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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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Obama’s State of the Union Sputnik Silliness
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, January 27 2011
Who but Barack Obama could draw such false praise using the Sputnik space launch to justify more… railroads?  So what can we expect in next year’s State of the Union?  Musket subsidies in response to North Korean rocketry?  Telegraph spending in response to Wikileak hackers?  By now, intellectual sloppiness has become the primary distinguishing trait of Obama’s State of the Union addresses.  Recall last January, when he so grossly misstated a century of First Amendment jurisprudence that sitting Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was compelled to reply…
 
Grading the Potential 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates on Health Care
Now that a Republican House of Representatives has passed repeal of ObamaCare, a momentous fight for…
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Texas Enters Fight to Repeal ObamaCare
In the opening days of the 2011 legislative session, Texas State Representative Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola)…
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10 Things You Won’t Hear in Obama’s State of the Union
On Tuesday, President Obama makes the long journey to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue for his annual…
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Big Labor, Obama Administration Shift Strategies to Impose Their Agenda
Big Labor’s expansionist agenda has failed miserably in Congress and the court of public opinion. …
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Where’s the Border Fence?
On the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced…
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Can’t Blame Sarah Palin? Just “Blame the Guns”
The campaign to scapegoat Sarah Palin for Saturday’s murders in Tucson collapsed quicker than Michael…
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California Redevelopment Agencies on Budget Chopping Block
California Governor Jerry Brown’s budget cutting proposals are exciting howls from his liberal…
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Chinese-North Korean Axis Heightening Need for U.S. Missile Defense Shield
During his recent trip to Beijing, Defense Secretary Robert Gates declared that North Korea is no more…
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The Menace Abroad: Foreign Policy Threats to Watch in 2011
As 2010 recedes into memory and 2011 begins to take center stage, America continues a long and bizarre…
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Just the Facts: Liberals Spread Others’ Wealth Around, Conservatives Spread Their Own
“When you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”  So lectured aspiring…
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Notable Quote   
 
"Democrats swept elections coast to coast on Tuesday night and seized control of Congress and prized statehouses in the deep red South, as Americans punished Republicans for failing to finish the job of taming inflation and fixing an economy about to be transformed by artificial intelligence.Hispanic, young and independent voters who powered Donald Trump's improbable comeback in 2024 markedly…[more]
 
 
— John Solomon, Chief Executive Officer and Editor in Chief of Just the News
 
Liberty Poll   

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