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RedState and Jeff Sessions Team Up for a Filibuster

By | 11.13.09 | 10:11 am

Eight months ago, President Obama nominated Indiana judge David Hamilton for a seat on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. As Jeffrey Toobin reported, it was an uncontroversial, Republican-backed choice intended to “begin a profound and rapid change in the confirmation process and in the federal judiciary itself.”

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BREAKING: Landslide Obama Victory

By | 10.07.08 | 9:55 am

New narrative alert: Sen. Barack Obama will win this election — in a landslide.

But wait, weren’t all the experts and pundits worrying about Obama’s demise just one month ago? Well times change.

Markets fall. Running mates get exposed as embarassingly unqualified. So now this week’s conventional wisdom — first More…

Obama Eyes an N.C. Turnaround

By | 09.22.08 | 9:33 am

“I need you Charlotte! I need you North Carolina!” thundered Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday, addressing 15,000 people who gathered to hear him in this bright red state.

Capping a speech about the economic “values at stake” in the election, Obama sounded more like a field organizer than a candidate, More…

Obama Tours ‘God’s Country,’ Va.

By | 09.09.08 | 5:39 pm

LEBANON, Va. – “This is God’s country,” said Sen. Barack Obama, to loud applause from 2,400 Virginians who packed a gym here to capacity. Obama ripped Sen. John McCain’s economic agenda. He said there was something “un-American” and “fundamentally wrong” with an economy that doesn’t allow children to do better More…