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Typical: “Republican” Woman in Obama Campaign Ad is Actually a Registered Democrat

  At first blush, this spot looks like one of those insufferable campaign ads suggesting Mitt Romney wants to roll back women’s reproductive rights, or whatever. We’ve seen that played out before, of course, except in this spot (I can’t say I’m surprised) there is a registered Democrat/left-wing activist caught red-handed playing the aggrieved ex-Republican [...]

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A Grand Old Party in Panic

Whittaker Chambers said that “the great failing of American conservatives is they do not retrieve their wounded.” He had it right, as Todd Akin can testify.   In an interview that aired last Sunday, Akin, the Republican candidate for Senate in Missouri, was asked whether he opposed abortions for women who had been raped. Akin’s reply: [...]

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Tapper: Why is WH Ignoring the Economy?

ABC’s Jake Tapper has been trying his best to get the White House to comment on the issues the public cares about — namely, the economy — but it’s been an uphill battle so far. At the WH press briefing today, Tapper pressed Jay Carney on why Obama hasn’t mentioned yesterday’s troubling CBO report: ABC’s [...]

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Ann Coulter: ‘I officially hate’ Todd Akin

On Sean Hannity’s Wednesday radio show, conservative columnist and author Ann Coulter said she “officially” hates Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin. Coulter, the author of the forthcoming book “Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama,” said Akin’s comments about rape and abortion give Democrats evidence to support their claim that Republicans are pursuing [...]

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The Pro-Life Movement Must Disavow Akin Comment

Rep. Todd Akin has, unwittingly to be sure, harmed the pro-life movement, his senatorial race in Missouri, the Republican Party, and therefore quite possibly the nation. Every person who speaks or writes for the public will make an occasional faux pas, and sooner or later, will write or say something inappropriate. The game of “gotcha” [...]

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