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Michael Barone: Stimulus and Health Care Have Democrats on Defensive
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Stimulus and Health Care Have Democrats on Defensive
by Michael Barone
Like many Democrats over the past 40 years, Barack Obama has hoped that his association with unpopular liberal positions on cultural issues would be outweighed by pushing economic policies intended to benefit the ordinary person.
In his campaign in 2008 and as president in 2009 [...]
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: House Democrats Head for a Thumping at the Polls
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House Democrats Head for a Thumping at the Polls
by Michael Barone
Democratic spin doctors have set out how their side is going to hold onto a majority in the House. They’ll capture four at-risk Republican seats, hold half of the next 30 or so Democratic at-risk seats, and avoid significant losses on target [...]
Michael Barone: Americans Relate to Founders, Not Progressives
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Americans Relate to Founders, Not Progressives
by Michael Barone
Democrats are reportedly planning to raise $125 million for a campaign to sell Obamacare to the voting public. Apparently, the idea is that what 50-plus presidential speeches and statements and months of congressional debate could not do can be done by $125 million spent on [...]
Michael Barone: Obama’s Thuggery Is Useless in Fighting Spill
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Obama’s Thuggery Is Useless in Fighting Spill
Michael Barone
Thuggery is unattractive. Ineffective thuggery even more so. Which may be one reason so many Americans have been reacting negatively to the response of Barack Obama and his administration to BP’s gulf oil spill.
Take Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s remark that he would keep his “boot [...]
Michael Barone: Oil Slick, Joblessness May Stymie Dems’ Rebound
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Oil Slick, Joblessness May Stymie Dems’ Rebound
by Michael Barone
Republicans are encountering some speed bumps on what they hope is the road to victory in the November elections. Their candidates for Republican open Senate seats in Ohio and Missouri are running no better than even in recent polls. The independent candidacy of Gov. Charlie [...]
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 [...]
Michael Barone: The Left Loses Its Way by Abandoning ‘Third Way’
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The Left Loses Its Way by Abandoning ‘Third Way’
by Michael Barone
Left parties are in trouble in the Anglosphere. Here in America, Democrats are doing worse in the polls than at any time in the last 50 years. In Britain, the Labor Party is on the brink of finishing third, behind both Conservatives and [...]
Michael Barone: Tea Partiers Fight Obama’s Culture of Dependence
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Tea Partiers Fight Obama’s Culture of Dependence
by Michael Barone
“Do you realize,” CNN’s Susan Roesgen asked a man at the April 15, 2009, tea party in Chicago, “that you’re eligible for a $400 credit?” When the man refused to drop his “drop socialism” sign, she went on, “Did you know that the state of [...]
Michael Barone: Low-Tax Texas Beats Big-Government California
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Low-Tax Texas Beats Big-Government California
by Michael Barone
“Stop messing with Texas!” That was the message Gov. Rick Perry bellowed on election night as he celebrated his victory over Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican primary for governor. In his reference to Texas’ anti-littering slogan, Perry was making a point applicable to national as [...]