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Analysis and Commentary

We need divided government

by Henry I. Millervia Daily Caller (DC)
Monday, October 4, 2010

Aggressive personnel (and policy) changes in the executive branch of government could begin to relieve many Americans’ growing frustration and disgust with our government. A change in the party that controls the Congress would be a good start...

Analysis and Commentary

Such a Thing as a Vulnerable Republican?

by Bill Whalenvia Bill Whalen: Politi-Cal
Thursday, September 23, 2010

[In] this election, [California Rep. Dan Lungren] holds a more dubious distinction: the only Republican member of California’s congressional delegation potentially in trouble...

Analysis and Commentary

The GOP's Purity Pledge

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Daily Beast
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Sixteen years after the disastrous Contract With America comes...the Pledge to America, an attempt by the party establishment to rein in the Tea Party rabble and reassure us the elders are still in charge...

Healthy Skepticism

by David Brady, Daniel P. Kessler, Douglas Riversvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

A portent for November: very few of the Americans who disliked
comprehensive health care reform a few months ago like it any better
now.

Analysis and Commentary

Obamacare: The sequel

by Scott W. Atlasvia Washington Times
Monday, September 20, 2010

President might use diktats to up the ante...

Analysis and Commentary

Putting pols to the test

by Henry I. Millervia Daily Caller (DC)
Thursday, September 16, 2010

According to the latest Gallup 2010 Confidence in Institutions poll, the U.S. Congress ranks dead last out of the 16 institutions rated. Only 11% percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in those who populate the institution...

Analysis and Commentary

Betting the House on the GOP?

by Charles Calomirisvia Arena (Politico)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010

"What, if anything, can House Democrats do?" This brings to mind a slight variant of the classic refrain from the movie, The Wizard of Oz: "if they only had a brain..."

Analysis and Commentary

Can Dems turn it around?

by Charles Calomirisvia Arena (Politico)
Thursday, August 26, 2010

The reason this is not going to be reversed in November by the Dems is that the problem is one of reality, not just perception...

Analysis and Commentary

Tuesday’s Dose of Sunshine

by Bill Whalenvia Bill Whalen: Politi-Cal
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

While today’s vote in Arizona may be of interest to California, what with Sen. John McCain forced to spend more than $21 million to keep disgruntled conservatives and Tea Partiers at bay, it’s the primary in Florida that’s just as compelling — and maybe more important in the big-picture scheme of things...

Analysis and Commentary

Will Republicans win a Senate majority?

by Charles Calomirisvia Arena (Politico)
Monday, August 23, 2010

The distance between President Obama and the Congressional Dems (who are increasingly owned by the left and the teachers' and other unions) will only widen over the next two years because the president will pretend (again) that he is a moderate...

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