Monthly Archives: January 2010

Last Ditch Effort

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Gaius

In a bid to save Harry Reid from the wrath of the voters in Nevada, Barack Obama, the Wizard of O himself, will make a campaign appearance for Harry next month. In the wake of Obama’s amazing victories with last … Continue reading →

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High Water Mark?

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Gaius

No, it probably isn’t. But the title of the post occurred to me as I was reading the news that Air America, the leftist answer to right wing talk radio has been taken off life support and is finally dead. … Continue reading →

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Breaking The Public Bank

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Gaius

Daniel Henninger looks at what is smothering the Democrats – and America: Yes, health care was ground zero, but Massachusetts—like New Jersey, like California, like New York—has been building toward this explosion for years. According to a study done for … Continue reading →

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Obama Is Beginning To Grate

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Gaius

Victor Davis Hanson rips into the Obama presidency – and the won: Voters are sick and tired of a terrible year of big spending and big deficits — especially the sight of Obama and his congressional allies almost daily talking … Continue reading →

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Or What McQ Said

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Gaius

McQ at QandO: During this last year, the Republicans haven’t had the power to “obstruct” anything and the Democrats know it. Now Republicans do. The fact that the Democrats are left sitting in the legislative ruins of their own making … Continue reading →

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Well, I Feel Fine

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Gaius

Because it’s the end of the world as they know it. The empty threats of Obama just a few days ago to become more confrontational degenerated today into a laughable attempt to sweet talk a deal on health care – … Continue reading →

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Catch The Wave

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Gaius

This is a thing of beauty. And we all know that a thing of beauty is a joy forever, right? Congressional strategists had warned in the closing days of the Massachusetts Senate race that a Coakley defeat had the potential … Continue reading →

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Why The Democrats Hate Scott Rasmussen

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Gaius

Because he tells the truth. That, they cannot handle. Tweet

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Buh-Bye

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Gaius

Real Clear Politics reports that the Boston Globe is saying that Martha Coakley has conceded. I cannot get the page to load, however. It may or may not be correct at this point. But it sure looks like Brown has … Continue reading →

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What On Earth Is Happening Here?

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Gaius

Michael C. Moynihan reports from his former Massachusetts stomping grounds on the utterly strange happenings in that state. It seems that a real uprising is underway. Those who say that the foot soldiers coming out in the bitter cold, in … Continue reading →

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Interesting Anecdote

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Gaius

Very interesting if true. Via Memeorandum Tweet

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Implosion

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Gaius

Voting is still underway in Massachusetts, but the poo-flinging is already in full swing. The Coakley camp is blaming the national Democrats. The adviser, who made the case to my colleague Jonathan Martin on the condition of anonymity in response, … Continue reading →

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When Bureaucrats Decide

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Gaius

A glimpse into what the future will look like under ObamaCare: Bureaucrats decide, you suffer: The Government’s drugs rationing body, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice), has provisionally said that it does not intend to recommend the … Continue reading →

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Coakley Toast

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Gaius

The “best and the brightest” have stuck a fork in Martha Coakley, grandly leaking their super-smart, new, we’re brighter than you strategy for when Coakley gets hammered to The Politico. They plan to get tough, see? President Barack Obama plans … Continue reading →

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Something Is Terribly Wrong

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Gaius

Even Clive Crook – who supports ObamaCare – realizes that the Democrats have a major problem on their hands: They (Democrats) also need to ask what the electorate will make of a response that says, “We don’t care what the … Continue reading →

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