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Trump Might Feel Better About PA Than Harris
Salena Zito writes for the Washington Examiner that former President Donald Trump has a good reason to expect positive news from Pennsylvania voters. “If we win Pennsylvania, we win the…
Arlen Specter
American politician (1930–2012)
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“They had to demonstrate that they were willing to soak the rich.”
What happened to the Super Committee’s prospects of a deal? The Weekly Standard reports on Sen. Pat Toomey’s view. The senator had proposed a compromise that some felt had real…
Elections & Public Integrity
Could Republicans win control of the U.S. Senate in 2012?
It’s a question David Freddoso addresses in his latest Washington Examiner article: Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., asserts in [Wednes]day’s L.A. Times that it would be “impossible” for Republicans to take…
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Election 2010: U.S. Senate and House races
11:55 Final update. No call yet, but Republican Pat Toomey has moved past Joe Sestak to take the seat now held by serial party-switcher Arlen Specter. Good night, all. 11:44…
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The Tea Party definition of “victory”
Another excellent analysis of the Tea Party movement by William Voegeli at the Claremont Institute. Please note the swipe at Frum below. (HT Julie Ponzi at the Ashbrook Center) A…
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Byron York explores the president’s ‘Sestak questions’
Byron York‘s latest contribution to the Washington Examiner delves into the investigation of whether the Obama administration offered a Pennsylvania congressman a big government job in returning for dropping plans…
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Barone on the ‘intraparty civil war’
There’s been a good deal of media attention focused on Tea Party activists’ fight against establishment Republicans, but Michael Barone uses his latest Washington Examiner column to explore another form…
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Specter stabbed himself, twisted the knife
Arlen Specter’s primary loss yesterday shouldn’t be attributed to any single factor, but this ad, without a doubt, had a lot to do with it:
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Listen to Arlen Specter
In response to the possibility of the the President dropping his insistence on a government run insurance option, Sen. Arlen Specter of PA is being quoted on WPTF radio as…
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Congressman Sestak, missing the point on competition
It is amazing how leftists can turn any problem, even those caused by government, into an excuse for more government. There is nowhere that this is more evident than in…
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The Fellows weigh in….
In case you have any interest, the E.A. Morris blog is beginning to buzz. Bi-weekly (or at random) the Fellows are sent a blog topic with the choice of posting…
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The Specter of a 60-seat Senate
John McCormack at The Weekly Standard blog points out: With Arlen Specter’s defection and Al Franken’s expected win this summer, Democrats will have 60 seats in the Senate for first…