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In November, Mitt Romney, who for years has helped failing businesses turn around and become profitable, called for supporting the free market and allowing the auto companies to go bankrupt. On Monday an article hinted at labeling the bailout in a way that Washington refuses to acknowledge: nationalization. I read two articles ...

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I was reading an article tonight about Blagojevich's scandal that erupted today.  One part of the article quoted his election night speech in which, after having won the election for the Illinois governor in 2002, Blagojevich said, Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, Illinois has voted for change. I couldn't help but think of ...

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In reading a (clearly biased) editorial this morning, I came across this statement: The Republican base already seems to be gearing up to regard defeat not as a verdict on conservative policies, but as the result of an evil conspiracy. A recent Democracy Corps poll found that Republicans, by a margin ...

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Howard Stern's findings on the reasons that people are voting for Obama. AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','22','height','23','title','ringtonePlayer','src','http://www.gregisraelsen.com/flash/ringtonePlayer','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','flashvars','ringtoneURL=http://www.gregisraelsen.com/downloads/ObamasConstituency.mp3','movie','http://www.gregisraelsen.com/flash/ringtonePlayer' ); //end AC code

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As the economy crumbles and the American people watch their retirement funds go dry, home values plummet, and credit disappear, it's business as usual for the political machine in Washington.  Partisan biases and political maneuvering have prevented any solutions from receiving enough support to make it into law, thereby preventing ...

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As is obviously widely know, McCain announced yesterday his pick for his running-mate for the upcoming election: the Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.  At first I was obviously a bit surprised (along with the rest of the country), but the more I have contemplated his decision, the more respect I have ...

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