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What Obama Means when he says "the troops"

Meet the New Boss; Same as the Old Boss. Andrew Sullivan points out the obvious link from yesterday’s appointment to today’s “reversal“: It was a point of pride that the…

Wow: Cooperation. Should Obama Get Credit?

…Boehner paid for simply negotiating (again: necessarily semi-secretly) with Obama. I would venture to suggest that those negotiations didn’t cost Obama a single vote, or really any political capital –…

Heritage Looks at the McCain and Obama Plans

by cactus Heritage Looks at the McCain and Obama Plans Its that time again. Heritage looks at the McCain and Obama plans and tells us which one is best. (This…

Trade policies and the campaign

…However, such these labels do not accurately describe either candidate. And it does not fully portray the candidate, Mr Obama, who has the more optimistic vision of trade. The conventional…

The Binders That Bind

…leases. Romney first claimed, falsely, that there has been a 14% reduction in oil production from drilling on federal lands since Obama took office. After Obama repeatedly interjected that that…