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Victor Davis Hanson: October Surprises

Townhall Columns - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 22:01
The Democrats will probably suffer historic losses in both the House and Senate in less than 60 days. The 11th-hour campaigning of the now-unpopular Barack Obama on behalf of endangered congressional candidates will...
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Ken Blackwell: Congress Goes for Rationing

Townhall Columns - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 22:01
"Democrats choose Death Panels." announces the Comedy Channel's Jon Stewart with mock horror, ".for themselves!" It's a very funny bit. The Washington Post's Karen Tumulty plays it straight as she reports: "Ultimately,...
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Guy Benson: Barbara Boxer's Taxpayer Tab: $3.6 Million & Counting

Townhall Columns - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 22:01
During an especially venomous debate exchange last week, Sen. Barbara Boxer launched a blistering personal attack against her Republican opponent, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina. The focus of Boxer's...
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Dick Morris and Eileen McGann: An Epic Dem Disaster

Townhall Columns - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 22:01
The magnitude of the catastrophe facing the Democratic Party in the fall elections is only gradually becoming clear to the leaders of both parties. The Democrats will lose both the Senate and the House. They will...
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Michael Reagan: Got A Problem? Just Spend More Money You Don't Have

Townhall Columns - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 22:01
Having plunged the nation into a deep financial crisis with his wild and unrestrained spending of money we do not have -- on things the nation does not need -- President Obama is now proposing to spend even more,...
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Ross Mackenzie: A Middle-of-Nowhere Retreat for Recovery From Societal Cluster Bombs

Townhall Columns - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 22:01
Steve McQueen, the quirky movie actor, said he'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on the planet. Roger that, bro'. Cities used to have a compelling raison -- safety, commerce, the...
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Caroline Glick: A Prayer for 5771

Townhall Columns - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 22:01
On August 28, Fox News commentator Glenn Beck confounded his colleagues in the media when he brought hundreds of thousands of Americans to the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC for a rally he...
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Michael Gerson: Something

Townhall Columns - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 22:01
WASHINGTON -- Even Democrats who agree with President Obama's ideology, respect his tenacity and admire his deliberative manner have begun to whisper: Maybe he isn't a very good politician. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rend
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Jackie Gingrich Cushman: President Obama's Flawed Foundation

Townhall Columns - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 22:01
We all know it happens -- people often get confused. They can become overwhelmed and forget who they are and where they came from, allowing outside forces to dictate their actions. They get caught up -- swept away --...
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Cal Thomas: Send In the Clowns

Townhall Columns - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 22:01
It is important to understand the plot line in the tragedy called Washington politics before one can appreciate the play, or not. When conservatives hold to their convictions about, say, sound economic policy,...
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Jillian Bandes: Joe Miller Dances Between GOP Establishment And The Tea Party

Townhall Columns - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 22:01
Joe Miller, the GOP's newly-minted Alaska Senate nominee, has a delicate and arguably astute take on official Republican leadership and campaign arms. What's interesting is that his takes on the more rogue, tea-partyish...
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David Harsanyi: Can You Smell What Obama's Cooking?

Townhall Columns - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 22:00
You may recall Barack Obama claiming that the original stimulus plan didn't need any more tax cuts or "piecemeal" measures. To suggest so was to engage in "politics as usual." And trust me; you don't want to be caught...
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Guy Benson: Republican Leading Big in Stupakland

Townhall Blogs - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 21:32
Bart Stupak, the Blue Dog Democrat whose courageous pro-life stand during the Obamacare debate culminated in a sellout of epic proportions, announced in April he's retiring from Congress when his current term expires. ...
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Michael Gerson: The World After November

Townhall Columns - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 20:01
WASHINGTON -- Democratic leaders and their supporters approach the November elections with a lumpy mix of messages. It can't be as bad as it looks (it is) and maybe losing the House would be a good thing for Democrats (
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Greg Hengler: Matthews on Obama: "He Wrote A Book As Good As 'Huck Finn'!"

Townhall Blogs - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 15:50
Move over Mark Twain! I think Obama would second Matthews's statement. In fact, Mark Steyn thinks Obama views the presidency as beneath him; Obama thinks he is more suited for a Berlin Gate/Cairo-esque setting suitable...
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Ann Coulter: Bonfire of the Insanities

Townhall Columns - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 15:39
In response to Gen David Petraeus' denunciation of Florida pastor Terry Jones' right to engage in a symbolic protest of the 9/11 attacks by burning copies of the Quran this Sept. 11, President Obama said: "Let me be...
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Greg Hengler: Obama: "I Am Absolutely Committed To Fiscal Responsibility"

Townhall Blogs - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 15:11
Here, Obama tackles the GOP's platform of "moralizing" government spending and debt. He takes the Bill Clinton approach: "At a time when folks are tightening their belts at home, I understand why a lot of Americans feel...
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Greg Hengler: MSNBC's Ratigan: Hey, Wouldn't It Be Cool If There Was A Non-Murderous Religion?

Townhall Blogs - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 14:46
Intellectual firepower over at MSNBC.
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Carol Platt Liebau: Something Rotten at Justice?

Townhall Blogs - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 14:26
The Washington Times' lead editorial lays out the shameful refusal of the Justice Department to enforce Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act -- the part that requires states to remove ineligible voters from...
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Michael Medved: INSCRIBED FOR LIFE IN THE SEASON OF DEATH?

Townhall Blogs - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 14:13
The Jewish High Holy Day season, covering ten days between Rosh Hashanah, Head of the Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, always arrives near the opening of autumn-raising an obvious question. The holidays focus...
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