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• Obama, Democrats and Transparency

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  During the campaign President Obama declared that his administration would be the most transparent in history. Do you, like me, remember the promises of:  1. no negotiating behind closed doors.  2. broadcasting negotiations on C-SPAN.  3. considering ideas regardless of party affiliation. 4. he would not sign any legislation that [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 3:15pm EST
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• Honduras Won In the Face of Obama's Imperialism

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  Didn't Democrats accuse Bush 43 of imperialism or colonialism or a dozen -isms for interfering in the politics in other countries? Vulgar fourth-grade wisdom had the truth of Democrats then: "Whoever smelt it dealt it." Obama proved it with Honduras....' [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 1:48pm EST
  

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• Polling News So Good Even Allah Is Giddy: Top Eight Most Vulnerable Senators? All DemocratsKos' Own Poll: "Nothing Short of Cataclysmic"

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  And then lots of stuff about Democrats' denialism about "teabaggers." Because, see, the fact that the tea partiers are mostly on our side, and are energized and outraged and ready to crawl over broken glass to vote against Obama and...' [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:54pm EST
  

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• Democrats Threaten a "Jobs March on Washington," to (Seriously!) Protest Their Own Feckless Incompetence

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  There was an early Simpsons that showed a Democratic political rally. The crowd vigorously lifted placards that protested themselves, stating We Can't Govern! (The Republican rally featured signs that said We Want What's Worst for Everyone!, for those wanting to...' [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:03pm EST
  

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• Vicious Circle: As Polls Turn Against Dems, Democrats Drop Out of Races, Republicans Sign Up to Challenge Democrats Who Haven't Seen a Challenger in a Decade

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  Sweet. Cook Political Report House analyst David Wasserman notes a telling indicator that the political environment in 2010 is shaping up to be favorable for Republicans: Several Democratic candidates have decided to drop out of tough races, while Democratic members... [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 6:30pm EST
  

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• College Democrats Implicated in Election-related Bribery

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  Teach 'em while they're young, I always say. And so do Democratic fraudsters, who had the College Dems help win an election by offering to paying them a $5 bounty for each voter the brought to the polls. The election... [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 5:07pm EST
  

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• HONDURAN ELECTION

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  "We have to first give the impression that we are democrats, initially, we have to accept certain things. But that won't last."Briefly, Honduras held new elections to replace the deposed President Zelaya. You may not remember his attempt to establish himself as president for life in violation of the Honduran' [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 2:01pm EST
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• Democrats becoming radioactive to...democrats.

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  I wish I had a Hitler in the bunker mashup ready to go with this....Forty percent of self-identified Democratic voters say they are "not likely" or "definitely" won't vote in next year's Congressional elections, according to a little-noticed poll released...' [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 2:01am EST
  

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• Revenge of The Death Tax

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  You're dead, now pay up! Via Washington Times:The Obama administration and its congressional allies have a pretty straightforward choice when it comes to the death tax, which Democrats like to call the estate tax. They can set aside their...' [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:05pm EST
  by Howie

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• Demos Say "It's A Fool's Errand" To Free 50+ Million People

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  The Democrats may have found a way to slice the Gordian Knot that is vexing their plans to control business, industry and health care here at home while furthering the erosion of confidence in America abroad. That 50 plus million people will feel the sting of betrayal and harsher new [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 11:45am EST
  by mRed

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• There are no Democrats in Azeroth

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  Jonn is out today, and demanding more posts, so here you go. Even for the bulk of you have no idea what I am talking about, this will have some relevance. As all who have goofed on me know, I play a lot of World of Warcraft. I stopped playing everyday [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 11:19am EST
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• Politicians dawdle, soldiers soldier

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  Now that Obama has finally made up his mind to continue the fight in Afghanistan, Now he has to fight his own party according to the Washington Post; Top Democrats have made it clear to Obama that he will not receive a friendly reception should he announce what is considered the [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:47am EST
  by Jonn Lilyea

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• Rasmussen: Republicans Extend Lead to Seven Points on Generic Ballot; Independents Favor Republicans 44-20

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  1994-ish: Republican candidates have extended their lead over Democrats to seven points, their biggest lead since early September, in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 44% would vote for... [...]

  Posted: November 24, 2009, 6:02pm EST
  

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• THE TEST

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  "President Ronald Reagan believed, as a result, that someone who agreed with him 8 out of 10 times was his friend, not his opponent"The Republican Party, in an attempt to generate some interest and cohesion in a party rapidly being torn in two by wanna be democrats and conservatives, has [...]

  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:45am EST
  by Christopher Taylor

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• Democrats' Dilemma: Vote for ObamaCare and Be Voted Out of Office. Vote Against ObamaCare and Be Voted Out of Office.

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  Long story short: Obama and his political masterminds Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have constructed, of their own volition, a massive wedge issue in which either the moderates will be offended, and so they'll lose, or their liberal base will...' [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:48pm EST
  

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• How About Not?

