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Bad news: Levi Johnston’s favorable rating in Alaska now at … -66
Sloooow news day. Alternate headline: “Blogger pretty sure Palin doesn’t have to worry about Levi hurting her reputation anymore.” One of the Conservatives4Palin people keeps e-mailing to remind me...
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Dead cat bounce from Oval Office speech?
Flop. Barack Obama had to hope that a war speech with all of the trappings of the Oval Office would provide at least a temporary respite from consistently declining poll numbers. Daily tracking polls...
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Pawlenty: ObamaCare makes federal gov’t “like a drug dealer”
"They give people a taste, get them further addicted." Tim Pawlenty explained his attack on ObamaCare to Neil Cavuto yesterday on Fox — and took a decidedly un-Minnesota Nice tack in doing so. Pawlenty...
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Eugene Robinson: These spoiled-brat voters are having quite the temper...
"This isn't an 'electoral wave,' it's a temper tantrum." Via RCP. Don’t misunderstand: This is 100 percent nonpartisan criticism, he insists. It could have been written at any point in the last 10...
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Factcheck: Beware Dems claiming to have voted against the TARP bailout
The Posterior Preservation Act of 2009. Who says Democrats haven’t paid attention to the Tea Party message? Suddenly, even though the Obama administration says that the bailouts helped rescue the...
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Fun new Iraqi TV prank show: Planting fake bombs in people’s cars at security...
What could go wrong? Alternate headline: “Iraqis invent greatest show in history of television.” The show “Put Him in [Camp] Bucca” has drawn numerous protests but has stayed on air throughout the...
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The 97% fallacy: Why Democratic tax-hike rhetoric is deceptive
Penalizing success. With the economy sliding during Wreckovery Summer and jobs growth falling behind the number of new workers with each new jobless report, one might think that Democrats would have...
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NYT: Democratic support down among young voters
Well, yes, but... Finally, a Friday news story at which to vent my inner eeyore. The Times is right, of course, that Obama fever has cooled a bit among “Generation O.” How could it not have? As...
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Ramirez: Weekend at Recovery Bernie’s!
Fools. Michael Ramirez has already given one good riff on the White House’s Recovery Summer campaign, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t ripe for further skewering. This time, IBD’s Pulitzer Prize winning...
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Uh oh: Prominent Florida Dem endorses Crist over Meek
It begins. Wait, it gets worse. The highest ranking Democrat in Florida’s state Senate on Thursday endorsed Republican-turned-independent Gov. Charlie Crist in his bid for the U.S. Senate… Lawson,...
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Audio: Hey, who’s up for Alan Grayson saying something incredibly obnoxious...
Aw. I almost care, but after a long bloggy week, this is like watching the umpteenth new “scandalous” Lady Gaga video: More than anything else, it just leaves you feeling … weary, and embarrassed for...
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Time for home-brew whiskey?
Beware the revenuers! Jimmy Carter struck a blow for personal freedom — no, seriously, stop laughing — in 1978, when he made home brewing of beer legal in the US. As Reason TV says, this led to an...
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Video: Chris Matthews reveals “tough, watertight” plan to get America back on...
"This is the answer." Via Newsbusters. I don’t want to spoil the surprise, but Mike Bloomberg and “communications pizazz” both figure prominently. Is Bob Gates, of all people, really one of the weak...
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Quotes of the day
Past, present, and future. Obama, in this fanciful version, held up his hand. He told his aides to put away the history books and reject the New Deal comparisons. Unlike in 1932, Americans today have a...
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The LA Times Invents the Teacher Box Score
Metrics. If you follow education news at all, you know that the Los Angeles Times recently published a series of articles and an online database rating by name 6,000 individual teachers according to...
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So, the wage gap is true. Only, it’s men who earn less
Equality. Originally posted at David Horowitz’s NewsReal The Left is still busily trumpeting the fallacy-filled idea of there being a wage gap in favor of men. In fact, the DNC recently sent out an...
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Romer: Hey, we gave it our best shot
Wreckovery. Christina Romer tries a little pirouette of spin on her way out of the Obama administration in this interview with PBS on her last day as chair of Barack Obama’s Council of Economic...
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WaPo: Hey, that Oval Office rug quote got botched
Research fail. Today, the Washington Post notices that the White House doesn’t bother to do much research. Of course, had Jamie Stiehm been an avid reader of our Obamateurisms of the Day feature at...
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The party of born-again fiscal hawks?
Talk is cheap expensive. One year after massive government spending, spiraling national debt, crushing budget deficits, and an arrogant bid to take over the entire American health care system sent...
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California snubs “Columbia” free trade
Nose, face, spite, etc. With unemployment over 12% and a budget deficit the size of its Central Valley, one might think that California would welcome new opportunities to open markets for its products....
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