Bush's "R" Is for "Right" By Lawrence Kudlow
President George W. Bush may turn out to be the top economic forecaster in the country.
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May 3, 2008
May 3, 2008
Wright Controversy Affects the Polls By Michael Barone
Is the bottom falling out for Barack Obama? It's too early to say that, but there are some disturbing signs. On the positive side, superdelegates still are breaking his way.
May 3, 2008
GOP Loves Earmarks By Robert Novak
A recent secret survey of the House Republican minority by the party's whip organization showed a two-to-one margin opposed to imposing a moratorium on earmarks.
May 2, 2008
How John McCain Will Lose This Election By Susan Estrich
There's a lot of talk lately about how John McCain might just be the luckiest guy in America, what with the Democrats still fighting among each other, the Rev. Wright proving that friends can be worse than enemies, and Republicans swallowing their doubts about their about-to-be nominee and giving their support to a guy many conservatives can barely stomach. No doubt, he's one lucky fella.
May 2, 2008
The Incredible Shrinking Republican Base By Alan Abramowitz
Discussions of the current political situation and comparisons between the 2008 election and earlier contests frequently overlook a crucial fact. As a result of changes in American society, today's electorate is very different from the electorate of twenty, thirty, or forty years ago.
May 1, 2008
Solving the Pastor Problem? By Robert Novak
That is just terrible, absolutely dreadful," a prominent supporter of Barack Obama said Monday morning after listening to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's screed at the National Press Club.
May 1, 2008
Old Math, New Math, and the Dispute Over the "Popular Vote" By Larry Sabato
Give Hillary Clinton credit. She has shown toughness, stamina, and persistence in one of the longest presidential campaigns in American history.
May 1, 2008
Why Celebrate Rev. Wrong? By Joe Conason
As the Rev. Jeremiah Wright gleefully tours the airwaves, inflicting severe political damage with almost every utterance, he is proving that racism isn't the only obstacle to a black president.
May 1, 2008
The Change That Can't Be Changed By Froma Harrop
The Serenity Prayer, written by theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, hangs on countless American walls. I grew up with it. Whatever the reader's religious belief, or lack thereof, the prayer packs a world of comfort in a few simple lines.
April 30, 2008
It Takes a Village By Susan Estrich
Hillary Clinton has been much mocked over the years for arguing that it takes a village to raise a child. On the other hand, she was right, at least some of the time.
April 29, 2008
Codependent Addicts: States and Casinos By Froma Harrop
Loath to tax the citizenry based on income, many states have increasingly turned to cigarette smokers and gamblers for revenues. Gamblers are often smokers, and both groups tend to be of modest or low income.
April 28, 2008
Disobeying the Pope By Robert D. Novak
In the aftermath of the visit by Pope Benedict XVI, a troublesome question is asked by traditional Catholics: Did American pro-choice politicians receiving Communion at the papal masses indicate a softening on the abortion question by the pope?
April 26, 2008
McCain's Money Mess By Robert Novak
Big-time Republican contributors are complaining that prospective presidential nominee John McCain is poorly organized for the campaign and off to a bad start in raising money.
April 26, 2008
Popular Vote Gives Clinton an Edge By Michael Barone
One thing many people haven't noticed about Hillary Clinton's 55 percent to 45 percent victory over Barack Obama in the Pennsylvania primary is that it put her ahead of Obama in the popular vote.
April 25, 2008
Lilly's Dilemma By Susan Estrich
Lilly Ledbetter was nearing 60 and on the verge of retirement when someone sent her an anonymous letter telling her that for the preceding 19 years, she'd been earning less than her male counterparts at Goodyear Tire and Rubber.
April 24, 2008
Osama Crashes the Democratic Party By Froma Harrop
What was so shocking, terrible and unfair about flashing Osama bin Laden's ugly mug on a political advertisement? Hillary Clinton's TV spot was the first Democratic ad to make pictorial reference to the al-Qaida terrorist. It was about time.
April 24, 2008
The Ritual Flaying of Jimmy Carter By Joe Conason
Nobody with a functioning memory should be too quick to condemn Jimmy Carter for daring to speak with the leadership of Hamas, as nearly everyone along the American political spectrum suddenly has felt obliged to do.
April 24, 2008
Deepening Democratic Dilemma By Robert Novak
When exit polls for the Pennsylvania primary came out late Tuesday afternoon showing a puny lead of 3.6 points for Hillary Clinton against Barack Obama, Democratic leaders who desperately wanted her to end her candidacy were not cheered.
April 24, 2008
Why Not Blame Obama? By Larry Kudlow
It's rather amusing watching the liberal media launch a full-scale attack on George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson, with Gen. Tom Shales of The Washington Post leading the charge.
April 24, 2008
Obama and Small Town America By Rhodes Cook
Barack Obama caused quite a stir a fortnight ago when he told a suburban San Francisco fund raiser that small-town Pennsylvania voters were "bitter" about their economic plight.
