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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 5 (Most Recent) Dumb Statements
By Ashton Ellis
Thursday, October 20 2011
For a president allegedly as eloquent as Barack Obama, it’s amazing to hear the nonsense that escapes his mouth when he tries to ad-lib.  1. “That’s my [jobs] plan.  Then you’ve got [the Republicans’] plan, which is, let’s have dirtier air, dirtier water, less people with health insurance.  So far at least, I feel better about my plan.” – Remarks at the Asheville, NC, regional airport, October 17, 2011 The president was trying – and failing – to make the case that Republicans are wrong to insist on less regulations…
 
Obama’s “Occupy Wall Street” Problem: He Is the One Percent
The American people – always astute given a long enough time horizon – seem to have determined…
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Bama Boosts Borders: The Immigration Controversy
Note: I host a weekly radio show on Thursday nights on WAVH-FM in Mobile, AL. Last week’s topic…
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9-9-9 Trial Balloons: Popped
Herman Cain’s vaunted 9-9-9 tax proposal is brilliant in theory, and in a political vacuum. In…
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“Occupy Wall Street” – Silly Circus, or Portent of a More Violent 2012?
“You’re going to find yourself in a country where you and your wealthy friends are going…
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Obama Has No Clue How to Create Jobs
Thank goodness all Senate Democrats aren’t as economically suicidal as the man who leads their…
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Bipartisan Foolishness in the Quest to Stop China’s Currency Manipulation
The world is an upside-down place when Mitt Romney is supporting a policy championed by Paul Krugman.…
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Fire Eric Holder Now, Fast and Furiously
Congressional Republicans investigating Attorney General Eric Holder’s failed leadership are moving…
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Herman Cain Versus “Occupy Wall Street” – A Perfect Contrast Between Today’s Conservatives, Liberals
Two seemingly unrelated phenomena speak volumes about the current state of today’s conservative…
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Waiting for Reagan: Conservatives Have Got the Hunt for a Presidential Nominee All Wrong
Hoping that Newton’s laws of physics apply with equal predictability to politics, conservatives…
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Is Cain Able?
I am an unabashed fan of Herman Cain, and have been a fan ever since he schooled Bill Clinton in 1994…
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Notable Quote   
 
"National elections take place every two years in this country, and whether it's a presidential cycle or a midterm election, overwrought commentators, partisan activists, and the candidates themselves repeat without self-awareness, let alone irony, a variant of the exhortation that 'this election is the most important of our lifetimes.' It's an age-old talking point. The motivations of those…[more]
 
 
— Carl Cannon, Washington Bureau Chief of RealClearPolitics and Executive Editor of RealClear Media Group
 
Liberty Poll   

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