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Today’s WSJ has an article, by a pair of bipartisan professional, pollsters, about Obama’s slipping poll numbers.
A detailed examination of presidential popularity after 50 days on the job similarly demonstrates a substantial drop in presidential approval relative to other elected presidents in the 20th and 21st centuries. The reason for this decline most [...]
This, from the baseball Crank, nicely sums up the events that served as the catalyst for me to abandon the Democratic Party in 2000.
There are, to be sure, opportunities for ballot fraud and other shenanigans before and during an election, and the system has to provide some remedy for those, at least in provably serious [...]
The Anchoress has one of her amazing link-fests up. Just the sort of thing I would do if I had more energy on a Sunday afternoon. Here’s a sample:
“This administration will not torture”: Unless we feel it’s prudent to. Any criticism from the left? :::I hear chirping:::
“This administration will ban lobbyists”: Except [...]
Catching up on some old news this weekend. In contrast to Obama dismantling the Mexico City policy so that tax dollars will be used to fund international abortions, Bush ended his terms positively. He declared January 18 to be Sanctity of Human Life Day.
h/t: Not a Bad Farewell – Kathryn Jean Lopez – The [...]
The war is over. We won.
Zombietown is all over the call to make today the official day. Michael Yon, however, has the honors of having made the call:
The Iraq war is over. Barring the unforeseen, the darkest days are behind, though we are still losing soldiers to low-level fighting with enemies that are true “dead-enders.” [...]
