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Why New Health Law Is So Complicated http://on.wsj.com/1byWoH The rollout of the Affordable Care Act is in trouble, functionally and politically, and the simplest critique of the new health law is that it's simply proving too complicated. Indeed, its complexity—the need for multiple pieces to work in harmony from the [...]
It's an interesting day for any writer who wonders at the role bedroom politics, race politics, partisan standoffs and the politicizing of our planet are having on this generation. There are contradictions breaking out in each of these realms today that should give us all pause. And while on the [...]
By JONATHAN MARTIN | 10/23/12 4:37 AM EDT BOCA RATON, Fla. — The two presidential campaigns are sounding sharply different notes about how they can get to 270 electoral votes, but beneath the post-debate bravado from both sides there is a rough consensus about the shape of the race in [...]
I thought women's issues would play a much bigger role in Tuesday night's second Presidential debate since Mitt Romney practically erased President Barack Obama's lead with women after the last debate. Thankfully, they didn't. That might sound funny coming from a woman but women need to demand that politicians speak [...]
So, he did it. Just when the media had written off Mitt Romney's presidential hopes, he came out swinging. And now the polls reflect a statistical tie and overwhelming sense that if Obama remains in office and the Democrats control Congress, the economy won't get better, it will get worse. [...]
Nikki Haley really hit the nail on the head when she said this election is going to boil down to the voters who have Obama-regret. She urged Floridians, a must-win state, to each find five voters who voted for President Barack Obama and get them to vote for Republican Presidential [...]
Okay, I have to start out by saying the cutest thing about Ann Romney is the way she giggles. I don't think it was nerves. I think it was her very genuine "aw shucks" demeanor. I loved when she said that contrary to media reports, she does not have a [...]
I have resisted blogging about the Todd Akin fiasco hitting home here in Missouri because I didn't want to help Sen. Claire McCaskill get re-elected. That and with the economy in the shape it's in, we have had to agree to disagree on social issues. But Sen. John C. Danforth [...]
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Swingles, or single women voters, now make up 20% of the electorate, according to the New York Times. That is a huge voting bloc that needs to be recognized and addressed. The Times notes that married women still favor Republicans but single women tend to be much more sympathetic towards [...]