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The Student Vote

Posted on May 7, 2012 by ikefriday

There is a truth that Obama will have to face in 2012. The majority of reasons students voted for Obama in 2008 are irrelevant or evaporated in 2012. He is not running for the historical title of first black President in 2012. He did not close Gitmo or bring our troops home, in fact he [...]

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Romney needs to call Obama’s Bluffet….

Posted on April 16, 2012 by dfcowan

We know that the Bluffet, sorry Buffet, rule is a motif for President’s class warfare, and more warning shots will be fired when Congress returns today from a two-week recess to a test vote on the rule, which would impose a minimum 30 percent tax rate on income over $1 million. The Bluffett tax [...]

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Limbaugh Apologizes; Can GOP Get Back On Message?

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Aprill Shines

Moments ago, radio host Rush Limbaugh released a statement apologizing to co-ed law student and part-time women’s rights activist, Sandra Fluke. The talk show host caused an national uproar by labeling her a “slut” because of her congressional testimony requesting the government pay for her and others birth control. He also suggested she upload porn. [...]

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It’s NOT About the Economy, Stupid

Posted on March 2, 2012 by ikefriday

Republicans are preparing to come to a rugby game in their best golf pants. The world is different than it was in 2008 when we were caught with a war candidate going into an election that was all about the economy. This time we have the best business man money can buy and we are [...]

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Democrats Betting on Gridlock

Posted on February 17, 2012 by ikefriday

Steny Hoyer is leading the charge among Democrat Senators to put the brakes on an extension of the 2% payroll tax cut. After nearly a month of blaming Republicans for the delay in passing the extension and parading around middle class Obama supporters saying how much $40 will change their lives, now Democrats in the [...]

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Romney Taking Heat Over Position on Auto-Bailout in Michigan

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Jonathan Oman

Mitt Romney’s recent attack of the Obama administration’s auto-industry bailouts has come under heavy fire, costing him valuable votes in Michigan. Why are voters so upset?

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Republicans Should Capitalize on Obama Budget to Nowhere

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Jonathan Oman

Obama budget proposal calls for $1.5 trillion tax hike that will hurt the economy. Now is the time for Republicans to strike back against Obama’s socialist rhetoric with free-market principles focused on job and wealth creation, economic growth.

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The Republicans’ fading colours – The Spectator Magazine

Posted on February 14, 2012 by dfcowan

Link to the original article: http://www.spectator.co.uk/essays/all/7648068/web-exclusive-the-republicans-fading-colours.thtml Web exclusive: The Republicans’ fading colours David Cowan 11 February 2012 Growing up in the 1960s, my primary school in Cambridge had an outdoor roofless boy’s toilets, and we happily enjoyed urinating up the wall. It was a sign we were getting further up the school when [...]

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CPAC and Sarah Palin mark a turn to unity

Posted on February 11, 2012 by dfcowan

The most remarkable event of today’s CPAC was Sarah Palin endorsing unity. Instead of showing her support for any one candidate, she called for unity, saying that whoever the nominee is the GOP must defeat Obama. Whoever the nominee is conservatives must work together, she told an ecstatic audience, and the nation will have [...]

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Newt Gingrich is Yesterday’s Man

Posted on February 10, 2012 by dfcowan

Newt Gingrich was introduced at CPAC by Calista, who generously thanked the many kind Americans they have met on the campaign trail. When he came on stage to an excited crowd, it was clearly no 2009, when he had entered through the crowd to his signature “Eye of the Tiger.” Maybe it’s the effect [...]

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Mitt Flashes His Credentials with a Smile: See His CPAC Speech in its Entirety Here

Posted on February 10, 2012 by dfcowan

Will Romney show his conservative rivals the door? A smiling Mitt Romney came to CPAC today with one thing on his mind, the need to prove his conservative credentials to the base of conservative activists. Telling the audience that he knew many of them came to conservatism via Hayek or Edmund Burke, Romney said [...]

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Is Washington alive to the Sound of Santorum?

Posted on February 10, 2012 by dfcowan

Rick Santorum appeared on stage with his family, introducing them he said they were not the von Trapp family and they weren’t about to sing. However as he set out on his speech to offer sweet music to conservative ears, he seemed to stumble a little, the speakers version of being out of tune. But, [...]

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A Populist CPAC, but where are the ideas?

Posted on February 9, 2012 by dfcowan

Meeting Donald Rumsfeld today, the man who knows his knowns from his unknowns, he saw my media badge saying WhiteHouse12 and asked me “You’re from the White House?” I explained I was not, and we are a website covering the election, but I can’t be sure whether he was disappointed or not. Being an election [...]

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Politics IS a Contact Sport

Posted on January 30, 2012 by dfcowan

So, Newt has launched an attack ad on Mitt, and no doubt the Democrats are watching with glee. There are no doubt worries that attack ads damage the Republican Party, just as many worry that American politics is too divisive. Does all the “infighting” damage Republican chances? Well, no. Attack ads are part of politics. [...]

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Democrats face dilemma as Obama may be kept off the ballot in Georgia

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Aprill Shines

President Barack Obama’s Georgia supporters may be disappointed come election day. Five men challenged Obama’s eligibility to be a presidential candidate on the Georgia ballot arguing he is not a “natural-born citizen.” This has been the stance of those now called “birthers” since former democratic presidential candidate and now secretary of the state, [...]

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Hollow Victories?

Posted on January 10, 2012 by mduminiak

One aspect of the Republican race for the nomination that may yet become a serious issue is the penalty assessed on NH, SC, FL, AZ and MI because they held their primaries before February. It has been the case that no Republican has won the nomination without winning SC and either IA or NH. Yet, [...]

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Capitalism a Casualty of Campaign

Posted on January 10, 2012 by ikefriday

What is happening to the Republican field? It made some sense when Cain was attacked for being a businessman with no foreign policy experience and no political experience. That was perhaps a fair shot at an outsider businessman candidate. Then came the attacks on Newt for having Freddie Mac as a client. Newt not only [...]

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