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Obama, in Belfast, adopts Unionist argument against Catholic schooling
June 18, 2013
President Obama continued his charm offensive in Belfast yesterday. Emphasis on “offensive.” President Barack Obama, repeated the oft disproved claim that Catholic education increases division in front of an audience of 2,000 young people, including…
Impeachment imminent in Utah; Republican leads in Connecticut; Morse recall
June 19, 2013
Quinnipiac has a new poll out showing Republican Tom Foley leading Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy, D, in a 2014 rematch. Republican Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell enters the Alaska Senate race. Recall petitions against Colorado State…
Posted in AM Rush
Government is just another name for things we all do together…like intimidate whistleblowers and their children
June 19, 2013
In case you missed it evening before last, John Hudson of Foreign Policy posted an update on continued efforts to cover up egregious wrongdoing — including sexual assault and sex crimes against children — at the…
Posted in 2016 Campaigns, Scandal, Yep, This Happened
#AKSEN: Republicans get a Senate candidate
June 18, 2013
National Journal reports that Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell is in the race against incumbent Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska. He may, however, face a primary: But before Republicans can crow about Treadwell’s chances, he’ll have…
Posted in 2014 Campaigns
Obama, in Belfast, adopts Unionist argument against Catholic schooling
June 18, 2013
President Obama continued his charm offensive in Belfast yesterday. Emphasis on “offensive.” President Barack Obama, repeated the oft disproved claim that Catholic education increases division in front of an audience of 2,000 young people, including…
Posted in Featured, Yep, This Happened
#NCSEN: PPP poll suggests Hagan’s in trouble
June 18, 2013
Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm, has a fairly solid record, and they’re constantly polling in North Carolina, their home base. So it has to give Sen. Kay Hagan, D, a bit of heartburn that…
Posted in 2014 Campaigns, Polling
Sacrificing liberty for free nights and weekends
June 18, 2013
The following is a guest post from pollster Chris Wilson of WPA Research. In 1759, Benjamin Franklin wrote in his Historical Review of Pennsylvania, “They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety…
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Facts in Arizona case put the lie to ‘racism’ claims about Voter ID
June 18, 2013
Yesterday’s ruling on Arizona’s voter-registration ID law is very limited and technical. The fact that Justice Antonin Scalia wrote it should reassure conservatives (even those who haven’t read it) that it isn’t some wild-eyed, illogical…
Posted in Elections, Issue Watch
Mixing immigration reform and Obamacare — does it make it worse, or not quite as bad?
June 17, 2013
The Examiner’s Phil Klein, who understands health care reform better than anyone I’ve ever worked with, writes: [U]nder Obamacare, businesses with over 50 workers that employ American citizens without offering them qualifying health insurance could…
Posted in 2014 Campaigns, Issue Watch
Calif: Even with subsidies, insurance will still cost more under Obamacare unless you make very little
June 17, 2013
I’ve written a few blog posts about Obamacare rate-shock, and among the side notes from this post, I included an admittedly imprecise estimation of how little you’d need to make in order for Obamacare, with…
Posted in 2014 Campaigns, Issue Watch
CNN poll shows Obama’s case for big government is losing the public
June 17, 2013
It took a few weeks to show up, but the recently broken scandals are beginning to weigh down on Obama’s image with the public. Today’s CNN poll shows a decline in Obama’s popularity (to 45…
Posted in 2013 Elections, 2014 Campaigns, 2016 Campaigns, Polling, Scandal