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Obama to end Gulf drilling ban early
Overdue. What a coincidence! Just as Democrats approach a shellacking in the midterms on jobs and the economy, the White House has decided to move up the end of an executive order that put tens of...
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Finally: the union web ad against “tea baggers”
Otherwise known as taxpayers. Via Stephen Gutowski, a peek inside the attitude of one of the largest government-employee unions towards the people who ultimately pay their salaries. Dare to question...
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Bloomberg poll shows 4 in 10 Obama supporters now opposing him
Hope sinks. Disillusionment has set into the one-time supporters of Hopenchange, according to a new Bloomberg poll of likely midterm voters. Nearly 40% of those who previously supported Barack Obama...
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New Christine O’Donnell ad: “The Tax Man”
One for you, nineteen for me. Can’t go wrong attacking Democrats for snatching at voters’ pocketbooks, even in a blue state. Fun stuff here, and noteworthy for how hard it strains to turn the focus of...
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Federal judge halts enforcement of “don’t ask, don’t tell” worldwide
Readiness. Not surprising. Remember, she’s already ruled that DADT is unconstitutional. The lingering question was whether it was unconstitutional only for the named plaintiffs in the case — i.e. the...
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Hotline: Carl Paladino cursed Eric Holder at a town hall seven months ago or...
"F*** him." Not that it matters much given the turn in the polls, but he’s getting a bad rap here. Skip ahead to 2:05 for the question about terrorist trials in New York; a double F-bomb quickly...
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Schwarzenegger: Charlie Crist for Senate!
The end. I can imagine a case where a (nominal) Republican might feel duty-bound to support an independent over the GOP candidate. If the Republican nominee was egregiously unqualified or held some...
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Gibbs: We must continue to smear the Chamber of Commerce
Panic. Kitchen-sink time. “The president will continue to make the argument that we don’t know where this money comes from and entities like the Chamber have said they get money from overseas,” Gibbs...
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Video: “Back to the Future,” starring … Eric Stoltz?
Palate cleanser. It’s been known for years that he was the original pick to play Marty McFly but not until now has the footage surfaced, as part of the 25th anniversary DVD release. (Alternate...
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CNN’s primetime ratings last night: The lowest in 10 years
Endgame. Annnnnd the deathwatch for “Parker Spitzer” is officially on. Monday night was the lowest weekday prime time rating average in more than 10 years, since June 28, 2000. And it wasn’t just the...
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Chamber of Commerce VP: When did Hopenchange turn into fear ‘n smear?
Attacks. Answer: Pretty much on day one, no? Obama’s always needed a villain for his messianic passion plays. At first it was Rush Limbaugh for saying “I hope he fails,” then it was the health-care...
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Gloves off: Vets hammer Blumenthal for Vietnam lies in new McMahon ad
"It's a matter of duty, of honor." A week ago, she trailed by 10 points; today she trails by six and is smelling blood. This isn’t the first ‘Nam-themed spot she’s tried, actually, but it’s one thing...
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Video: And now, an important message from Alvin Greene about Jim DeMint and...
Comedy gold. Via I Own the World. The good news? “America’s candidate” has mastered the fine art of message discipline. The bad news? It’s rendered him incapable of normal human interaction. The...
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Report: Charlie Crist to make “major campaign announcement” tomorrow morning
Dude? All I have for you is this one-line post from Mark Halperin at Time relaying that it’ll come at 10:30 a.m. in Deerfield Beach. No other news source, including the Florida papers, has anything...
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Quotes of the day
The big dog. “Nobody would go so far as to call it a comeback. But Bill Clinton’s appearances on the midterm election trail are starting to turn voters’ heads in a way that Barack Obama’s simply are...
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Obamateurism of the Day
The incredible shrinking President. What should one make of Barack Obama’s choice of targets? Over the last several weeks, Obama has trotted out a number of straw-boogeymen for the midterm elections,...
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Hopey changey unconstitutional-y
Juris-imprudence. The enthusiastic Virginia Phillips, US District Court judge in Riverside, California, yesterday enjoined the Department of Defense to cease enforcing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT)...
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Escalation: VFW directors demand VFW PAC rescind endorsements
About face. The nasty VFW/VFW PAC political endorsement spat is boiling over into open political warfare between the two groups. When Ed posted on this story yesterday, VFW leaders were already...
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Unhappy trails: Obamas and Biden hit the road
What could go wrong? The New York Times seems as unenthused about the Democrats’ campaign as anyone: Even President Obama called one of the questions a “softball” but the same could be said of the...
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Jerry Brown to Meg Whitman: Hey, that “whore” conversation was private
Aw. The California gubernatorial candidates met Tuesday night for a high-stakes final debate riddled with political cliches, like “high-stakes,” a maid eruption, degrading name-calling, and Tom Brokaw....
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