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February 4, 2008

Democratic Stalemate : An Inside Report by Robert D. Novak

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Terrence McAuliffe, the multimillionaire wheeler-dealer imposed by the Clintons on the Democratic National Committee as its chairman after the 2000 election, quickly paid back his benefactors. He designed a front-loaded primary system intended to confirm Sen. Hillary Clinton as presidential nominee by Feb. 5. Contrary to expectations, however, no choice will be made for months and perhaps not until the national convention at Denver in late August.

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February 2, 2008

Bush Against Romney : An Inside Report by Robert D. Novak

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While President George W. Bush has maintained neutrality among contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, he privately expresses to friends his exasperation with Mitt Romney's hard-line stance on immigration.

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February 2, 2008

What Happened to John Edwards?: A Commentary by Susan Estrich

He was back again on Wednesday, never so eloquent as in withdrawing from the Democratic race for the presidential nomination.

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February 2, 2008

The Parties Change Places: A Commentary by Michael Barone

Just shy of a month ago, after the first votes were cast in Iowa and New Hampshire, it seemed that the Republican Party faced a fluid and fractious nomination contest, while the Democrats faced a clear-cut choice between two not particularly adversarial candidates. What a difference a few weeks can make

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February 2, 2008

Bill Clinton: Rogue Co-President in Waiting: A Commentary by Dick Morris

Make no mistake about it: If Hillary Clinton is elected president, her husband will be her rogue co-president, causing constant chaos, crises and conflicts for her new administration.

February 1, 2008

Hillary Crashing in California: A Commentary by Dick Morris

Stop the presses! The very latest polling data from California indicates a sharp trend for Obama and against Hillary.

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January 31, 2008

Media Swallow Kennedys' Arrogant Presumption: A Commentary by Froma Harrop

Are we done worshipping the Kennedys yet? And what do you mean by "we"?

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January 31, 2008

Step Back, Mr. Clinton: A Commentary by Joe Conason

The most likely motive for Bill Clinton's reckless political performance in recent weeks, ironically and sadly, is to redress the terrible humiliations he inflicted on his wife in years past. But unless he quickly regains control of himself, the most likely result will be to inflict irreparable damage on the presidential aspirations of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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January 31, 2008

Super Tuesday - A Vast and Varied Test - A Commentary by Rhodes Cook

Ready or not, here it comes... Super-Duper Tuesday, Tsunami Tuesday, Monster Tuesday, or whatever name one chooses to call it.

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January 31, 2008

Is McCain a Conservative?: An Inside Report by Robert D. Novak

As John McCain neared his momentous primary election victory in Florida after a ferocious campaign questioning his conservative credentials, right-wingers buzzed over word that he had privately suggested that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was too conservative. In response, Sen. McCain recalled saying no such thing and added Alito was a "magnificent" choice. In fact, multiple sources confirm his negative comments about Alito nine months ago.

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January 30, 2008

Out of Florida: The Frontrunner: A Commentary by Dick Morris

After the Florida primary, John McCain is the clear front-runner in the Republican primaries, the first we've had since Rudy Giuliani vacated the role.

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January 30, 2008

Code Words: A Commentary by Susan Estrich

"Hospice is code for six months."

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January 30, 2008

The Politics of Foreclosure: A Commentary by Michelle Malkin

Who says bipartisanship is dead? From President Bush to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards, to Mitt Romney and John McCain, virtually everyone in Washington agrees: The government must Do Something to stop home foreclosures across the country.

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January 30, 2008

Single Women Vote Early: Will They Vote Often?: A Commentary by Froma Harrop

Single women were supposed to be the Democrats' guest of honor on Election Day. Excuse me, unmarried women. The party has studied unmarried women so much it knows they don't like to be called single women.

January 30, 2008

McCain May Win, Romney Can't: A Commentary By Dick Morris

One fact remains pre-eminent — McCain has a much better chance of winning the election than does former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R).

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January 28, 2008

Obama - And Kennedy -Raise the Stakes: A Commentary by Dick Morris

Barack Obama used his victory in South Carolina to change the dialogue with the Clintons in the presidential race. He has taken Hillary’s and Bill’s attempt to use the race issue and replied with a clever move. He has basically called their bluff.

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January 28, 2008

Hillary's Brown Firewall: A Commentary by Robert D. Novak

LOS ANGELES -- Sen. Hillary Clinton is relying on the big Latino vote as her firewall to prevent losing the California Democratic primary Feb. 5, the most important of 22 states contested on Mega Tuesday. But that reliance, say both pro-Clinton and anti-Clinton Democrats, is fraught with peril for the Democratic Party's coalition by threatening to alienate its essential African-American component.

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January 26, 2008

Bill Clinton's Temper Negatively Affects Hillary's Campaign: A Commentary by Dick Morris

Unfortunately, I’ve seen it all before.That picture of the seething, red-faced former president of the United States shaking his finger at members of the press who dare to question his wife’s slimy campaign tactics, is all too familiar to those who have worked closely with him in the past.

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January 25, 2008

Capitalism Doesn't Work, Mr. Gates? A Commentary by Lawrence Kudlow

Bill Gates, bloviating at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is issuing a clarion call for a "kinder capitalism" to aid the world's poor. Gates says he has grown impatient with the shortcomings of capitalism. He thinks it's failing much of the world. This, of course, from a guy who's worth around $35 billion (give or take a billion).

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January 25, 2008

Attorney General Edwards?: An Inside Report by Robert Novak

Illinois Democrats close to Sen. Barack Obama are quietly passing the word that John Edwards will be named attorney general in an Obama administration.

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