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A cult worthy of Animal House: Democratic leadership
Over at the excellent Legal Insurrection blog, William Jacobson reveals his New Year’s resolution: “To confront liberal intolerance on the…
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Politics
Obamacare ads that will strike terror into the hearts of Dems in 2014
Remember Joe Soptic? He was the hapless pawn featured in an advertising smear campaign cobbled together by a pro-Obama PAC during…
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Politics
Will a Clinton/Warner ticket be the score to beat for the GOP in 2016?
All signs point to Hillary Clinton being the Democrat Party’s presidential nominee in 2016. Confirming this assumption is the latest Iowa…
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Economy
Paul Ryan budget deal with Democrats hammers military retirees
“This is the worst kind of example of a shady, backroom deal.” — Col. Michael Barron US Army (Ret.) The recent…
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Law and Government
Charlie Cook is astounded by rapid shift of generic Congressional ballot
Although sales of “Green Eggs and Ham” spiked up after the 16-day government shutdown in October, the numbers weren’t quite…
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Unyielding
What’s hot, what’s not … as we approach the end of the year
It’s that time of year! Time for one of those columns on what’s in, what’s out as the clock ticks…
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Law and Government
The moral conundrum facing left-wing extremists if the Obamacare website starts working
The title is borrowed from a post by Salon’s Brian Beutler that addresses what he calls the moral conundrum facing right-wing extremists…
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Politics
VA county refuses to purge dead and other ineligible voters from rolls
A Virginia county’s refusal to clean up its voter rolls before the Nov. 5 Virginia election threatens to turn a…
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Politics
Why Republicans should fear ‘Ready for Hillary’
When I read that the super PAC Ready for Hillary held its first national finance council strategy session this week — almost…
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Politics
Democrat lawyer bullies observer at Fairfax County, Va., electoral board
In a ballot canvass for the super-heated Virginia attorney general election — where the GOP candidate’s lead has slipped to a…
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Law and Government
Still counting: Republican holds 55-vote lead in VA attorney general race
Republican Mark Obenshain’s tenuous triple-digit lead in the Virginia attorney general race dwindled to just 55 votes, according to the latest count…
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Law and Government
The VA governor’s race proves the GOP is suicidal
If a national election were held in a test kitchen, it would resemble today’s Virginia gubernatorial election. The race between…
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Politics
The second part of the big lie: Defamation of adversaries
Attention is rightly focused on the Big Lie right now, the one the president told over and over again during…
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Law and Government
A house divided: The GOP dialogue continues
I wrote a few days ago about the current division in the Republican Party, which is as profound as I…
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Politics
GOP: Polls and hinge points of history
What does it mean that recent polls show 7 in 10 respondents think Republicans are putting their agenda ahead of…
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Law and Government
You say Thermopylae, I say Alamo
A few observations on the battle for America’s future as it shapes up heading for 1 October, or perhaps 17…
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Politics
Etiquette lesson: Don’t criticize folks when they’re being shot
Imagine this scenario: A loved one is taken to the hospital. You must deal with some paperwork and stand in line…
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Politics
Elbert Guillory: 'Why I'm Republican'
Former Democrat and current Louisiana Senator Elbert Guillory recently took to the airwaves to explain his change of political allegiance…
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Unyielding
Questions arise over whether GOP has moral courage to take on Obama, Democrats
With the administration of Barack Obama dealing with what appears to be their own scandale du jour, the one bright spot for…
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Economy
Dead in the water: Obama’s military and the Iran nuclear threat
Two to three years ago, the United States Department of Defense had enough military forces on station in, or readily…
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