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Dick Morris: The Republican Senate
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The Republican Senate
by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
Republicans gnashed their teeth in frustration as the national tide of GOP resurgence washed up against the massive Democratic fortresses in Nevada, Washington state, Colorado and California. When they neither toppled nor faltered, most conservatives resigned themselves to a divided Congress with the Republican House [...]
Guy Benson: DeMint, Coburn Upbeat On GOP Earmarks Moratorium
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DeMint, Coburn Upbeat On GOP Earmarks Moratorium
by Guy Benson
Senators Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) discussed Senate Republicans’ scheduled vote on a two-year earmarks moratorium during a Heritage Foundation press call this afternoon. The call took place just minutes before Republican Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell announced his support for the measure [...]
Michael Medved: A New Generation GOP Is Good News for Conservative Future
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A New Generation GOP Is Good News for Conservative Future
by Michael Medved
It’s true that the November elections brought prominent winners in both parties, but the contrast between Democratic and Republican victors is highly revealing.
The biggest Democratic success stories involved re-elected Sens. Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid, and new California governor Jerry Brown [...]
Terry Paulson: What the GOP Landslide Means for America
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What the GOP Landslide Means for America
by Terry Paulson
P. J. O’Rourke said it best, “This is not just about an election – It’s going to be a RESTRAINING ORDER!” Just what does the Republican landslide mean to America, to Washington politics, and to you?
Elections have consequences. Voters make choices. But a campaign [...]
Mona Charen: Impressions from a Historic Election
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Impressions from a Historic Election
by Mona Charen
It’s an occupational hazard of pundits to see what they want to see in election returns. After the Democrats’ 2008 sweep, any number of liberal commentators (and even some conservatives) consigned the Republican Party to Whig status (the Whigs ended with a whimper in 1856). Some [...]
Victor Davis Hanson: America Just Checked Into Rehab
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America Just Checked Into Rehab
by Victor Davis Hanson
On Tuesday voters rejected President Obama’s attempt to remake America in the image of an imploding Europe — not just by overwhelmingly electing Republican candidates in the House, but by preferring dozens of maverick conservatives who ran against establishment Washington.
Why the near-historic rebuke? Out-of-control spending, [...]
Larry Kudlow: The Final Nail in the Democrats’ Coffin
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The Final Nail in the Democrats’ Coffin
by Larry Kudlow
On the eve of the midterm elections, a third-quarter GDP report showing a meager 2 percent growth rate is the final nail in the Obama Democrats’ political coffin.
The economic nails slowly have been hammered into that coffin all summer and fall. A spate of [...]
Dennis Prager: This Is a Referendum, Not an Election
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This Is a Referendum, Not an Election
by Dennis Prager
Next Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 is not Election Day. It is Referendum Day.
It may be commonplace for commentators to announce that every election is “the most important election in our lifetime” or something analogous. But having never said that of a presidential election, let [...]
Michael Barone: Voters Fed up With Obama’s Big, Bossy Government
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Voters Fed up With Obama’s Big, Bossy Government
by Michael Barone
Out on the campaign trail, Barack Obama has given us his analysis of why his party is headed for significant losses in the election nine days hence.
“Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now,” said the president for whom [...]
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