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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 GOP’s ‘Doc Fix’ to ObamaCare: Doctors as Congressional Candidates
By Ashton Ellis
Thursday, April 08 2010
With elements of ObamaCare going into effect before the November mid-terms, voters in at least 31 congressional districts will have the opportunity to send someone to Congress who can offer an expert’s critique: a local doctor.  After years of fighting reduced Medicare payments with an annually passed bill known as the “doc fix,” these medical professionals are poised to help the GOP set the record straight on government-directed health care.   First, a little context.  Every year, the federal government promises to cut wasteful spending to balance its books. …
 
Here Come the VAT, the Mother of All Taxes
The Value Added Tax (VAT) cat is finally creeping out of its bag.  No longer is it just those hysterical…
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Thwarting the Aggressive Obama Agenda: Appellate Court Quashes FCC’s "Net Neutrality" Scheme
Politics isn’t the only means by which we can defend freedom and thwart the Obama Agenda. …
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Deconstructing America, One Industry at a Time
The next time you have a taste for horror, ask a liberal the following question: “What are the…
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Israel: An Ally Forsaken
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom…
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The Ominous “S-Word” – Secession
After 230 years, are the American people coursing toward eventual divorce?  Our polarized society…
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Rep. Paul Ryan: Costs of This Debacle Will Be High
The legislative victory among Washington's political class comes at a high cost for all Americans forced…
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Come November, We Must Restore Representative Government If Nothing Else
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who currently commands a stunning 11 percent approval rating, said this week…
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Hawaii’s Charles Djou: The Next Scott Brown?
Every Republican candidate running for a Democrat-held seat this election cycle is claiming to be the…
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Surprise: Obama’s FCC Quietly Proposes Nationwide Internet Tax, Says it Will “Reduce Uncertainty”
The Obama Era has become a protracted, nightmarish Whack-A-Mole game of tax increases and bureaucratic…
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From “Yes We Can” to “No Means No” – How Health Care Is Destroying the Obama Presidency
If George W. Bush was country music personified and Bill Clinton was smooth jazz, Barack Obama is Wagnerian…
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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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