Barack Obama’s Stealth Socialism

On the campaign trail, Obama has styled himself a centrist. But a look at those who’ve served as his advisers and mentors over the years shows a far more left-leaning tilt to his background — and to his politics.
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Known Unknowns About Obama

By Richard Cohen
“Just tell me one thing Barack Obama has done that you admire,” I asked a prominent Democrat. He paused and then said that he admired Obama’s speech to the Democratic convention in 2004. I agreed. It was a hell of a speech, but it was just a speech.
On the other hand, I continued, [...]

Deconstructing Obama

We, the citizenry, are being asked at this juncture to literally turn our time-tested demand for a presidential resume check completely on its ear. We are asked to give advantages to Barack Obama on account of his racial mix that we would never give to a white male, and as some have surmised even [...]

The Operative Term is ‘Hubris’

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.
- Euripides

He has a seat on his campaign aircraft marked “president”. He has taken a shot at creating his own presidential seal, complete with Latin motto. He has laid claim to personal control over the world’s oceans and seas. He has repeatedly attempted to dictate how [...]

Poof! The Bounce is Gone

What a difference 48 hours makes. Obama’s lead in the RCP National Average is back down to 2.5% – the tightest it’s been since June 7.
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Did I Mention That I’m Noble?

Is it 297 or 643 times we’ve heard Barack Obama toot: “I turned down more lucrative jobs and went to work for a group of churches”? As the Church Lady herself remarked: “Well, isn’t that special?”
Young Obama nobly sets forth in 1983 for a paltry $12,000 plus a $2,000 old car. Blessed be he.

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David Limbaugh :Obama’s Ongoing Foreign Policy Implosion

There is one unexpected gift that John McCain’s presumptive nomination brings to the GOP. McCain was certainly not my choice, but if any other Republican candidate were running, it’s unlikely we’d be seeing as much emphasis in the campaign on foreign policy, and Obama’s unfolding incompetence in this area might have escaped essential scrutiny.
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Obama seeks to overcome doubts among women

Many of Clinton’s supporters aren’t so willing to embrace Obama, at least not yet. Independents and moderate Republican women remain a question mark, too.
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Our First Transnational President?

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In Berlin, Obama called himself, unironically, a “citizen of the world.” The world, however, issues no passports, nor does it have citizens. The world in the way Citizen Obama imagines it — as a global community to which we all belong — doesn’t exist. Only backpacking hippies, devotees of the Davos World Economic Forum and [...]

Hillary supporters say no deal to party unity

Many Clinton supporters are still angry over the perceived injustices committed against her during the Texas primary. Clinton won the primary, but Obama took more delegates because of caucus turnouts.
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