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Could seniors sink Obama in 2012?

Much attention has been focused recently on the alleged and so-called “Republican War on Women,” which has produced a gender gap that in some polls recently has exceeded 20 percent. But there is another war that is soon likely to…

Romney’s got the numbers but is a GOP surprise coming?

With Mitt Romney increasing his lead over Rick Santorum with a victory in Puerto Rico over the weekend, it is likely, that at the very least, Romney will hold his own or increase his lead over Santorum in Tuesday’s Illinois…

Democrats Drop Millionaire Surtax — For Now

Several senior Senate Democratic aides have confirmed Democrats have laid aside, for now, their attempt to pay for any extension of a package of benefits – including the payroll tax cut, jobless benefits, and a Medicare “doc fix” — with…

Reid Threatens to Push a Democrats-Only Payroll Tax Cut Extension

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid threatened to move his own payroll tax cut extension bill Thursday, as Democrats across the Capitol decried what they said was GOP obstruction, this as the deadline fast approaches for the tax break to expire.…

Will Republicans Snatch Defeat From the Jaws of Victory In 2012?

I was part of a panel a few days ago on politics, culture and the media. And the first question put to us was right to the point: “Can Barack Obama win re-election?” Political guru Dick Morris, Tea Party unofficial…

Bad News for Obama From the New York Times

But February made me shiverWith every paper I’d deliver.Bad news on the doorstep;I couldn’t take one more step. “American Pie” President Obama got his own bad news on the doorstep at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It came not in February but…

Why Journalists Can’t Stop Speaking About ‘Conservatives’

“If you hooked network news reporters and producers to polygraph machines and asked them,’Do you think you are guilty of liberal bias?’ most would almost certainly answer,’No.’ And they would pass the polygraph test because they’re not lying. They honestly…

At Long Last, Universal Health Care

The House of Representatives will almost certainly vote to pass health care reform on Sunday. For fifty years we Democrats have sought to make health care a right not a privilege for all Americans. Over that time Republicans have delayed,…

Obama’s Fallacious Moral Reasoning on Health Care Reform 

By Father Jonathan Morris Published July 21, 2009 As we predicted last week, President Obama is using moral arguments to push through congress at lightning speed his health care reform bill. In every one of his many interviews over the…