-up in Louisiana?Finally, some good news for the GOP in Senate recruiting efforts.
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November 26, 2007
Lebanese Shiite cleric slams Hezb'allahLebanese Shi'ite cleric Muhammad Al-Hajj Hassan slams Hezb'allah Sec-Gen Nasrallah, and the "Godfather of Idiots" Assad in this TV clip from Future TV in Lebanon. Hezb'allah may have overstepped
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November 23, 2007
Road to NowhereThe effort to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians is today premised on the belief that if Israel withdrew from the West Bank, there would soon be a basis for achieving a stable two state solution. This is nonsense.
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November 21, 2007
Hillary imitates Johnny CochranHillary Clinton was not too happy that a picture of a nude man was on a wall in a home where a fundraiser was to occur.
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November 21, 2007
Reclaiming high school educationMore and more families have given up on the public school system, and for good reason.
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October 29, 2007
The other curse of the CubsThe Cubs have reached a new low in a season in which they made the playoffs.
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October 23, 2007
How Hillary Revived the GOPThe GOP owes New York's junior Senator a debt of gratitude.
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October 21, 2007
Why I am a Jewish ConservativeI am a Jewish conservative and I will try to explain what that means, and why that perspective or orientation makes sense to me.
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October 15, 2007
Responses to CoulterI have received a lot of email about my article on Ann Coulter.
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October 13, 2007
Ann Coulter is Not HelpingThere is a history with Ann Coulter of making comments on some radio or cable TV interview program that offend some group or individual pretty much every time she has a new book to sell.
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October 3, 2007
The New American Tyranny: A Prosecutor, the Faculty and JournalistsWhat in the end was the motivation for District Attorney Michael Nifong to falsely accuse three innocent Duke lacrosse players of raping a drunken, serial-lying stripper named Crystal Mangum? A bigger pension.
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September 19, 2007
Signs of life for the GOPThe Lincoln Journal Star reports this morning that U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns will resign his position and return to Nebraska to run for the seat being vacated by Senator Chuck Hagel
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September 18, 2007
The GOP horse raceRudy Giuliani's response to the MoveOn ad and his attack on Hillary Clinton, may have helped both him and Hillary Clinton.
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September 12, 2007
The New Years Gift from HamasWord came yesterday that a rocket fired from Gaza injured 69 Israeli soldiers at their Negev base located but one kilometer north of the Gaza border, where the soldiers were in basic training.
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September 3, 2007
Ellison's chutzpahFollowing his appearance before a group advocating the murder of Jews, Rep. Keith Ellison has joined the bi-partisan Congressional Task Force on Anti-Semitism
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September 2, 2007
The LAT's porno peace planThe Los Angeles Times devotes an editorial to supporting a new Israeli initiative with the Palestinians -- reaching out to them through a pornographic web site
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August 27, 2007
The circus is coming to town in ChicagoDePaul University wants Norman Finkelstein gone in the wake of denial of tenure. The Professor refuses to go.
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August 22, 2007
Amanpour's warI slogged through one episode of Christiane Amanpour's CNN series Warriors for God last night
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August 14, 2007
The Shape of a Hillary-Rudy RaceCurrent national polls show both Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani with solid leads for their respective party's nominations.
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August 6, 2007
Is Barry Bonds Baseball's Greatest Slugger?Sometime in the next few days, Barry Bonds will become the all-time home run leader in major league baseball history, surpassing Henry Aaron.
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July 30, 2007
GOP Lags in Fundraising, Internet SavvyThe GOP is not in the same league as far as internet fundraising at this point, and would likely be swamped in the money raising race by her campaign or that of any other Democrat.
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July 25, 2007
Dear New Republic...American Thinker Political Director Richard Baehr sent the following to Editor in Chief Martin Peretz at The New Republic with regards to the Scot Thomas Saga:
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July 23, 2007
More Cultural Relativism From The TimesNoah Feldman, an orthodox Jew, educated at Maimonides Academy in Brookline, Massachusetts many years back, is very upset that his school paper is not including updates on his life events. He clearly thinks the exclusion of his data is due to his straying from his modern Orthodox upbringing. The New York Times uses Feldman to advance their agenda of cultural relativity with Islam.
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July 21, 2007
Why Does the Left Hate Israel?For decades, most American Jews have believed there were far greater threats from the fringe right than the fringe left in this country. While this view may have been reasonable in the past, it is certainly not so today.
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July 11, 2007
Vitter's troubles may benefit LandrieuDavid Vitter's madam troubles will not force him to resign, but they may help Democrat Mary Landrieu in her re-election bid next year.
