Has the GOP gone so far right-wing that the Democrats are in for good, or at least for many years?
Bloggers, newspaper columnists and TV talking heads of the liberal persuasion seem to think so. I wouldn’t bet on it, and not because Obama is slipping some in the polls over a still sluggish economy.
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There is a great American Zen koan displayed on our roads. The question is clearly displayed: Y?
Why? For those that wonder, the answer can usually be found on the mountain tops (at the passes, appropriately enough): Y?
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Jeffrey Hart was a speech writer for Ronald Reagan both as governor of California and as President. He was a speechwriter for Richard Nixon. He’s written academic books and articles on the underpinnings of the true conservative movement. He was a senior editor of The National Review for nearly 40 years. He is a true [...]
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As most of you have picked up over the months I’ve been in campaigns one way or another since the mid-sixties. (Yes, that dates me a bit but I’m a lot younger than Clint Eastwood and I still wouldn’t tangle with him in a dark alley so 59 doesn’t seem so old to me.)
I’ve lived [...]
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by Rosemary and Walter Brasch
During the time that Bill Clinton was rocking the Democratic convention, ABC, CBS, and Fox were showing re-runs, NBC was showing the second hour of “America’s Got Talent,” and the CW was showing the second season finale of “Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious.”
Less than two decades ago, the networks gave the conventions [...]
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Jeralyn posted an “An Open letter to Hillary Clinton Supporters” on TalkLeft today that is a must read for all those Clinton supporters still threatening to vote for McCain or a third party candidate.
Here’s some excerpts:
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The speculation is growing on whether Barack Obama might tap John Kerry as VP with Jon Keller of Boston’s WBZ laying out the reasoning and the facts why John Kerry just may be “reporting for duty” again:
John Kerry for vice president?
Don’t dismiss the notion just yet.
Some political insiders are telling WBZ it could happen.
So why [...]
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There you have it: “A new poll suggests that George W. Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history.”
Yep… It’s true… “A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush his handling his job as president.”
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Just when you thought that Nixon was the 2nd worse president in history (Bush now being the worse, atleast in my book), we are reminded that Nixon actually called for universal access to health insurance in 1974. And… low and behold, McClatchy reports that the Dems proposal look a lot like Nixon’s. Suck on that for a [...]
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For nearly 2 years Bush has been teetering on the edge of unseating Richard Nixon as “the most unpopular president in the history of the Gallup poll.” He’s finally been successful in his endeavor to prove himself to be worse than Nixon. E&P reports:
The latest USA TODAY/Gallup survey finds Bush with a 31% approval rating [...]
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