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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…
 
LightSquared Imbroglio – “Fast and Furious” Doesn’t Just Describe One Obama Administration Scandal Anymore
Supposedly scandal-free, the Obama Administration suddenly has three.  First came “Operation…
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Debt Ceiling Defense Cuts Are Ticking Time Bomb for American National Security
For all of the drama that accompanied this summer’s deal to increase the national debt ceiling…
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Corporate Jet Tax Will Kill Manufacturing Jobs
With President Barack Obama threatening to raise taxes on corporate jet purchases, members of private…
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Keller, NYT: Blinkered Obama Love
Bill Keller should get real. The New York Times executive editor-turned-blathering columnist is singing…
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“Let Him Die” Or Government Healthcare? That’s a False Dichotomy
Americans are often subjected to a false dichotomy in our ongoing healthcare debate:  Even more…
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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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Yes, $2 Gasoline is Possible
On gasoline prices, maybe Michelle Bachmann was right. The House member and presidential candidate made…
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Paul Krugman’s 9/11: A Liberal History Lesson
In case you missed it, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman used the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks…
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Obama Now on Course to Preside Over the Worst Economic Growth Since Recordkeeping Began
As if American voters needed additional confirmation of the failure of Barack Obama’s economic…
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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.