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Victor Davis Hanson: The Dangerous Dog Days of Summer
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The Dangerous Dog Days of Summer
by Victor Davis Hanson
Historian Barbara Tuchman characterized the events leading up to World War I as the “Guns of August.”While there is no statistical evidence that wars break out any more often in late summer than in other seasons, the world was torn apart twice during the [...]
Donald Lambro: It’s the Economy, Dems
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It’s the Economy, Dems
by Donald Lambro
The economy is tanking. Economists say it has slowed to a near comatose 1.5 percent growth rate, unemployment claims were at a nine-month high and jobs are scarce, yet President Obama is focusing on corporate campaign donations.
While the economy is the clear overriding issue in the midterm elections, [...]
Michael Barone: November Congressional Elections Could Be Replay of 1966 Midterms
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November Congressional Elections Could Be Replay of 1966 Midterms
by Michael Barone
Everybody, even White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, agrees that Republicans are going to pick up seats in the House and Senate elections this year. The disagreement is about how many.
Some compare 2010 to 1994, when Republicans picked up 52 House seats [...]
Michael Barone: Down in the Polls, Dems at War With Themselves
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Down in the Polls, Dems at War With Themselves
by Michael Barone
Intraparty civil war. It’s a story line journalists often employ, though usually about only one party, the Republicans.
Thus when three-term Sen. Bob Bennett failed to get enough votes at the Utah Republican convention, we were told that he was the victim of a [...]
Charles Krauthammer: The Great Peasant Revolt of 2010
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The Great Peasant Revolt of 2010
by Charles Krauthammer
“I am not an ideologue,” protested President Obama at a gathering with Republican House members last week. Perhaps, but he does have a tenacious commitment to a set of political convictions.
Compare his 2010 State of the Union to his first address to Congress a year earlier. [...]
Jillian Bandes: Leader Hints At New “Contract With America”
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Leader Hints At New “Contract With America”
by Jillian Bandes
Heading into the 2010 mid-term elections, House Republicans want to re-focus their efforts towards providing solutions to failed Democratic policies. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), has said that could include a new version of the the 1994 “Contract with America,” which led to Republican [...]
Dick Morris: More Dems Will Call It Quits
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More Dems Will Call It Quits
by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
Other than the H1N1 virus, the most contagious disease in our nation’s capital is retirement. It is catching. The more Democrats that quit, the more others are also encouraged to hang it up. Retirements like those of Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Byron [...]
Jonah Goldberg: What the GOP Can Learn From a Pizza Chain
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What the GOP Can Learn From a Pizza Chain
by Jonah Goldberg
This is one of those rare moments when the conventional wisdom in Washington is right. The Democrats are poised to have a bad year; the only argument is over how bad it will be. And that question rests on whether or not the [...]
Salena Zito: Fall eyes on Virginia
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Fall eyes on Virginia
by Salena Zito
Virginia will be the center of political attention this fall, thanks to the first statewide election in a battleground state since the 2008 presidential election.
“Here we go again,” said Larry Larsen, an independent voter accustomed to the national attention that Virginia races attract.
November’s gubernatorial race matches [...]
Michael Barone: Stumbling Governors Signal Trouble for Dems
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Stumbling Governors Signal Trouble for Dems
by Michael Barone
With polls showing a drop in Barack Obama’s job rating and sinking support for the Democrats’ health care plans, there is evidence of collateral damage where you might not expect to find it: in the standing of Democratic governors. Pennsylvania’s Ed Rendell suddenly [...]