Joseph Curl | The silly season — Obama’s winning?!

Joseph Curl | The silly season — Obama’s winning?! Posted on August 11 2012 – 11:30 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady “Obama Expands National Lead Over Romney To 10 Points In Pew Poll,” said one headline last week. But wait. “Economic Forecasting Model Predicts Obama Will Lose In Near-Landslide,” said another. Huh? Or take these two headlines on Friday, shortly after the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent: “AP:…
Read more...Michael Barone | Supporters of Ted Cruz and Chick-fil-A Break News

Michael Barone | Supporters of Ted Cruz and Chick-fil-A Break News Posted on August 11 2012 – 1:00 PM – Posted by: Doug Brady Americans keep behaving in ways that baffle the liberal mainstream media. Two examples figured prominently — or should have — in last week’s news. One is the runoff primary for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Texas. Former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz thumped…
Read more...Yuval Levin | Obama’s Hollow Republic

Yuval Levin | Obama’s Hollow Republic Posted on August 11 2012 – 2:30 PM – Posted by: Doug Brady The president simply equates doing things together with doing things through government. He sees the citizen and the state, and nothing in between — and thus sees every political question as a choice between radical individualism and a federal program. But most of life is lived somewhere between those two extremes,…
Read more...USA Today | Book details Obama’s dislike of Romney

USA Today | Book details Obama’s dislike of Romney Posted on August 10 2012 – 10:00 PM – Posted by: Doug Brady A forthcoming e-book discusses how personal the presidential race has become. When President Obama talked about Mitt Romney in recent months, “aides picked up a level of anger he never had for (Hillary) Clinton or (John) McCain,” writes Politico‘s Glenn Thrush in Obama’s Last Stand, which will be…
Read more...Jonathan Last | What are the odd’s Mitt’s really going to go all out to repeal Obamacare?

Jonathan Last | What are the odd’s Mitt’s really going to go all out to repeal Obamacare? Posted on August 10 2012 – 10:13 PM – Posted by: Doug Brady If Romney wins, what do you think the odds really are that he’ll repeal Obamacare? Not waiver it, or starve it, or alter it–but actually go through the bloody fight of full and final repeal? I don’t know the answer…
Read more...AP: Romney Will Announce VP Pick Saturday, UPDATE: NBC Projects its Paul Ryan, Drudge Says Definitely Not Rubio

AP: Romney Will Announce VP Pick Saturday, UPDATE: NBC Projects its Paul Ryan, Drudge Says Definitely Not Rubio Posted on August 10 2012 – 11:48 PM – Posted by: Steve Flesher According to the Associated Press moments ago, Romney will announce his VP pick on Saturday in Virginia. Mitt Romney’s campaign says the presumed Republican presidential nominee will announce his running mate Saturday morning in Norfolk, Va. The short list…
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