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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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Will the 2014 Election Yield a Republican Senate (Part 1)?
By Troy Senik
Thursday, March 20 2014
President Obama and Democrats in Washington are in trouble. With the economy still listless, America looking helpless abroad and ObamaCare increasingly looking like the biggest failed experiment in social engineering since Prohibition, it’s no surprise that the Left regards this fall’s midterm elections with dread. Of the 33 Senate seats up for election this year, Republicans need a net gain of six to take over control of the upper chamber, giving them complete control of Congress and a powerful check on the White House. Can they do it? Here’s a quick take on the first half…
 
Gowdy’s ENFORCE Act: Obama’s Last Chance to Avoid Impeachment?
A new proposal by Trey Gowdy seems tailor-made to save Barack Obama from impeachment. But so far the…
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Free Market Royalty Act Modernizes Outdated Music Regulations and Levels the Radio Playing Field
Under current law, songwriters, music producers and others receive royalty payments when their songs…
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The High Price of Michelle Obama’s Food Nannying
Stumping for her husband on the campaign trail in 2008, Michelle Obama told a crowd in Puerto Rico, “Barack…
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Union: ObamaCare Will Kill Our Health Plan by 2017
With Democrats trying to pivot to income inequality before the 2014 midterms, a new labor union report…
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On Foreign Policy, An Unteachable President
Back during the 2008 presidential election, Hillary Clinton and John McCain were both prone to criticizing…
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Obama’s 2015 Budget Rejects Compromise, Cements Disastrous Legacy
While his foreign policy disasters accumulate, Barack Obama should be eager to seek domestic compromise…
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Honest Medicare Reform Impossible So Long as President Refuses to Follow the Law
For all the heated political rhetoric and hard-hitting campaign ads, there is a little-discussed reality…
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Obama’s War on Medicare
If the Obama administration is trying to kill half of Medicare, why aren’t liberals angry? No…
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Congressman Camp Proposes Tax Reform to Simplify Code, Lower Rates and Promote Growth
Cyclical recessions and recoveries come and go.  That’s the nature of a market economy. …
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What Rand Paul Gets Right
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul feels a lot like a man who has met his moment. In the aftermath of the George…
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Notable Quote   
 
"Writing in the Wall Street Journal last week, former Fidelity Investments head Robert Pozen wrote what he always has, and that countless budget and Social Security scolds have written before him. According to Pozen and a Rose Bowl-sized collection of commentators who've come before and who've yet to come, a combination of benefit cuts and 'revenue measures' (yes, tax increases on the richest…[more]
 
 
— John Tamny, Editor of RealClearMarkets, President of the Parkview Institute, and Senior Fellow at the Market Institute
 
Liberty Poll   

Should there be a full-scale investigation of the Alaska Senate race in which a candidate with virtually the same name as the incumbent was recruited into the race to induce voter confusion.