Romney: A Mistake for McCain By Dick Morris
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Commentary by Dick Morris
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July 24, 2008
July 23, 2008
Illegal RX? Barack Objects & Dick Answers By Dick Morris
In yesterday's Post, we criticized Barack Obama's plan to "give health insurance to 47 million Americans who are now without coverage." We raised the question: "Are they Americans?" - noting that the 47 million statistic includes those who've come here illegally and are subject to deportation.
July 17, 2008
The Way to Box in Barack in Iraq By Dick Morris
The shadow of the Iraq War still hovers over the 2008 presidential race. Indeed, though it's the issue that made Barack Obama (giving him his running room to Hillary Clinton's left), it may now become his chief vulnerability.
July 17, 2008
Why the Race is Tied By Dick Morris
After almost six weeks of a constant Obama lead, generally in the five to seven-point range, Scott Rasmussen’s daily tracking poll records two consecutive days of a tie race (July 12-13) and a one-point Obama lead on July 14. What happened to the Democrat’s lead?
July 9, 2008
Obama's New Strategy By Dick Morris
The list of issues on which Barack Obama has flipped now that the primaries are over is long and growing rapidly.
July 4, 2008
Supreme Court Boosts Obama by Dick Morris
The nine august justices of the United States Supreme Court — or at least the five conservative Republicans — chose the wrong time to make a sea change in constitutional law, admitting the Second Amendment to our pantheon of civil liberties.
July 2, 2008
Plugging the Patriotism Gap By Dick Morris
Barack Obama yesterday kicked off a week of patriotic speeches. It's much more than the normal politician's July 4 oration - it's Obama's answer to a crucial test.
June 28, 2008
Why is Bush Entertaining Abu Dhabi Crown Prince? By Dick Morris
Why is the president of the United States entertaining Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince, Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at Camp David when his own State Department has singled out the Sheik’s homeland, the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), for its continuing violations of human rights?
June 25, 2008
Obama's New Strategy By Dick Morris
Have you noticed a change in Barack Obama’s campaign? Instead of avoiding controversies over values, religion and race, he seems to welcome them and wade into the debates with an increasing enthusiasm.
June 23, 2008
Asking The Bombers To Try Again By Dick Morris
In an ABC interview on Monday, Sen. Barack Obama urged us to go back to the era of criminal-justice prosecution of terror suspects, citing the successful efforts to imprison those who bombed the World Trade Center in 1993.
June 19, 2008
McCain Scores with Offshore Drilling Proposal By Dick Morris
John McCain has drawn first blood in the political debate following Barack Obama's victory in the primaries. His call yesterday for offshore oil drilling — and Bush's decision to press the issue in Congress - puts the Democrats in the position of advocating the wear-your-sweater policies that made Jimmy Carter unpopular.
June 12, 2008
How To Pick A Vice-President By Dick Morris
Bill Clinton's selection of Al Gore changed forever the calculus presidential candidates need to use in choosing their running mates.
June 10, 2008
How Obama Can Win By Dick Morris
Most aspiring presidents and prime ministers face a myriad of challenges as they embark on their journey.
June 5, 2008
Obama's VP Search Mistake By Dick Morris
On his first day as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama made his first clear, serious mistake: He named Eric Holder as one of three people charged with vice-presidential vetting.
June 4, 2008
Obama's Iraq Achilles Heel By Dick Morris
John McCain needs to go on the offensive against Barack Obama over the Iraq war. Polls tell us that his support for the Iraq invasion is one of voters' chief problems with McCain. Obama's chief credential, on the other hand, is his early, consistent opposition to the war.
May 21, 2008
GOP Senate Massacre of '08 By Dick Morris
While Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hangs in there, locked in a tough race with Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the Republican undercard is facing obliteration in the 2008 general elections for the Senate.
May 18, 2008
Obama: Wrong on Iran By Dick Morris
President Bush is absolutely right to criticize sharply direct negotiations with Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Barack Obama’s embrace of the idea of direct negotiations is both naïve and dangerous and should be a big issue in the campaign.
April 22, 2008
McCain Begins to Get it Right By Dick Morris & Eileen McGann
John McCain built up massive popularity among American voters with his populist opposition to swindlers, liars and thieves, whether in business, Congress, labor or the defense community. His take-no-prisoners attitude toward corruption and his willingness to battle it wherever it crops up hasmade him an icon among our political leaders.
April 9, 2008
Obama's Weakness is Weakness By Dick Morris
The USA Today/Gallup Poll of late March suggests a strategy for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the general election. The poll compared Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and McCain on certain key variables.
March 28, 2008
Team We Can't Trust By Dick Morris
Bill Clinton made a significant admission in Corpus Christi, Texas this month - saying he had decided to pardon Puerto Rican terrorists back in 1999 "based on the stuff I was given by the staff."
