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May 12 2014
News
The tea party is losing
A trio of new polls Monday from NBC News and Marist College confirm an emerging trend of the 2014 primary Season: the Republican Establishment HAS the upper hand over the tea Party. House Speaker Thom Tillis's (R) outright win in the North Carolina Senate primary last week - he avoided a primary against tea party opposition - was seen as a step in the right direction for a GOP establishment
Washington PostOct 09 2020
Analysis
Arizona used to be a conservative stronghold. Now it may go blue.
Two years ago, Yasser Sanchez was all in for Martha McSally. An influential leader in the Latino community, he took the Republican Senate candidate around to Spanish-language radio, television, and newspapers. He put up signs for her.
Now, he’s planning to vote for her opponent.
Senator McSally, Mr. Sanchez explains, is in lockstep with President Donald Trump – whom he vigorously
Christian Science MonitorMay 09 2019
News
Joe Biden, Rusty Weather Vane
Say what you will about the ethics of plagiarists—at least they have an ear for what audiences want to hear.
When Joe Biden cratered in his first official run at the White House in 1987, it was because of a series of borrowed speech passages, hand gestures, and even biographical details (no, he didn't derive from a family of coal miners, as he once claimed, nor was he "the first" in his
ReasonFeb 26 2024
Headline Roundup
What's Keeping Nikki Haley in the Race?
After losing the Republican primary in her home state of South Carolina, voices across the spectrum are speculating as to why Nikki Haley is continuing her presidential campaign.
From the Center: An analysis in the Wall Street Journal (Center bias) determined Haley is “demonstrating the inconvenient fact that a sizable portion of the Republican primary electorate isn’t on board with
CNN (Opinion) Wall Street Journal (News) Washington TimesMar 25 2013
News
Supreme Court to wade into affirmative action -- again
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear another challenge to the use of racial preferences in hiring and college admissions, even while still deciding the fate of a University of Texas affirmative action program.
The latest case involves Michigan's 2006 voter referendum barring the use of racial preferences at state universities and in government hiring. The constitutional amendment was
USA TODAYAug 10 2013
News
In speech to disabled vets, Obama to say he’s cut backlog of disability claims
President Obama is set to tell disabled veterans on Saturday that the government is making progress in reducing the backlog of disability claims. He also planned to discuss research into traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide among veterans and troops, as well as efforts to help veterans earn college degrees or get the credentials needed to compete for high-skilled
Fox News (Online News)Apr 09 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Both Parties Rely On Fear-Mongering
Democrats issue dire warnings of the threat of voter suppression. Republicans sound the alarm about the menace of voter fraud. But both parties are dramatically overstating an exaggerated problem to whip their most devoted supporters into a frenzy. The result is that confidence in the foundation of our democratic process is at an all-time low, driven down by unyielding partisan attacks from
Dan SchnurJul 20 2020
Opinion
Brace for the Backlash
According to science, which we recently learned is racist except when it is useful to the libs, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Putting aside the gender and pallor privilege of Sir Isaac Newton that has the sociology students in Goucher College’s “Physics for Liberal Arts Majors and other Dummies" course literally shaking, his Third Law of Motion provides a glimpse of
TownhallOct 03 2015
News
Jeb’s growing list of unfortunate comments
A day after a massacre on a U.S. college campus, Jeb Bush said “stuff happens” but that it should not lead to tighter gun restrictions. This isn’t the first time the 2016 contender, who has been struggling to connect with voters, has conveyed his ideas poorly. In the immediate aftermath, as the floundering candidate's two inelegant words shot around the Twittersphere and were seized upon by a
PoliticoSep 11 2019
News
Biden camp thinks the media just doesn’t get it
The vice president’s allies say neither detractors in the media, nor his rivals on the stump, understand the root of his appeal.
The first thing you notice at a Joe Biden event is the age: Many of the reporters covering him are really young. Biden is not. The press corps, or so the Biden campaign sees it, is culturally liberal and highly attuned to modern issues around race and gender
Politico