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Democrats Rebelling Against Obama Birth Control Policy
Tweet Share on Facebook February 9, 2012 Comment (8)As news spread that a provision in President Obama's landmark healthcare legislation mandated that religious institutions, such as schools and hospitals, be forced to provide birth control and contraceptive protection for employees in spite of the institution's religious grounding, the reaction was immediate: The move was a blunder, an unforced error from an administration that had finally started making some headway with voters.
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Ballot Access Shows Mitt Romney's Organizational Advantage
Tweet Share on Facebook January 31, 2012 Comment (1)With former Gov. Mitt Romney widely expected to win the Florida primary, the remaining candidates are beginning to show their hands for what they will do in the coming weeks of the campaign.
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Democratic Governors Association Abandons Mission to Cheer on Obama
Tweet Share on Facebook January 26, 2012 Comment (3)News that North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue will not seek re-election should not be a surprise. From tax increases and staff indictments to a bizarre trip to a Kentucky racetrack and even more bizarre explanations as to when Perdue would/did return to the state, her chances for re-election efforts were bound to be uphill.
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Rep. Tim Scott Is the South Carolina Primary's Big Winner
Tweet Share on Facebook January 20, 2012 CommentFor the first year of the 112th Congress, many freshman Republican members of Congress, especially those "Tea Party Republicans" became faces frequently seen on television. One exception was South Carolina Rep. Tim Scott.
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Media Should Be More Diligent in 'Occupy' Coverage
Tweet Share on Facebook October 20, 2011 Comment (1)"Where's the outrage?" the Republican National Committee asked this week regarding the support of President Barack Obama, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Steve Israel for the Occupy Wall Street protests despite well-documented anti-Semitic and anti-Israel comments and signs.
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The Left's Limited Outrage at Hitler Comparisons
Tweet Share on Facebook October 6, 2011 Comment (25)So Hank Williams, Jr., has lost his job singing Monday Night Football's intro song due to his bizarre comments on Fox & Friends criticizing the bipartisan golf match between President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker John Boehner, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and comparing the president to Adolf Hitler.
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Why North Carolina's Perdue Is the Most Endangered Governor
Tweet Share on Facebook September 29, 2011 Comment (5)With Washington more unpopular than ever, suggesting we cancel the 2012 congressional elections is not an idea voters will embrace. Yet that's exact what Gov. Bev Perdue did when addressing the Rotary Club of Cary, N.C., this week.
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Obama's Jobs Plan is Just Stimulus Part 2
Tweet Share on Facebook September 9, 2011 Comment (14)In hectoring Congress to do exactly what he wants, President Obama reverted to Candidate Obama, repeating simple themes and sharp rhetoric. "Pass this bill…or else."
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Another Example of the Liberal Media's Double Standards
Tweet Share on Facebook August 31, 2011 Comment (16)If there were two constants from the 2004 and 2008 presidential election talking points of the left, they may have been that questioning the religion or patriotism of candidates, or at least Democratic candidates, was off-limits. More than that, those questions, we were repeatedly lectured, were divisive, hateful, and appealed to the lowest common denominator. They might have been racist, too.
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Time for Unions to Face the Reality of a Changing Economy
Tweet Share on Facebook August 26, 2011 Comment (10)We communicate more than ever. But how we communicate has changed.
The communications revolution, customers carrying devices allowing them to communicate in multiple different ways—E-mail, texting, Facebook, Twitter, etc.—makes what once necessitated a phone call now unnecessary. Meanwhile the explosion of cell phones and other means of online calls—Skype, Gmail phone, etc.—means that those using phones are much less likely to use the landlines we've known since Alexander Graham Bell's first phone conversation.
