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A STARK YEAR FOR DEMOCRATS (David Shribman)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.David Shribman – Plenty of people are driving cars they don’t want or, worse still, living in homes they can’t afford. That’s a natural part of a consumer society, especially during a recession. But this fall we may witness a mass example of buyers’ re…
Tagged As: Midterm Elections, Political OpinionThrow this on the Labor Day grill: tax cuts for small business (The Christian Science Monitor)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Christian Science Monitor – This Labor Day weekend, the jobs outlook appears about as inviting as leftover potato salad. But President Obama found encouragement Friday in the jobs report for August.
Tagged As: Political Opinion, TaxesIs the GOP ready for prime time? (The Week)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Week – All signs point to big Republican gains in November, enabling the GOP to implement its agenda. But what agenda is that?
Tagged As: Midterm Elections, Political Opinion, RepublicansElection 2010 surprise: rise of black Republicans (The Christian Science Monitor)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Christian Science Monitor – In June, a Charleston businessman named Tim Scott won the Republican nomination for South Carolina’s First Congressional District, defeating Paul Thurmond, the son of state political legend Strom Thurmond, with nearly 70…
Tagged As: Midterm Elections, Political OpinionYoung Adults Shy Away From ‘Democrat’ Label (The Atlantic Wire)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Atlantic Wire – Citing a Pew Research Poll, The New York Times’ Kirk Johnson surmises
that college students, who once swooned for President Obama, are now
beginning to distance themselves from the Democratic Party. The “college
vote,” which trad…
Tagged As: Democrats, Political OpinionWhite House Ponders Business Tax Cuts (The Atlantic Wire)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Atlantic Wire – Stagnant Jobs Reports Says It All, comments The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein, reviewing numbers released today. “No wonder the White House is looking for further stimulus measures.”
Tagged As: Political Opinion, TaxesMorning Vid: Chris Matthews Struggles to Keep Straight Face About Bolton 2012 (The Atlantic Wire)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Atlantic Wire – John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the UN under George W. Bush, was asked on Fox News Wednesday whether he would seek the GOP nomination for president in 2012. Bolton replied, “I’m not saying no.” On MSNBC last night, Chris …
Tagged As: John Bolton, Political OpinionDo enough Democrats want to extend Bush tax cuts? (The Week)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Week – With increasing numbers of moderate Democrats balking, Obama’s plan to let tax cuts for the rich expire hits a serious snag
Tagged As: Democrats, Political Opinion, TaxesBeck and Palin’s mysterious 9/11 event: 5 theories (The Week)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Week – Nobody’s sure what Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are planning for their Sept. 11 joint appearance in Alaska. But the pundits are sure busy guessing
Tagged As: 9/11, Alaska, Glenn Beck, Political Opinion, Sarah Palin5 Best Friday Columns (The Atlantic Wire)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Atlantic Wire – Eric Felten on the Proliferation of ‘Annoying’ License Agreements The curious case of Craig Smallwood,
a video-game aficionado who was marginally successful in suing a game maker after alleging that their product caused him “emot…
Tagged As: Political OpinionBloggers Deride Dentist-Funded Hillary 2012 Campaign Ad (The Atlantic Wire)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Atlantic Wire – A 2012 presidential campaign ad is out–and it’s for Hillary Clinton, funded by a dentist from Chicago. Though, as The Washington Post’s Emi Kolawole
points out, “this could make for awkward chatter at the White House,”
the blogosph…
Tagged As: 2012 Election, Hillary Clinton, Political OpinionWhat Offshore Explosion Means for Oil Politics (The Atlantic Wire)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Atlantic Wire – Thursday’s explosion and fire
on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has reignited the
dread–shared by environmentalists, oil industry officials, Gulf coast
residents, and Washington lawmakers alike–over the months-long oil
…
Tagged As: Offshore Drilling, Political OpinionBig Labor’s Legacy of Violence (Michelle Malkin)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.Michelle Malkin – To mark Labor Day 2010, President Obama will join hands with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in Milwaukee and pose as champions of the working class. Bad move. Trumka’s organizing record is a shameful reminder of the union movement’s…
Tagged As: Organized Labor (Unions), Political OpinionOBAMA IS NOT A MUSLIM (Ann Coulter)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.Ann Coulter – The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist.
Tagged As: Barack Obama, Islam/Muslim, Political OpinionAMERICA’S LITTLE WARS ARE DRAINING US IN A BIG WAY (Georgie Anne Geyer)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.Georgie Anne Geyer – WASHINGTON — You have to wonder exactly what you’re supposed to say in a week like this one, as President Obama officially declared the end to the U.S. war in Iraq and most Americans breathed a tempered sigh of relief.
Tagged As: Barack Obama, Iraq/Iraq War, Political OpinionMiddle East peace talks: Why there’s hope the bitter divide can be bridged (The Christian Science Monitor)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Christian Science Monitor – The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a misnomer. The real political chasm actually runs down the middle of both societies, dividing them into separate camps of conflict and peace.
Tagged As: Political OpinionA second stimulus: Are tax cuts the answer? (The Week)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Week – President Obama reportedly is considering a second stimulus depending more heavily on tax cuts than the first. Will that save the economic recovery?
Tagged As: Political OpinionObama Economic Adviser’s Depressing Swan Song (The Atlantic Wire)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Atlantic Wire – Christina Romer, one of President Obama’s top economic advisers, gave a
dispiriting speech on the economy Wednesday at the National Press Club.
Romer is leaving the administration this month and in her farewell
remarks she cast d…
Tagged As: Christina Romer, Political OpinionMany Liberals Reject Markos Moulitsas’s Anti-Conservative Book (The Atlantic Wire)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Atlantic Wire – A number of liberal writers are condemning American Taliban,
the just-released book by prominent liberal blogger and political
organizer Markos Moulitsas. Moulitsas, also known as Kos and the chief
of prominent website Daily Kos,…
Tagged As: Left/Liberal, Political Opinion, Right/Conservative5 things you need to know about Vanity Fair’s Sarah Palin exposé (The Week)
To read the complete article, please Click Here.The Week – In Vanity Fair’s new issue, Michael J. Gross takes a hard look at Palin’s “surreal new world.” Here are some of his must-read revelations
Tagged As: Political Opinion, Sarah Palin