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More Trouble For Democrats In 2010

In the primary elections yesterday held in Indiana, North Carolina and Ohio (all states carried by President Obama in 2008) there was one defining characteristic. Turnout. Democratic turnout was abysmal…

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Desperately Avoiding Katrina

The Politico is reporting that the Obama administration is in something of a "P.R. panic" about the British Petroleum rig explosion and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico….

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President Has Another "Skip Gates Moment", Declares BP Will Pay All Costs Of Spill

President Obama found time in his schedule (after the White House Correspondent's Dinner last night) to fly over an oil spill caused by the catastrophic failure of the Deep Water…

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Obama Bemoans "Poisonous Political Climate"

President Obama is concerned about the heated rhetoric that accompanies much of the debate about his policies. In a commencement address in Ann Arbor, Michigan today the President asked the…

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Specter Redux: Crist Out Of The Closet

Charlie Crist, Kay Bailey Hutchison and Arlen Specter share one thing in common. During the glory days of early 2009, when President Obama was still basking in the full awesomeness…

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Obama's Looming International Debt Crisis

How long will the Obama administration kick the can down the road regarding the financial crisis in Greece? The financial debacle enveloping that country is not a problem that can…

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White House Press Corps Feelings Hurt By Obama Administration

The Politico has an exhaustive piece out today on the growing rift between the White House Press Corps and the Obama administration. There are quite a few comments by members…

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Financial Reform Vote Fails As Senator Levin Channels Sarah Palin

Senator Carl Levin (D- Michigan) will hold his Goldman Sachs inquisition tomorrow after a weekend of prepping the political battlefield with the release of thousands of GS emails meant to…

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More Evidence That Democrats Are Freaking Out About 2010

John Fund has a must read article in the Wall Street Journal today that serves as a reminder to Republicans and the Tea Party that an election can't be stolen…

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Well That Explains The Race Baiting And McVeigh Comparisons

Daniel Henninger at The Wall Street Journal has an interesting take on why the Democrats see a demon under every bed. In an opinion piece that describes why race baiting,…

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Quote Of The Day: "Subtlety Is Not Going To Win This Fight"

As Jay noted below, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is catching a lot of heat for going after the primary source of the state's fiscal woes: bloated public employee salaries…

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About That SEC Complaint Against Goldman

Now that it's been disclosed that the SEC commissioner's vote to sue Goldman Sachs for fraud came down to a party line vote, the action takes on the appearance of…

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Democrat's 2010 Problem Discovered By The Mainstream

It appears as if the concern about the 2010 mid term debacle that awaits Democrats in the House and Senate is going mainstream now. One of the AP's most ardent…

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The New Yorker Reveals Democrat's Secret Plan For 2010 Midterms

James Surowiecki at The New Yorker offers up the secret sauce that will save Democrats from a wipeout this November. Got your pencil ready? The Democrats ingeniously back loaded stimulus…

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The Race Baiting Is Hurting Obama In The Polls But Why Should He Care?

Why is the President's once stratospheric approval level continuing to sink? The predominant meme at work on March 23, 2010, just after passage of ObamaCare was of an ObamaCare Bump…

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Are Rasmussen and Gallup Converging? Why Democrats Continue To Ignore The Obvious

Yeah, I know a polling firm can design and conduct a poll to fish practically any opinion they desire from the gullible, illiterate masses they routinely cull to produce their…

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Rasmussen: 55% Say Media Bias Bigger Problem in Politics Than Big Contributions

Rassmussen released an interesting report today that highlighted some trends in todays evolving media. The Rassmussen report indicated that many voters believe that big media may exert a more dangerous…

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Six Dead, Twenty One Missing in Explosion at Massey Energy West Virginia Coal Mine

This is awful. Initial reports say that a massive roof collapse at the Massey Energy Performance Coal Co. operation in Raleigh County, West Virginia caused the deaths of six miners…

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Democrats Get Roasted At Home For ObamaCare Vote: A Preview Of The Banquet Of Consequences

Some Democrats went home for the holiday recess and encountered what Politico, to their credit, described as incivility and a forecast for rage. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter and Rep. Paul Hodes,…

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This Is Why The Midterms Will Be A Debacle For Democrats

New York Times columnist Charles Blow illustrates (not intentionally, of course) why the 2010 midterms may be a blow out of historic proportions for the Democrats. Giving a nod to…

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Does Joe The Plumber Have A Sister Named Doris?

This story should be on the front page. Oh, wait, it is. The Washington Post reports on a phenomenon well recognized by President Obama's critics…the filibuster answer. While this tactic…

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Putting Today's Unemployment Data In Context

The BLS unemployment data released today showed a glimmer of hope. However, drilling into the report some interesting facts jump out. Payrolls rose by 162,000 which is something of a…

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The President Finds A Safe Place From Which To Flog The Right.

Note: This post was put up after Baron's much funnier and entertaining post below. Watch it all. President Barrack Obama fled to the safe confines of CBS' Harry Smith to…

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From Crossfire To Tea Bagging Jokes: How Jonathan Klein Destroyed CNN

The Politico pretends that there is a fix for CNN. There isn't. In an attempt to breathe life into the corpse, Michael Calderone starts with a false premise: Jon Klein,…

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Porkulus, Unemployment and President Obama's New Love Of Off Shore Drilling

According to Veronique de Rugy at The Corner unemployment was not on the radar screen of liberal politicians when they passed the massive Stimulus bill last January 2009. If the…

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