Political Commentary
- Byron York: Is Obama dissatisfied with being president?
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- He's in his second year as president, and he has discovered that even with all the powers of office, he can't do everything he wants to do, such as remake America. Doing stuff is hard. In the past, prosaic work has held little appeal for Barack... Full story
- Our View: Obama’s budget like Bush era on steroids
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- President Barack Obama's budget proposal, including the much-touted so-called freeze on nondefense domestic discretionary spending — to begin next year, brings to mind one of the confessions St. Augustine made in his landmark book of... Full story
- Stossel: A major victory for free speech
- By John Stossel
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- From the commentary in the mainstream media, I thought there had been a coup d'etat in Washington.
The New York Times said what happened "strikes at the heart of democracy" (http://tinyurl.com/yzhdsc5).
The Washington Post quoted an authority who... Full story
- Other Views: Saving state money could cost lives
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- We understand why the governor chose to end free breast cancer screening for women under 50 and to freeze new enrollment in the program for six months. It saved the state $16 million. But we're not sure that's money well-saved.
Every Woman Counts... Full story
- Our View: Three ways to avoid tax hikes
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- California taxpayers will have an opportunity to come to their own rescue by supporting one or more of three new proposed ballot initiatives approved this week to begin gathering signatures. Each proposal requires 694,354 valid signatures in order... Full story
- Chavez: Obama failing leadership test
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- President Barack Obama failed a major test of leadership in his State of the Union address this week. He offered only platitudes and failed policies on job creation and little more on controlling spending. Although the president talked about deficit... Full story
- Our View: Go West, Obamacare
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- Astonishingly, tone-deaf state Senate Democrats in Sacramento last week revived a $200-billion, government-run, universal health care scheme to outlaw private insurance and subsidize coverage for millions.
The bill doesn't yet specify how... Full story
- Linda Chavez: Fine-tuning the message
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- President Obama needs to give a few more speeches, maybe get his face on TV more often, give a few more interviews to friendly journalists and everything will be all right, despite Democrats' stunning defeat in the Massachusetts Senate race last... Full story
- Our View: Schwarzenegger in D.C.: Mission impossible
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- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger goes to Washington this week hoping to return with $7 billion he says the federal government owes California. He wants the money to plug a huge deficit in the state's budget. Fat chance.
It's ironic, if not hypocritical,... Full story
- Thomas D. Elias: Big money bites Tom Campbell
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- Tom Campbell admitted it quite frankly the morning he dropped out of the run for governor and into a crowded race for the Republican nomination to challenge three-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer next fall:
"Pragmatism told me I could no... Full story
