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nationaljournal.com - 10/17/2008

National Journal Magazine - The End Of The Reagan Era?

— nationaljournal.com — The last time a presidential candidate won a landslide that simultaneously carried his party to resounding congressional... gains was in 1980, when Ronald Reagan captured 44 states and swept a dozen new Republicans into the Senate and nearly three dozen ... (more) National Journal Magazine - The End Of The Reagan Era?

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Ronald Reagan

Barack Obama

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amconmag.com - 10/20/2008

(Not) Our Possible Future

— amconmag.com — Speaking of people who probably cannot understand Powell's endorsement, Ralph Peters offers us this gem: Pandering to... his extreme base, Obama has projected an image of being soft on terror. Projected it to whom? When was all this pandering? What ... (more) (Not) Our Possible Future

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amconmag.com - 10/23/2008

Palin Works For McCain

— amconmag.com — As governor, how do you deal with them? Do you think they all should be deported? There... is no way that in the US we would roundup every illegal immigrant -there are about 12 million of the illegal immigrants- not only economically is that just an ... (more) Palin Works For McCain

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Sarah Palin

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Abusing Reagan
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Larison doesn't approve of Republicans comparing Palin and Reagan: Another response is to make excuses steeped in anti-intellectualism: “Palin may not know much, but she has good instincts.”  Why are the two always set in opposition to each other?  Why is it that the people with good instincts are invariably uninterested in knowledge?   How can they have good instincts if they do not have an instinct for wanting to learn more at all times?  It is undoubtedly true that Palin has practical knowledge about a ...

The Friday Political Thread: Plumbing New Heights
Hit & Run — ... polling. In short, Obama is outperforming Gore and Kerry everywhere except Massachusetts, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, and Arizona. (He's behind the Gore 2000 number in New Jersey, but not by enough to make the state competitive.) - One more thing from RCP: After all that summer hype about Obama underperforming the rest of his party, it's a pretty close call these days. Democrats lead the battle for Congress by nine points; Obama leads McCain by seven. - Daniel Larison sighs at conservatives' argumentum ad Reaganum in defense of Palin. - Jim Henley musses ...