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July 7, 2007
Where in the world?Where is the world's best-performing stock market right now? Someplace you probably didn't consider
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July 5, 2007
Seven Months Out: The State of the RacesIt is a reasonable assumption that both major party candidates will be known by the end of the primaries held February 5th, 2008, seven months from now.
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July 1, 2007
Where's the data?London's leftist mayor "Red Ken" Livingston has made a controversial statement. I would like to see the statistics
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July 1, 2007
Another black congressman falsely accusedCarl Hiassen, the very talented novelist and Miami Herald columnist, covers the heartwarming story of a mother and son falsely accused of graft, when in fact they are the victims of a mere coincidence. Or something.
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June 29, 2007
No More Land for War in Israel: Part 2The difficult part of commenting on the Israeli Palestinian conflict has never been in assigning blame for what has gone wrong. Rather, it has been in trying to come up with rational and creative policy suggestions and alternatives to the many failed approaches of the past
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June 25, 2007
Events clarify Palestinian realitiesFreed from his politically correct overseers at the New York Times, Joel Brinkley provides an honest assessment of Hamas.
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June 25, 2007
Not fit to print in the NYT?Does anyone really expect to read this news in the New York Times? Elizabeth Stanton of Bloomberg writes: Among the markets that say President George W. Bush is doing ``a heck of a job,'' the one he can take the most satisfaction from is U.S. Treasury bills.
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June 21, 2007
The assault on free speech in radio (updated)Think Progress, a left wing organization, prepares for the assault on free speech radio
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June 20, 2007
No More Land for War in IsraelThe decisive rout of Fatah in Gaza last week has led to a series of calls for new strategies designed to seize the opportunity created by the sudden turn of events.
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June 7, 2007
Socialized medicine's death toll in ScotlandA study suggests that 462,000 Scots have died as a result of poor care from the National Health Service over a 29 year period 1974 to 2003. Translating the ratio of unnecessary deaths to total population to an American population model provides a sobering lesson for anyone who thinks socialized medicine would improve our health.
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June 3, 2007
No real new here. Move alongThe New York Times manages to find space on page 30 of the national print edition this morning for news of the thwarted terror plot to blow up JFK Airport,
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June 1, 2007
Krauthammer's Guarded Optimism on IsraelDr. Charles Krauthammer has been for many years a glass half empty person on Israel's struggle for normalcy. So it was a bit out of pattern for Krauthammer to lean ever so slightly to the glass half full position in his remarks to an audience of 2000 in Chicago Wednesday.
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May 27, 2007
To some, Obama can do no wrongWhy are seemingly very intelligent people drinking the Barack Obama Kool-Aid?
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May 25, 2007
The Muslim voteHow many Muslims are there in America? Try 2.3 million, not 5 to 12 million as the spokespeople for Muslim groups like to claim.
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May 23, 2007
Pew propaganda spinIs there any other group than Muslims which would be surveyed for which the labels "moderate" and "assimilated" would be used when more than one quarter of those under age 30 support suicide bombing attacks?
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May 22, 2007
Israel a bigger human rights problem than Sudan? Really?Gerald Steinberg, who publishes the NGO Monitor, has carefully reviewed the various activities and official activities by Amnesty International in the last year, and found that for Amnesty, Israel is a bigger human rights problem than Sudan.
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May 17, 2007
Bolton v BBC: no contestThis is priceless. A prototypical British interviewer for the BBC tries to jab John Bolton, and gets his empty head handed to him.
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May 10, 2007
Soros and Hillary: Partners on Israel?George Soros, like many megalomaniacs, particularly the wealthiest ones, likes to keep his hands in those enterprises in which he invests.
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May 6, 2007
A worthless survey from NewsweekNewsweek is out with a new poll new poll esidential race, with head to head ratings among leading Democrats and Republican candidates.
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May 4, 2007
Fred Thompson and the GOP's Southern ProblemThe inside the beltway political horse race broadcasters are abuzz about the possible (I think likely) entrance into the GOP Presidential race of former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson.
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April 29, 2007
Democrat Dreams and GOP WeaknessThese are dark days for the GOP. Chris Cillizza, the Washington Post's political prognosticator, is starting to talk seriously of the Democrat's being in position to obtain a filibuster-proof majority of 60 seats in the Senate after the 2010 election
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April 24, 2007
Imus is offensive?What about "Rosie to Sheryl Crow: 'Have You Seen My Ass?'..."? or...
