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Romney on the Record, and On Offense
Mitt Romney came on my radio show yesterday and fielded question after question on the burgeoning controversy over President Obama’s plans to gut the work requirement for welfare.
(The audio and transcript of that interview are here.)
We also covered the president’s assault on Romany Catholic schools and hospitals as well as the president’s general disdain...
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Can Obama Win It on Likability?
Will Barack Obama’s innate likability turn out to be the decisive factor that keeps him in the White House?
Several polls suggest that the president’s biggest advantage over Mitt Romney involves the strong tendency of Americans to see him as more friendly, accessible, and personally appealing than his GOP challenger. Even with dark clouds surrounding the...
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Quality Control Among the Polls: Will RealClearPolitics.com Protect Its Brand?
RealClearPolitics.com was begun in 2000 and in the 12 years that have followed, it has become the gold standard for aggregators of political stories, punditry and polling data.
Almost every newscast of note refers to the “RealClearPolitics average of polls,” which the commentariat has come to rely upon as a way of smoothing out the inevitable differences...
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A Range of Response to Divisive Gestures
A version of this column appeared originally in THE DAILY BEAST.
In a range of different realms, prominent people fell victim recently to their own controversial comments and associations, illustrating the application of political correctness at both its most appropriate and most oppressive.
In the world of Grand Opera, a Russian bass-baritone got bounced at...
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Hey Texas Voters: Cast Your Early Vote Today For Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz is very close.
The Texas GOP is very close.
The entire Lone Star State is very close and the country is very close to a very big win on Tuesday, July 31.
Early voting is underway in Texas right now and goes on through Friday. If you are a Texas GOP voter, go to TedCruz.org and find out where you can go and cast your vote for Ted Cruz.
If you know anyone...
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Colorado Massacre: No Causes, No Cures
After the grisly massacre in Colorado no one will attend weekend showings of The Dark Knight Rises with expectations of a rollicking, uplifting, feel-good night at the movies. But even before its association with horrifying images of real-life mass murder, this final installment in the current Batman series suffered from serious deficiencies in terms of its...
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The Fallen Angel: The Best Vacation Read Available for The Summer of 2012
Vienna was home to 23 synagogues prior to World War II, only one of which outlasted the Nazis –the Stadttempel, which was constructed in 1825 and 1826 and which survived Kristallnacht in November, 1938. This beautiful house of worship was saved because the emperor had ordered that it be built behind facades and as part of an organic structure which...
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“God’s Glory” in Touchdowns–and Bodily Functions?
Why should religious leaders, of all people, turn their fire on celebrities who use their popularity for public proclamations of the almighty’s power? In an age when media icons flaunt every sort of indulgence and depravity, prominent members of clergy should find more appropriate targets to scold than athletic achievers like football’s Tim Tebow,...
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Can Mitt Break the Veep Curse?
As Mitt Romney ponders the most fateful decision of his presidential campaign, he must move decisively to break a dysfunctional habit that’s afflicted his party for a half century. Since the end of the Eisenhower era, Republican presidential candidates have compiled a far more troubled record than their Democratic counterparts when it comes to selecting...
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The Need For Speed and Detail On the Pledge of Repeal
Do you trust the Congressional GOP to do everything they can to repeal Obamacare if Mitt Romney wins the presidency and if at least 51 GOP senators are elected and the House GOP majority maintained?
Do you trust them to move as quickly as possible to do so?
I do, because the political consequences of failing to do so would be so immense as to cost the GOP their...
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Blown Media Calls Send Warning on November
Outrageous mistakes in cable-network coverage of last week’s Obamacare decision should raise major concerns about far more consequential errors that easily could mar election-night reporting this November. And while erroneous announcements by Fox News and CNN say something deeply unsettling about the current state of broadcast journalism, those same...
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What Will You Say Next Year, in Two Years, and in Five?
Over at HughHewitt.com I have ventured the opinion that perhaps –just perhaps– originalists will eventually recognize Chief Justice Robert’s decision and opinion yesterday as a bit of judicial genius that will be his Marbury v. Madison –the case that at first glance seemed a win for an executive whom the then Chief Justice opposed but...
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Federal Spending Can Be Mitt’s Issue
Are you willing to spend $2,675 a month to support the federal government? Would you choose to invest $32,100 every year to pay for the services Washington provides for you?
That’s the principal question the voters will decide in this election cycle, and the one challenge that could win the White House for Mitt Romney.
Unfortunately, his compulsively...
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‘New York Jew’: No Longer Synonymous With ‘Liberal’
Ethnic stereotypes generally bear some connection to reality, but the well-established image of the “New York Jewish Liberal” looks less relevant than ever before, based on rapidly changing demographics of the nation’s largest Jewish community.
A new study conducted by the secular, charitable organization dedicated to serving all Jews in the region...
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The Brief Against Obama: The Rise, Fall and Epic Fail of the Hope and Change Presidency
The Brief Against Obama: The Rise, Fall and Epic Fail of the Hope and Change Presidency is my new book, and new books mean book tours, both real and virtual. Thus I began the week in Las Vegas, moved to New York City and am headed to Phoenix Thursday, promoting the book and the website as I go, dashing between television studios and dialing radio stations spread...
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The Choice
On Monday The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza launched a voyage of the imagination –an extremely well sourced essay on what Team Obama thinks a second term would look like. Lizza’s article should be mandatory reading for the pundit class, especially those enamored of the idea that all the country needs is some collective group therapy.
I have...
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