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  Oh my gosh…talk about tone-deaf. Mark Hemingway at The Washington Examiner reports: Here’s statistical whiz Nate Silver on what Obama needs to do to improve his flagging approval ratings: To channel my Inner Krugman: it’s a political imperative for the Democrats of the highest order to get some sort of jobs bill to [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:41pm EST
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• Once More Into The Breach Go I.

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  As I head out for another day of dealing with the problems with my house, here are a few points to consider. Many Democrats seem willing to go down with the ship, and threats of losing an office seem to have no impact. In fact, many of them seem content [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:05am EST
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• anti-Liberty Democrats by the numbers [Darleen Click]

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  I am going to spend my time before this historic vote to highlight some very important numbers, so every member of this chamber understands what they are voting to advance. Make no mistake, our actions today will not be without consequences. History and our future generations will [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:56pm EST
  by Darleen

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• Chump In Chief

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  Lowry on hapless boob Obuma: Democrats spent years banging on Bush for alienating our allies. What they really meant was that he hadn’t been nice enough to our enemies. Reversing field entirely, Obama has been hell on allies like Hamid Karzai and the Israelis. He’s undercut the Poles and Czechs. He’s [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:15am EST
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• Landrieu Bought Off; It’s Down to Lincoln. [JHoward]

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  Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said Friday night that she’s “leaning towards” voting to start debate on the health care bill – which would leave Democrats just a single vote shy of clearing a critical test for the reform package on Saturday.

  Asked outside the Capitol if she’s made up her mind [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:28pm EST
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• Can You Blame Them?

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  There were several articles this week about recent polls that show Independents are abandoning Obama as they are sensing the impending sinking of the USS Democrat.  One such article is this one from the Politico.

  Amongst the stats that have the Democrats concerned are insights like this:

  A Gallup Poll released last [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:15am EST
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• Senator Mike Johanns Urges Pro-Life Democrats to Vote Against Opening Debate on ObamaCare

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  And how will Senator Bob Casey vote? Correction: Whoops, botched that. I thought Johanns was a Democrat and wrote the headline that way. He's a Republican. I also got his name wrong. Apart from that, I stand behind everything... [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:37pm EST
  

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• PPP Poll: Obama Under 50%, at 49%-46%

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  Lotta sub-50% polls recently. And on health care? Overall 49% of voters express approval of Obama’s work with 46% disapproving. He has the support of 83% of Democrats, 47% of independents, and 10% of Republicans. ... Hurting Obama’s overall reviews... [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:19pm EST
  

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• Quinippiac: Public Disapproves of ObamaCare 51-35; Disapproves of Obama's Handling of Issue, 53-41

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  Not the 60% or thereabouts we need to ensure the Democrats back down. But still. [V]oters disapprove 51 - 35 percent of the health care overhaul passed by the House of Representatives which he has endorsed, according to a Quinnipiac... [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:00pm EST
  

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• Republicans are happier than Democrats....

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  A recent discussion on the myths of conservatism got me to doing some research on conservatism. The answers I found didn't surprise me, but it might some liberals.
  
  The Pew Research Center did several surveys to determine who was happy. Not surprisingly Republicans were happier than Democrats or' [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:19am EST
  

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• Jon Stewart Is An Idiot

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  I used to think Jon Stewart was funny. Sure he bashed Bush, but he at least gave the Democrats their due as well.
  
  Now his jokes go in this order; Republicans, the media, and Joe Biden. Once in a blue moon he might take a light jab at Pres. [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:56am EST
  

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• Lindsey Graham Filets Eric Holder

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  Hopefully the prosecutors will be better prepared in the KSM trial. Keep this up Senator Graham and you won’t be the Democrats favorite Republican Senator much longer. Lindsey Graham Destroys Eric Holder [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:07pm EST
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• Reid: I'm So Totally Stoked My Health Care Reform Bill Will "Save" $127 Billion Over Ten Years, Which Is Less than October's One Month Deficit

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  The latest sham number coming from the Democrats. Among the reasons it is sham: It proposes $500 billion in Medicare "cuts" that 1, are likely to never, ever happen, or 2, which represent a true and undeniable reduction of services... [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:04pm EST
  

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• Smartest VP ever explains why Congress can’t do anything

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  Joe Biden, that smartest Vice President in the history of our country explains to Jon Stewart why Democrats can’t get anything done in Congress - the question comes at about 4:15. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:13am EST
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• Tax Credit: Millions Will Have To Pay Obama Back

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  Well, isn't this special.
  
  Millions will have to repay part of tax credit
  
  Are Democrats great or what? Obama tanks the economy, spends trillions of dollars we don't have on things we don't want, then gives us a tax credit in hopes we'll spend it all to [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:12pm EST
  by mRed

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