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The Ed Morrissey Show: Chip Cravaack, Kevin McCullough
3 pm ET! Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Congressional candidate Chip Cravaack joins us to discuss the latest internal poll from Minnesota’s 8th CD and what it means for incumbent Democrat...
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Video: McMahon releases the Kraken
Fabulism. Once someone gets publicly exposed as a liar, it makes it very difficult for them to regain trust. “If he lied about Vietnam,” Linda McMahon’s new ad asks about Richard Blumenthal, “what else...
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Funny: Chicago commuters not real excited to meet Rahm
Dancing with myself. I wonder if this reaction was typical or just a slow couple of minutes mischievously clipped and showcased by the local Fox affiliate. Either way, it’s all part of a most...
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Support for ObamaCare repeal slips to 50%: Rasmussen
Hmmmm. Have the Democrats begun a comeback in the final stretch of the midterms? The passage of ObamaCare has energized fiscal conservatives in every corner of the nation, with consistent majorities...
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State Dep’t terror alert: Watch your back if you’re traveling in Europe
Threats. Completely useless in practical terms but a sign of how seriously they’re taking the plot we’ve been blogging about for the past week. If you believe ABC, an attack could come at any moment:...
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Fiorina hits Boxer as “failed Senator” in new ad
Ineffective leadership. Hot Air got an advance look at the new Carly Fiorina TV ad for California’s Senate race, and it aims directly at the results of Barbara Boxer’s 18-year tenure. It launches a new...
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Oh my: GOP’s generic ballot lead down to three in Rasmussen; Gallup: GOP by...
Eeyore-tastic. Two weeks ago the lead was ten. Last time the lead was three points or less was … October 2009. Last time the Democrats scored as high as 42 percent in Rasmussen’s generic ballot...
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Walter Mondale to Obama: How about you lay off those “idiot boards,” champ?
Prompting. Apparently it’s affecting his emotional connection with the people. And if anyone’s qualified to opine on connecting with Americans, it’s the guy who lost 49 states to Reagan after serving...
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Video: “Parker/Spitzer” debuts — with a critique of Palin
"She flirts. She's a tease." Looks like the detente is over. This particular criticism, that Palin’s trying to advance herself professionally by being flirtatious, is an old favorite of Parker’s but it...
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Ed Schultz: Our rally drew the same number of people as Beck’s rally
Groan. Reminds me of Kevin Kline at the end of “A Fish Called Wanda”: “We did not lose Vietnam. It was a tie!” Here’s Big Ed, who vowed a few weeks ago that it’d be no great shakes to draw 300,000...
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New Christine O’Donnell ad: “I’m you”
"I'm not a witch." Very sharp, and it’s no surprise that it is. Late last month, O’Donnell signed GOP ad guru Fred Davis to handle her advertising for the campaign. Among his greatest hits are Carly...
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British columnist: Sure, I’d put a pillow over my child’s face if it was...
Aw. Via Newsbusters and the Blaze, I’ll leave it to you to divine the parameters of “deeply suffering.” A possible clue per her thoughts on abortion: Miss Ironside said: ‘If a baby’s going to be born...
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Video: Firefighters let home burn to the ground because owner didn’t pay...
Dude. Via Dan Foster, who looks upon the libertarian paradise and shivers. Each year, Obion County residents must pay $75 if they want fire protection from the city of South Fulton. But the Cranicks...
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Great news: Donald Trump hinting at presidential run
What could go wrong? Obviously just a stunt aimed at piggybacking on the perpetual “Bloomberg for president” buzz, but since the primaries are already looking to be a Category 4 clusterfark, why not...
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Quotes of the day
Branding. “MSNBC, once the also-ran but now the No. 2 cable news channel, has a new tagline that embraces its progressive political identity. “The tagline, ‘Lean Forward,’ will be publicly announced...
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The Ed Morrissey Show, Sunrise Edition!
9-noon ET! We’re moving The Ed Morrissey Show to the morning today, and broadcasting live to the Twin Cities on AM 1280 The Patriot starting at 8 am CT/9 am ET! I’ll be promoting the Reclaiming...
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Obamateurism of the Day
Shut up, he explained. Maybe Barack Obama got a little too accustomed to those set-up townhalls. When he decided to venture beyond those scripted events and talk to the common folk (an admirable idea,...
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WaPo/ABC poll: Dems coming back!
A ten-point sample edge will do that. Last month’s Washington Post/ABC poll delivered some bad news for Democrats from a sample that should have favored them (+6 among adults, +5 among registered...
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Tax hikes to drive a second collapse?
Disaster ahead. Congress left Washington without addressing the massive tax hikes that will come at the end of the year as the tax-rate reductions of 2001 and 2003 expire. Absent action on Capitol...
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Video: Tax hikes not needed to balance budget
Even at current spending levels. Of course they’re not, says Dan Mitchell of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity. Most obviously, we can simply start cutting vast amounts of federal agencies in...
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