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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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The Baucus Betrayal
By Sam Batkins
Thursday, October 15 2009
President Ronald Reagan famously quipped, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I'm from the government and I'm here to help.’”  So it goes with health care reform. This week, the Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 to pass the so-called Baucus Bill, the latest iteration of ObamaCare in what is becoming a long list of Congressional attempts to reform the nation’s health care system.  Like its predecessors, the Baucus Bill is filled will excessive tax increases, government mandates and massive federal spending obligations, while leaving…
 
Lindsey Graham Desperately Tries to Become Cool with Global Warming
Do you ever get the sense that Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was the last person to buy bell-bottoms…
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Last Chance in Afghanistan
"If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, if we aren't willing to make some sacrifices…
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Political Opposition to Destructive “Net Neutrality” Gains Momentum
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski, apparently lacking any sense of…
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Jubilation over the “Health Care Reform” Bill that Isn’t a Bill and Isn’t Going To Be the Bill
Americans are rejoicing in the streets this week.  Oh, they aren’t?  In Washington, then. …
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ObamaCare: Fiction, by Acclamation
When the book is written on the first decade of the 21st century, it will read that it was a time when…
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Big Business, Big Liberals
“Big Business hates the environment and supports conservative politicians.” That’s…
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Gun Rights on Trial
On September 30, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear arguments in McDonald v. City of Chicago…
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It’s 10 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Governor Is?
Specifically, do you know your governor’s position on the various proposals for national “health…
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Barack Obama – the Rooster Who Claimed Credit for the Economic Sunrise
Quick:  Think of the last American economic recession, or even depression, from which we didn’t…
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Iran, Infelicitously
If the notion of a providential plan for the United States suffers from a touch of romanticism, it’s…
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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
 
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