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Obama campaign turns to Nixon’s enemies list

The Obama campaign appears to have taken a page from Nixon’s reelection campaign playbook — and is now mounting attacks on private individuals. On April 20, the website KEEPINGGOPHONEST.COM published a post titled “Behind the curtain: A brief history of…

Using Bin Laden to sell Americans on Obama’s reelection

In a dazzling demonstration of pure coincidence, President Obama landed in Afghanistan this week on the one year anniversary of Usama bin Laden’s death. I say coincidence because only a hardened cynic would think that the White House political team…

What’s happening in America is no laughing matter, Mr. Obama

President Obama has one hilarious week in front of him. At least that’s how the headline in the New York Daily News put it: “Hilarious week lined up for Obama, prez to appear on Fallon, Kimmel to roast him at…

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…

Paul Ryan’s Budget Plan Is A Start — But Only A Start

Move upMove down What the House GOP Budget Means for Seniors Howard Gleckman Contributor How Federal Medicaid Cuts Will Squeeze States Josh Barro Contributor US House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan, Republican Representative fom Wisconsin, speaks to the press on…

A New Candidate Might Be The Best Option For An Increasingly Dispirited And Divided GOP

With Mitt Romney now holding a 14-15 point lead over Rick Santorum in Illinois — according to two most recent telephone surveys of Illinois primary voters – it is all but certain that the former Massachusetts governor will at the…

Threatening letters, powdery substance sent to congressional offices, Colbert and Stewart

UPDATE 2:00pm ET: Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer has just sent an updated e-mail to all Senate offices confirming that three total congressional offices have received threatening mails containing a powdery substance that has initially tested negative for containing…

Why they are high-fiving at the White House

AP Feb. 1, 2012: President Barack Obama holds up a proposed mortgage application form as he speaks at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church, Va. The following two scenes speak volumes about where the 2012 presidential race currently…

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.…