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America’s willful blindness — Obama is a divider not a unifier
The much discussed Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, which was released Thursday morning, shows a sharply divided America. Not much new there.
Half of those surveyed think that the across-the-board spending cuts that went into effect on Friday with the… Continue reading
Why Democrats and Republicans Must Guard Against Unnecessary Regulation
It goes without saying that President Obama and the Democrats are flying high. The president registered a 60 percent approval rating in an ABC/Washington Post opinion poll out this week, his highest since he took office four years ago. Despite… Continue reading
President Obama Strikes The Right Tone On Gun Control
The President did what he needed to do yesterday. He set the right tone for the seriousness of the gun control debate, from having students who had written to him about gun control as a backdrop to neatly bifurcating legislative… Continue reading
There was no ‘tipping point’ in the 2012 election
There was no tipping point in this election. Former Gov. Mitt Romney simply made a number of strategic errors that cost him and the Republican Party the presidency, and any hope that they had of winning control of the U.S.… Continue reading
No Knockout Punch In Foreign Policy Debate
Tonight’s debate was comparable to last week’s town hall – neither candidate managed to deliver a convincing win like Romney in the first debate, but Obama finished with a slight edge.
Judging by the first fifteen minutes of the debate,… Continue reading
Where Romney Went Wrong
There has been tremendous speculation over the past week as to what Romney really meant when he made his now infamous 47% comment. What is for certain is that Romney grossly misrepresented the Americans he lumped into this group in… Continue reading
What Americans know that Obama and Romney do not
Mitt Romney’s off the record remarks are potentially a very serious problem for him. By dividing the country into those who pay taxes and those who don’t pay taxes, the former Massachusetts governor has made both a substantive error and… Continue reading
What Obama must do next with Egypt
The entirely unjustified and outrageous embassy attacks –on 11th anniversary of 9/11 no less — underscore an alarming shift in public opinion that ;is clear, quantifiable, and growing exponentially within the Arab Street since the onset of the Arab Spring… Continue reading
Obama’s convention speech no game changer
One thing became clear Thursday night in Charlotte and that is that Barack Obama is no Bill Clinton.
Bill Clinton riveted the hall Wednesday night with a spirited defense of President Obama, support for bipartisanship and a very clear notion… Continue reading
How low can the 2012 campaign go?
The 2012 presidential campaign is degenerating rapidly. ; ; ;
Neither side is addressing the issues facing America. ;That much is sure. ;
But what is equally clear is that both sides are competing to see who can do the… Continue reading
