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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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Deficits Are a Symptom … Not the Disease
By Troy Senik
Thursday, February 25 2010
The two biggest stories out of Washington last week made for a bizarre bit of political synchronicity. 
 
On Thursday morning, President Obama announced the creation of a new bipartisan commission aimed at reigning in the national debt – a move largely seen as a reaction to growing agitation on the issue from fiscally conservative Republicans and Independents.  A few hours later, on the other side of the District of Columbia, former Vice President Dick Cheney – a man who memorably said that “deficits don’t matter” – received a standing…
 
Obama’s “Hope” – The New Tramp Stamp of Political Decals
“Oh, no…  What have I done?”  That is the lament of innumerable people…
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“From Keynesian to Ponzian” – Obama’s Stimulus One Year Later
“America continues to move from Keynesian to Ponzian economics.”  So said former chess…
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Al Gore Pivots to the Bottom Line
Buried near the bottom of last Sunday’s Dana Milbank Washington Post piece titled “Global…
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The Age of Obama: 2009-2010
A generation from now, when historians chronicle presidential leadership around the turn of the century…
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Executive Orders Reveal Executive Weakness
It is the common fate of presidents to learn that occupying the most powerful office in the world amounts…
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Global Warming Dead-Enders Imitate Gilligan’s Island
Decades after Japan surrendered to conclude World War II, legend persisted of abandoned Japanese soldiers…
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If It’s Broke, Fix It: Paul Ryan’s Plan to Make Government Programs Sustainable
One of the most annoying things about talking policy with progressives is the ambivalence they show towards…
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Will President Obama Make Recess Appointments?
The President nominates.  The Senate confirms.  That is the schoolboy civics lesson regarding…
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Diary of a Conservative
As we roll on into year two of the Age of Obama, a few thoughts about politics and society from a frequently…
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Obama Blames His Record Deficits On Bush. He’s Not Being Honest.
Three years after George W. Bush left office, it will still apparently be all his fault in 2011. …
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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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