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Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there's one potentially glaring problem for them, as illustrated by our friends at Unleash Prosperity... Biden Versus Trump on Inflation

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On Israel, Romney and Perry Sound Presidential
By Ashton Ellis
Monday, September 26 2011
President Barack Obama’s inept handling of Israel and the Palestinians has now prompted a United Nations debacle over Palestinian statehood.  With the UN Security Council now considering whether to subject the request to a vote before the entire General Assembly, two presidential candidates are reminding voters why Obama can’t be trusted with foreign policy.  When news broke that the Palestinian Authority would request UN recognition, the condemnations came quickly.  Mitt Romney pulled no punches last week when he said, “What we are watching unfold at the United…
 
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Corporate Jet Tax Will Kill Manufacturing Jobs
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Postal Reform is Opportunity for Innovation, Not Capitulation
Last week, the Postmaster General told Congress that the United States Postal Service (USPS) could lose…
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A Conservative’s Guide to Obama’s Flawed Jobs Proposal
When President Obama appeared before a joint session of Congress last week, he pitched his newest supposed…
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Paul Krugman’s 9/11: A Liberal History Lesson
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Notable Quote   
 
"The U.S. has been running a real-time experiment on two approaches to criminal justice: the Biden-era emphasis on social justice versus the Trump administration's embrace of traditional law and order. The results are now in.The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported this morning that felony violent crime fell 25% in 2025. Rape declined 13%, robbery fell 27%, and aggravated assault dropped…[more]
 
 
— John R. Lott Jr., RealClearInvestigations
 
Liberty Poll   

Considering the exceptionally hostile mid-term elections rhetoric and activity, does that make you at all reluctant to vote in person?