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Obama's Post-Scandal Poll Numbers
Lara Brown: Democrats should be more worried about President Obama's approval ratings.
The God Bless America Fund Gets America
Susan Milligan: The Fund does the right thing by pushing the Boy Scouts to lift its ban on gay members.
Keeping the Food in Food for Peace
Elijah Cummings, Duncan Hunter & Nick Rahall: Adopting a cash voucher system would disrupt the delivery of food aid.
Big Government Makes For Big Screwups
Kelly Riddell: Giving an inefficient organization like the IRS more responsibility makes it more likely to screw up.
Thomas Jefferson Street Blog
Wit and wisdom from all sides of the political spectrum.
I have to confess that I am the only Washington political junkie who has not watched the series "Scandal," or even the much acclaimed "House of Cards." Maybe that makes me not competent to comment on what is going on in Washington these days – IRS, Benghazi, Associated Press reporters tracked. I hope not.
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Democrats are relieved. Despite the trio of political scandals encircling the White House, President Obama's approval rating has remained steady over the last few weeks.
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The headline story this week is the devastating storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma on Monday, killing 24, seven of whom were children. Mother Nature showed her power and her wrath once again.
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What could be more quintessentially American than the song "God Bless America," a tune Irving Berlin wrote to boost the spirits of U.S. troops during World War II?
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The leadership failures and bureaucratic dysfunction exposed by the Internal Revenue Service scandal should be a wake up call to anybody who believes bigger government can solve this nation's problems.
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A massive tornado ripped through Moore, Okla. and surrounding cities yesterday, leaving scores of Americans dead. Photos from the scene show complete and total devastation, nothing but dirt and timber where once whole neighborhoods stood.
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