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Obamateurism of the Day
Crutch. We’ve commented once before on the many “top priority” issues of Barack Obama, a rhetorical crutch that negates any meaning for the word “priority,” as Chris Good at The Atlantic rightly points...
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Decision day in Delaware
Time to choose. Delaware Republicans go to the polls today to make one of the toughest calls all year long in the primaries, and I don’t envy them a bit. Over the last few weeks, I’ve written about...
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Video: Paul Hodes, sausagemaker
Born-again fiscal conservative? Hardly. In New Hampshire, Republicans will go to the polls today to select the nominee for the Senate seat vacated by Judd Gregg, who will retire this year. A few...
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Gallup: Hey, Republicans are back up 5
Just enjoy the ride. Why go on a roller coaster? It’s not the destination, it’s the ride — right? Keep that in mind as we plumb the ever-entertaining and decreasingly informative Gallup generic...
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Decision day in New Hampshire
The forgotten Senate primary? With all of the heat and light on Delaware today, some may be forgiven for missing the well-contested primary in New Hampshire that concludes today, for the open Senate...
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The 67-cent down-payment mortgage
The definition of insanity is ... The financial collapse occurred because housing lenders wrote paper to people who couldn’t afford the houses they bought, often getting a no-down arrangement, while...
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Q-poll puts McMahon within 6 of Blumenthal
Can you hear her now? Try to remember than six months ago, almost everyone wrote off the Senate race in Connecticut after Richard Blumenthal replaced the retiring Chris Dodd in the race. Democrats...
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Justice Breyer: No right to burn Korans in First Amendment?
American flags? No problem. I’m not sure which is more unsettling — the fact that a Supreme Court justice can get the First Amendment so wrong, or that it is so unclear that George Stephanopoulos...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Andrew Malcolm, George Phillips
3 pm ET! On today’s edition of The Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), our friend Andrew Malcolm of the Los Angeles Times’ Top of the Ticket blog returns to discuss the intersection of media and politics. In...
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WH to Congress: Let’s repeal a part of ObamaCare, mm-kay?
Finding out what's in it. The momentum to repeal ObamaCare picked up a little momentum in an unlikely place: the White House. After facing a deluge of criticism for new tax records mandates that...
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Cuba to lay off 500,000 in workers paradise
Bedfellows. In the era of Hope and Change and big-government solutions, at least one nation has decided to downsize its government workforce and push the private sector to pick up the slack....
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Obama administration’s quiet reversal on marijuana raids
Shhhh. When Barack Obama took office, his administration promised to revisit the marijuana-enforcement policies of the Bush administration, especially on drug raids in states with limited legalization....
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Waxman: You’re darned right we Democrats will pursue cap-and-trade next year
May we quote you? Democrats across the country are running against their own party, when they bother to mention their party affiliation at all. To hear their ads and speeches, they are all fiscal...
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Delaware GOP “cautiously confident” that Castle will win
Fantasyland. I’m surprised. Not only because it’s insane to think he’s still the favorite — closed primary, polls showing O’Donnell surging, nationally prominent conservatives in full-court press on...
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Cornyn on whether the NRSC will support O’Donnell: No comment
Groan. I know we’re going to have a dozen e-mails about this in an hour if we don’t post it right now, so here you go. Hot Air: All Delaware, all the time! Cornyn, who chairs the National Republican...
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Surprise: Harry Reid to add DREAM Act amendment to defense appropriations bill
Strategery. I don’t get it. Why would a guy locked in a brutal election battle, who famously promised the Latino voters he desperately needs to win that he’d pass comprehensive immigration reform,...
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More on Breyer’s horrible equivocation about burning Korans
Nuance. Just a word or two to supplement Ed’s post earlier on what Breyer said on GMA. I think (but can’t prove) that he’s firmly in the minority on this among liberals generally and the left wing of...
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Great news: DNC planning super-exciting “major announcement” for tomorrow
September surprise! We already know what it is, don’t we? Somehow, in a burst of Pinocchio-like magic, President Spock has developed feelings just like a real person. Congratulations, Barry! Democratic...
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Open thread: RINOgeddon; Update: O’Donnell leads by eight with 78% in;...
The time for talk is over. Politico will have live results. Races to keep an eye on: Rangel’s primary in NY, the New Hampshire Senate battle, and of course the Super Bowl in Delaware. There might have...
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News to heal by: Rubio 43, Crist 27, Meek 21
Oh yes. We need something to salve the wounds from Delaware. How about the thought of Marco Rubio grinding Crist’s face in a pile of cow chips on election night? Works for me. The independent Senate...
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