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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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“From Keynesian to Ponzian” – Obama’s Stimulus One Year Later
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, February 18 2010
“America continues to move from Keynesian to Ponzian economics.”  So said former chess champion Garry Kasparov in his February 13 Wall Street Journal commentary. Kasparov’s observation was particularly timely, since this week marks the one-year anniversary of Barack Obama’s $787 billion “stimulus” bill.  Although a former Soviet icon and now a pro-democracy activist in Russia, Kasparov may have captured the essence of Obama’s massive stimulus boondoggle more cogently than any domestic observer.  The term “Keynesian,” of course…
 
Al Gore Pivots to the Bottom Line
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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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In Praise of James O’Keefe
Some four decades ago, this writer and several of his journalist colleagues working for a now-forgotten…
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When Man Looked Up
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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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