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Inflation: Comparing Trump and Biden...

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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Romney, Ryan Race Against Arithmetic
By Quin Hillyer
Thursday, August 23 2012
Conservatives should not be overconfident: The Romney-Ryan ticket still faces a daunting task. There are several ways to analyze and predict election results, with the best ways combining almost equal degrees of art and arithmetic. Before Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan as his running mate, I had run my more artistic/impressionistic model in two ways and, amazingly, both came out with a 269-269 tie in electoral votes. Without re-running my mental model state by state, I nonetheless would be inclined now to give the Republicans a slight edge. Unfortunately for them, though, when I run the arithmetic…
 
Racialism in Obamaland
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Liberals Criticize Ryan Like They Did Reagan
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Government Gone Insane
Imagine a government so capricious in administration that it would use the black market to estimate an…
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The Sleaziest Campaign of All?
When the political Right runs accurate (or mostly accurate) ads about opposing political candidates –…
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California: First in Liberalism, Last in Everything Else
If the United States were a high school, California would likely be the quarterback of the football team.…
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CFIF Launches Enhanced State Sovereignty Project
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Center for Individual Freedom (“CFIF”) today announced the launch…
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“You Didn’t Build That!” – New Gallup Poll Shows Business Owners Aren’t Buying What Obama Is Selling
 “You didn’t build that!  Somebody else made that happen!”   It’s…
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The extent of the damage from bad decisions can sometimes extend beyond the original, obvious victims.…
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Notable Quote   
 
"Claims that Donald Trump poses a grave threat to democracy likely contributed to Democrats' smashing success in Tuesday's elections. Ironically, the president's efforts to bring more democratic accountability to government may prove to be one of his most durable achievements -- despite persistent progressive pushback poised to ramp up under divided government. Although Trump is often described…[more]
 
 
— Benjamin Weingarten, RealClearInvestigations
 
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.