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April 20, 2007
A long weekend at the NYT?Maybe with Earth Day on Sunday, the New York Times editors took Friday off and let the staff of NY Sun run the paper
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April 20, 2007
Blaspheming BarackCharles Krauthammer may soon need a new secretary to respond to reader e-mail. As I learned this week, when one writes a critical article about Illinois Senator Barack Obama, the furies descend on you.
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April 18, 2007
Obama not ready for prime time?Barack Obama apparently believes that the mass murder of 32 students and professors at Virginia Tech is on a par with the violence represented by outsourcing of American jobs.
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April 16, 2007
Obama continues to surgeAs matters stand now, it looks like Obama will be the Democrats' nominee. He has already pulled within 2-3% of Hillary on a Rasmussen poll and 4% on a CNN poll,
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April 4, 2007
The money primaryBarack Obama has released his first quarter fundraising totals, and the data are even more impressive than they appeared Monday.
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April 2, 2007
Obama, not Hillary, won the 1st quarter fundraising derbyThe headlines may proclaim that Hillary Clinton set a record for fund-raising in the first quarter of the year, but go beneath the raw data and a different victor emerges
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April 1, 2007
One German who gets itHis name is Claus Christian Malzahn, and he writes for Der Spiegel (of all publications!). Read this.
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March 28, 2007
The War Against Israel in America: Part TwoA large collection of American writers, and academics and propagandists, a chorus, if you may, are hostile to Israel and its supporters in America.
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March 21, 2007
The War in America Against Israel (part one)Like a new Broadway show testing the waters in New Haven or Boston before hitting the bright lights of New York, an anti-Israel media crusade is going through its warm up numbers in preparation for two big June events.
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March 9, 2007
The State of the Race: The RepublicansThe most remarkable aspect of the 2008 Presidential race at the moment is its unpredictability.
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March 5, 2007
The State of the Race: The DemocratsThe likely Presidential nominees of both parties will be decided by February 5, 2008, (if not earlier), when more than a dozen states, including the largest five, may hold primaries.
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February 18, 2007
The Last DanceThere will be the usual sellout crowd at Assembly Hall in Urbana, Il. this coming Wednesday night. But this game will also mark the last dance for Chief Illiniwek
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February 11, 2007
Netanyahu bloggers conference callThe bloggers conference call with Benjamin Netanyahu we covered earlier is now available as a podcast at the One Jerusalem website.
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February 9, 2007
Bibi Netanyahu conference callBibi Netanyahu, the former Israeli Prime Minister, held a bloggers conference call yesterday in which I participated.
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February 8, 2007
The Chicago Tribune's Pre-emptive Strike on Rudy GiulianiThe Chicago Tribune seems to fancy itself in the role of kingmaker when it comes to knocking candidates out of political races, helping politicians it favors to win.
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February 6, 2007
The Guardian's Monbiot takes on the moonbatsThe British paper, the Guardian, is the paper that the New York Times strives to emulate. But even the Guardian can smell an overcooked turkey, and it has found one in the moonbat offering in the 9/11 conspiracy annals, the film: Loose Change.
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January 28, 2007
Two Good Guys and the Other G WordSuper Bowl XLI has lots of folks excited, and with one week to go before the big game, lots of predictable story lines about the teams, coaches, and cities are in the media.
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January 18, 2007
Clintonites hedging their bet with ObamaThere are few politicians shrewder or tougher than Rahm Emanuel, my Chicago Northside neighbor.
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January 13, 2007
Why Europe Abandoned IsraelWhy is Israel viewed so differently in Europe than in the United States?
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December 31, 2006
A Tale of Two Ex-PresidentsGerald Ford's death has brought back into the news for a few days a lot of political history that roughly half of all living Americans were born too late to experience. And then there is Ford's successor, Jimmy Carter.
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December 29, 2006
A new apartheid wall?A country has chosen to build a wall to stop the flow of militants from crossing its border and creating terror and havoc in two countries. Some critics say that the real problem is the tolerance of militants by a government that claims to be fighting them. Sound familiar?
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December 24, 2006
NYT throws in the towel on NifongThis account of the serious problems with the Duke rape case and Mike Nifong's conduct comes a little late, after their multi page attempt to resurrect he case a few months back.
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December 15, 2006
Can the Israeli-Palestinian Dynamic Change?We present a four-part dialogue on the possibility of fundamentally changing the nature of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. First comes a proposal from Dan Gordon, a response from Richard Baehr, and shorter rejoinders
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December 15, 2006
The damage to Duke starts to showDuke University's handling of the alleged rape attack by three members of its lacrosse team last year, along with the exposure of town-gown antagonisms and other negative publicity seems to have caused measurable damage to the school. The results are just starting to come in, but the school could be in for long term slippage, following its dramatic climb to the upper level of the academic prestige system.
