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Over at Powerlineblog.com, I clicked on the link to a City Journal web page. On that web page, Fred Siegel reviews Henry Olsen’s recently released book, “The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue Collar Conservatism. Siegel’s review brings up similarities between Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan, particularly the fact that both […]
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For many years there has been controversy over whether confederate symbols should have a prominent place on government property. Some politicians have been asked about the meaning of the confederate flag while others have talked about the legacy the president of the confederacy, Jefferson Davis. Books critical of Abraham Lincoln have been written including “The Real […]
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Why is it taking so long for the Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare? It turns out that many Republicans like key Obamacare provisions, such as the Medicaid expansion and the restrictions on how insurance companies can factor in the health of their clients. Obamacare Republicans Preview Open
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Back in February 2010, the Democrats held a majority of seats on the US House. Immediately following the Scott Brown’s upset victory in the US Senate race in Massachusetts’ special election, the Democrats held a 59 to 41 majority in the Senate. With Barack Obama in the White House, the senate filibuster was the only piece of […]
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“You don’t have the votes.” Those are the five most powerful words in politics. You can have the best ideas about health care, taxes, education, farm subsidies, labor, abortion, or trade, but it means nothing if you can not find 218 members of the House and 50 members of the Senate willing to vote for […]
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We are always told of the filibuster’s supreme importance for the safeguarding of liberty against mob rule by whichever political party is at that particular time serving in the minority in the US Senate. The Senate is a cooling saucer, so we are told. Our founding fathers so distrusted democracy that they believed no issue […]
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It’s starting to look as though Obamacare will not be repealed during the next two years. Why? Current Senate rules require 60 votes to end a filibuster on repeal legislation. The Republicans are likely to have 52 Senate seats after Louisiana holds its runoff election in December. Sure, the Republican in the Senate could use […]
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It’s been over two weeks since election night. But many of us are still wondering how to interpret the results and what those results will mean for the conservative movement. I was surprised t0 read that Stephen Moore, a supply sider and free trader, is open to a trillion dollar “stimulus” package, even though he […]
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Orange County in California used to be a Republican powerhouse. In 1984, Reagan received 75 percent of the vote in the Golden State’s Orange County (OC) and in 1988 George H W Bush received 69 percent of the vote there. But over the last several years, the big OC only leans Republican in presidential elections. […]
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With four weeks remaining before the 2016 presidential election, it seems likely that Hillary Clinton will be elected president of the United States. The chances of a Democrat controlled Untied States Senate are at least 50-50. Therefore, it is worth contemplating that the US Supreme Court will soon consist of 5 left of center justices, […]
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