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[ 27 Apr 2012 ]
Video: Romney vs. Obama videos: The optics matter

In the previous post, we talked about the Obama campaign’s overreach on the “dog wars,” and how team Obama risks elevating positive stories about Romney in the process of trying to damage him. Yes, they have the MSM on their side, but general …

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[ 27 Apr 2012 ]
dog_water

The political left gets a lot of cover and aid from the mainstream press. They can take an assault on fundamental religious liberty launched by the Obama administration and somehow turn it into a Republican-waged “War on Women.”  They can attempt to redefine marriage to …

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[ 27 Apr 2012 ]
young_people

In keeping with our commitment to report good news as well as bad, here are a few items that should give conservatives a burst of cheer this morning.

Obama’s image among blue-collar Dems and swing voters is struggling because of perceptions of the lavish …

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[ 26 Apr 2012 ]
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This entity is reducing the number of abortions without law or coercion—simply using free markets, freedom of association, and freedom of expression to provide another alternative. Moving in next to Planned Parenthood and giving people not only a less expensive product, but an alternative pathway …

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[ 26 Apr 2012 ]
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REP. SCHWEIKERT HONORS ISRAEL’S 64TH BIRTHDAY

Washington, D.C. – Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ) made the following statement today on the 64th anniversary of Israel’s birth:

“Today, we join the State of Israel, our closest ally, in celebrating the 64th anniversary of her birth. Born out of the …

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[ 26 Apr 2012 ]
Video: New 2012 election ad: “Cool”

American Crossroads asks, “After four years of a celebrity president, is your life any better?”

Good question.

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[ 26 Apr 2012 ]
Video: “It’s not Republican, it’s not Democrat . . . it’s economics”

Recently, we posted excerpts from a piece co-authored by Art Laffer in which he cites data showing that states with no income tax enjoy higher growth. Below is a video in which you can get to know Laffer a bit better, and in which he …

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[ 26 Apr 2012 ]
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Arizona’s forests need to be thinned. Years of suppression of natural fires, coupled with lack of thinning, has produced massive amounts of undergrowth in national forests across Arizona and the nation. These are catastrophic wildfires waiting to happen. In each one, if nothing is done, …

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[ 26 Apr 2012 ]
BillionDollarClub

Investigative report by Mark Flatten
Goldwater Institute  

(Part 1, Part 2)

Dollars and Debt

The most definitive source about bonded government debt in Arizona is an annual report by the state Department of Revenue. Cities account for the biggest …

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[ 26 Apr 2012 ]
fairy_tale

A colleague this morning hipped me to a short blog post from Reagan speechwriter Peter Robinson on the subject of Keynesian stimulus. The question at hand in a previous of his blog posts was whether WWII was an example of an instance in …