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No Democrats willing to vote for Obama budget

Mar 29, 2012 Comments Off by

Last night, the House voted on President Obama’s budget. The result?

414 to 0.

Republicans wrote an amendment that contained Mr. Obama’s budget and offered it on the floor, daring Democrats to back the plan, which calls for major tax increases and yet still adds trillions …

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The perfect post-debate advice for Gingrich

Jan 24, 2012 Comments Off by

Political predictions are often hard to make. Even people who are smart, savvy, and informed make them and then turn out to be wrong. We rarely go back and check, but it’s true even of the finest pundits.

Similarly, when pundits give advice about what a …

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