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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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Why Supremes Will Nix ObamaCare
By Quin Hillyer
Tuesday, November 22 2011
The Supreme Court’s agreement to consider four separate issues regarding ObamaCare has given rise to fears, mine included, that the court would produce some sort of unsatisfyingly fractured ruling that leaves defenders of liberty sputtering in frustration. The unfortunate model would be the abortion decision, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, in which the court could muster only a plurality for its controlling decision. The prediction here is that while the concerns are intellectually justifiable, they will not be borne out in the court’s decision. When all the smoke clears, the Supreme…
 
Wicked Wickard v. Filburn Does Not Immunize ObamaCare
If the 1942 decision Wickard v. Filburn doesn’t ring a bell, that’s certainly understandable. …
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Many Legal Permutations in ObamaCare Case
[Part one of two] The broad scope of the Supreme Court’s decision to consider the constitutionality…
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Secret Draft of Obama’s Second Inaugural Address Revealed
MEMORANDUM
FROM:  The Office of Presidential Speechwriting TO:  POTUS, Senior Staff…
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Siga Smallpox Contract Is the Next Solyndra Scandal
If the Solyndra scandal failed to convince some people that President Barack Obama’s promise to…
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This Week’s Sloppy, Shameful ObamaCare Ruling Provides Wake-Up Call to American Voters
“The right to be free from federal regulation is not absolute, and yields to the imperative that…
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Lessons from 1815
Sometimes writers can get too fond of metaphors. A visit to the site of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans…
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White House Chief of Staff Latest Scapegoat for Failed Policies
To hear the political media tell it, Bill Daley’s failure as White House Chief of Staff was due…
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The Myth of Romney’s Electability
If Mitt Romney becomes the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, the former Massachusetts governor…
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Tea Partiers, Conservatives Should Embrace Congressional Anti-Piracy Legislation
Here’s a reliable rule of thumb:  If Senator Marco Rubio (R – Florida) and Representative…
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Study: List of ‘Occupy’ Supporters Includes Racists, Terrorists, Communists… and Obama
In an interview with ABC News last month, President Barack Obama sympathized with the Occupy Wall Street…
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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.