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Erick Erickson - Knee Capping Mitch McConnell: Lisa Murkowski Concedes to Joe Miller

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Knee Capping Mitch McConnell: Lisa Murkowski Concedes to Joe Miller | RedState.

Obama’s Iraq Address: Why Gloom Looms Over Obama’s Iraq Address - TIME

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Obama’s Iraq Address: Afghan War Looms Large Over Speech - TIME.

Opinion: A grim speech for a grim war - Roger Simon

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For almost the entire speech, Obama remained impassive. He was not awesome.

He was very clear when it came to praising the troops. “At every turn, America’s men and women in uniform have served with courage and resolve,” he said, in a statement nobody would dispute.

Opinion: A grim speech for a grim war - Roger Simon - POLITICO.com.

Commentary - Obama on Iraq from the Oval Office

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:11:27 +0000

Obama is still candidate Obama, never tiring of reminding us that he kept his campaign pledge and ever eager to push aside foreign policy challenges so he can get on with the business of remaking America. All in all, it was what we were promised it would not be — self-serving, disingenuous, ungracious, and unreassuring.

Commentary » Blog Archive » Obama from the Oval Office.

RealClearPolitics - AP-GfK Poll: Most attuned voters tilt toward GOP

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:10:21 +0000

In another danger sign for Democrats, most Americans extremely concerned about 10 of the issues say they will vote for the Republican candidate in their local House race. Only those highly interested in the environment lean toward the Democrats.

RealClearPolitics - Politics - Aug 31, 2010 - AP-GfK Poll: Most attuned voters tilt toward GOP.

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson says she’ll repay scholarship funds by week’s end | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson awarded eight scholarships last year to her grandsons and a top aide’s children – bringing to 23 the number of awards she handed out since 2005 in violation of Congressional Black Caucus Foundation eligibility rules.

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson says she’ll repay scholarship funds by week’s end | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News.

Wealthy lawmakers increased their riches as U.S. economy sputtered in 2009 - TheHill.com

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:08:30 +0000

The 50 wealthiest lawmakers were worth almost $1.4 billion in 2009, about $85.1 million more than 12 months earlier, according to The Hill’s annual review of lawmakers’ financial disclosure forms.

Wealthy lawmakers increased their riches as U.S. economy sputtered in 2009 - TheHill.com.

Underlying Iraq Strategy, as So Many Others, Is Iran - WSJ.com

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:07:28 +0000

This week’s Iraq moment means that Mr. Obama now has, to steal a term he used last year to refer to Russian relations, hit the reset button on all four important areas of American policy in the region: Iraq, Afghanistan, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran.

Underlying Iraq Strategy, as So Many Others, Is Iran - WSJ.com.

The Failure of the Liberal Economic Experiment? - Commentary Mag

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:07:07 +0000

While the recession has at least bottomed out and appears technically to have ended, the recovery, by historic standards, has been anemic. Within two years of the start of every one of the three previous recessions, GDP had rebounded significantly—to 4 percentage points above where it was when the downturn began. But 31 months after the start of the current recession, GDP was still below its starting point. The employment situation is even worse. In the nasty recession of 1981-82, the economy had regained the jobs it lost within just 26 months. This time around, we still have 5 percent fewer jobs than at the recession’s start in December 2007.

The Failure of the Liberal Economic Experiment?.

Independent Women’s Forum - A Bigger Enemy of Growth than Big Government?

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:51:07 +0000

John Stossel has a good piece on how uncertainty is hindering the recovery.

Independent Women’s Forum - A Bigger Enemy of Growth than Big Government?.