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December 14, 2006
Mortality and the SenateSen. Tim Johnson is in critical condition after surgery. We wish the Senator all the best in his recovery. But the medical news sounds very bad. While a GOP replacement for Johnson could switch control of the Senate to the GOP, with a 50-50 tie, broken by a vote of the Vice President, Republicans should not count on keeping such a windfall.
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December 13, 2006
From left fieldAs Hillary Clinton attempts to carefully play nice with America's newest political saint, Senator Barack Obama, hoping to lure him into a VP slot on her ticket rather than a competitive race against her for the Democratic Presidential nod, comes news that will surely inspire hope in America's hardest left enclaves. Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich will try again for the Presidency.
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November 29, 2006
The debate on Jewish GOP voters continuesShmuel Rosner, Chief US Correspondent for Haaretz, has weighed in again in the continuing debate on what polls revealed about Jewish voting preferences in the recent election. Mr. Rosner's article is worth reading carefully.
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November 27, 2006
Voting Republican while JewishThe Jewish newspaper, The Forward has carried an article claiming that far fewer Jews voted for the GOP than claimed in a survey sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition
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November 15, 2006
The Exit Polls and the Jewish Vote -
November 8, 2006
No Dressing up this Pig -
November 6, 2006
Premature Celebration for the Democrats? -
November 3, 2006
Will a Democrat Win Change Our Relationship with Israel? -
November 2, 2006
Five Days to Go -
October 23, 2006
Barack Obama: The Visible Man -
October 18, 2006
Election Forecast: Three Weeks Out -
September 29, 2006
Al Gore's Crusade -
September 18, 2006
Under the Media Radar: They Also Run -
September 5, 2006
Will the Democrats Take the House? It Might Happen -
August 17, 2006
Hezbollah Plays Oprah -
July 20, 2006
American Political Wars and Israel's War with Hezbollah -
July 9, 2006
The Hope and the Siege -
July 5, 2006
Convict, Correct, but Never Apologize -
June 6, 2006
Giuliani Time? -
May 22, 2006
Tectonic Plates Moving on Madison Street -
May 4, 2006
More Land, Less Peace -
April 19, 2006
The 2006 Prospects for Capitol Hill Control -
April 7, 2006
The College Rejection Bonanza -
February 6, 2006
Fear Factor, the Shakedown, and Diversionary Tactics -
January 27, 2006
Hamas, the Mussolini Test and Iran -
January 24, 2006
Larry Franklin and the New York Times NSA leaks -
January 17, 2006
Will Democrats Take the Senate? In a Word, No. -
January 10, 2006
The Alito Hearings -
December 28, 2005
The Good German and the Bad Jews -
December 27, 2005
Suffering and Jihad -
December 27, 2005
Why Does the Left Hate Israel? -
December 26, 2005
The myth of the stolen election of 2000 -
December 9, 2005
A Special Hanukkah Party -
November 24, 2005
Spielberg steps in it -
November 22, 2005
Megalomania in the Liberal Jewish Establishment -
November 8, 2005
France shatters the MSM template -
October 26, 2005
The growing threat to Israel -
October 19, 2005
South Side Story -
September 29, 2005
The Siege -
September 6, 2005
New Orleans myths: The numbers tell a different story -
September 3, 2005
Wal-Mart and the Death of the American Labor Movement -
August 26, 2005
More Krugman lies: the Great Unraveling continues -
August 23, 2005
More baloney from Krugman -
August 20, 2005
Krugman's Big Lie -
August 15, 2005
All over except for the shouting -
August 5, 2005
Storm Clouds for the GOP? -
July 25, 2005
Israel as a stabilizing force in the Middle East -
July 5, 2005
Supreme Hype -
June 18, 2005
The Democrats sign up with the anti-Semites -
June 15, 2005
The McCain gambit -
May 31, 2005
The big set-up -
May 23, 2005
Slurring Bush at the New York Times -
May 10, 2005
Subsidizing Palestinians -
April 29, 2005
The best of times or the worst of times for the GOP? -
April 18, 2005
DePaul's Jihad against academic freedom -
April 13, 2005
A media-hyped rift -
April 1, 2005
Columbia whitewash -
March 23, 2005
