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Self-Funded Candidates Abound, Might Actually Win

By | 08.04.10 | 11:52 am

Rick Synder’s victory in yesterday’s competitive Michigan GOP gubernatorial primary is confirming pundits’ predictions that self-funded candidates might actually have a shot at victory this election cycle.

Dana Milbank, Republican Voter

By | 02.08.10 | 2:05 pm

An interesting revelation from an online reader chat with The Washington Post’s “Washington Sketch” columnist.

My policy in each presidential race is to vote for the best candidate who is not on the ballot… so I voted for McCain in 2000, when Bush and Gore were on the ballot.

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Feinstein, in Letter About KSM Trial, Suggests Follow-Ups to Christmas Attack Are Possible

By | 01.29.10 | 1:02 pm

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has released a letter she sent to President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder asking them to reconsider trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the architect of the 9/11 attacks, in Manhattan. Significantly, Feinstein urged Obama and Holder to More…

So What If the KSM Trial Isn’t in Manhattan?

By | 01.29.10 | 9:44 am

Some conservatives are taking heart that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg had second thoughts about trying 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Manhattan. But Bloomberg doesn’t want what they want, which is for KSM not to be tried in civilian court. If the trial occurs in some other More…

Bloomberg vs. the KSM Trial

By | 01.27.10 | 4:29 pm

The New York Times:

For the first time, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has spoken out against plans to stage the trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, at the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan, joining a growing chorus of people who believe the epic trial will

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Anti-Tax Movement Ponders Two Big Defeats

By | 11.10.09 | 11:50 am

Election night was bittersweet for Andrew Moylan. The young government affairs manager of the conservative National Taxpayers Union was watching returns in Asheville, N.C., with fellow attendees of the conservative State Policy Network’s annual meeting. Early in the night, the gubernatorial races in Virginia and then New Jersey went to More…

Taking on the Gun Show Loophole

By | 10.09.09 | 12:28 pm

Roughly two-thirds of unlicensed gun show dealers sold weapons to undercover investigators even after those investigators told dealers that they probably wouldn’t pass a background check, according to a report released this week by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The sellers are exploiting an enormous More…