For the Times, it is always racism -
March 22, 2005
Can TWA 800 shoot down Hillary? -
March 15, 2005
Hail to the Chief: tribes and tribalism in American sports -
March 1, 2005
The early morning line on the biggest of the open seats -
February 27, 2005
Response to "Israel in retreat" -
February 21, 2005
American demography and support for Israel -
February 8, 2005
Thank you sir, may I have another? -
February 1, 2005
Bill Gates, global warming, and Davos -
January 25, 2005
Democrats adrift -
January 17, 2005
Shilling for the new Castro -
January 15, 2005
Blue state madness -
January 10, 2005
A day in the life of the Times -
December 30, 2004
Turning a blind eye -
December 17, 2004
The sound of stealing -
December 7, 2004
Why Europe Went Wrong on Israel -
November 29, 2004
The intimidation factor -
November 22, 2004
Berkeley bunkum -
November 17, 2004
A state of nature -
November 6, 2004
An election wrap-up -
November 1, 2004
Election forecast -
October 31, 2004
John Zogby, the DNC's polling shill -
October 29, 2004
A split for Beantown -
October 25, 2004
The sprint to the finish -
October 22, 2004
Peddling the myth of the stolen election -
October 18, 2004
The endgame -
October 17, 2004
Condo wars: the fight for Florida -
October 7, 2004
The media megaphone and the polls -
October 3, 2004
Polls, propaganda and prevarication -
September 24, 2004
Advantage: Bush -
September 17, 2004
Kerry's Middle East advisor wants to reward Syria -
September 17, 2004
Bush-Rather fight would be stopped by a ref -
September 11, 2004
Rather ineffectual -
September 10, 2004
Threading a small needle -
September 8, 2004
Was the election in Venezuela stolen? -
September 7, 2004
Eight weeks to go -
August 27, 2004
The Hypocrite's Oath -
August 25, 2004
The state of the race -
August 19, 2004
Planting poisonous seeds -
August 17, 2004
Abortion and political realignment -
August 13, 2004
Two can play -
August 12, 2004
The myth of the stolen election -
August 5, 2004
Which campaign is really in trouble? -
August 2, 2004
Kerry's Saudi Gambit -
July 26, 2004
Okrent Spots a Rat -
July 26, 2004
The State of the Race -
July 20, 2004
Kerry bounces backwards -
July 16, 2004
The Presbyterian Church loses its grip -
July 15, 2004
Da Wildcard Senator -
July 12, 2004
What Israel Has Lost -
July 8, 2004
A big whoop? -
July 2, 2004
Israel, the courts and Michael Moore -
July 1, 2004
The media and the election -
June 28, 2004
Rich White Trash -
June 25, 2004
Can the Democrats win back the Senate? -
June 18, 2004
The Gipper`s final hurrah -
June 17, 2004
The Europe that was -
June 4, 2004
Money talks -
May 28, 2004
Will al Qaeda re-elect the President? -
May 25, 2004
The Protocols of the Elders of Zinni -
May 22, 2004
Has Bush Bottomed? -
May 21, 2004
The Other Coming Out Party -
May 14, 2004
Drawing Blood -
May 13, 2004
The games people play -
May 4, 2004
The Gaza Retreat -
April 29, 2004
A Good Day for Bush and the GOP in Pennsylvania -
April 28, 2004
More NYT front page propaganda -
April 27, 2004
Wal-Mart and the Death of the Labor Movement -
April 26, 2004
The October Surprise -
April 22, 2004
Why is Bush Pulling Ahead? -
April 16, 2004
Iraq, Israel, and the Electoral College -
April 15, 2004
The Wisdom of Quiet Diplomacy -
April 14, 2004
Thank You Martha -
April 12, 2004
The need to blame -
April 8, 2004
Jenin and Iraq: The Usual Calumnies -
April 6, 2004
The Referendum on Iraq -
March 30, 2004
Clarke Strikes Out -
March 29, 2004
And the Palestinian Band Plays On -
March 23, 2004
The Shadow Campaign -
March 20, 2004
Clinton's Embarrassing 'Successes' -
March 14, 2004
March Madness -
March 10, 2004
Rockefeller in the Fever Swamps -
March 5, 2004
Using the Free Media -
March 2, 2004
A Tale of Two Fences -
February 26, 2004
Apocalypse Not -
February 25, 2004
The Real Battle -
February 22, 2004
South Africa and the Hague -
February 9, 2004
Tom Friedman Embraces Anti-Semitic Canard -
January 31, 2004
A GOP Realignment or an Emerging Democratic Majority? -
January 25, 2004
Comeback Howard? -
January 22, 2004
Why Does the Left Hate Israel? -
January 14, 2004
Suffering and Jihad -
January 12, 2004
Cratering and Rising -
January 6, 2004
Abortion and Political Realignment -
January 5, 2004
The Myth of the Stolen Election -
December 21, 2003
Coming Attractions? -
November 19, 2003
George Soros Speaks