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January 5, 2008

Hillary Clinton: Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow: A Commentary by Dick Morris

Fleetwood Mac would roll over in their musical graves if they could hear how the Hillary campaign has gotten into a time warp, obsessing with the 90s while a new political generation demands a focus on tomorrow.

January 5, 2008

Mitt’s Divided Strategy: An Inside Report by Robert Novak

Desperate to save Mitt Romney's Republican presidential campaign in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, his advisers all wanted to attack Sen. John McCain but were divided about how to do it.

January 5, 2008

Iowa: A First Cut for the Real Contenders: A Commentary By Michael Barone

As this is written, the final numbers are not in, but the results of the Iowa precinct caucuses are clear.

January 5, 2008

Hillary on the Ropes: A Commentary By Dick Morris

The amazing victories by Obama and Huckabee in Iowa are truly historic. They demonstrate the impact and viability of a message of change in both parties.

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January 5, 2008

The Jamie Lynn Business Model: A Commentary by Froma Harrop

The world knows that Jamie Lynn Spears has turned up 16 and pregnant. What makes this newsworthy is that she starred as the nice girl on "Zoey 101," a Nickelodeon show aimed at "tweens" ages 9 to 14.

January 4, 2008

Why Iowa?: A Commentary by Susan Estrich

Why so much attention to a small state that has such a modest record in picking nominees, an even more modest record in picking presidents, and that rarely plays the decisive role of Florida, Ohio or California in the general election?

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January 3, 2008

All Eyes on the Hawkeye State: A Commentary by Larry Sabato

If you're from Iowa, maybe you should just stop reading right now. I don't want to spoil your big day. I have nothing against the Hawkeye State.

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January 3, 2008

The Flawed but Useful Iowa Caucuses: A Commentary by Michelle Malkin

This much is certain on the day after the Iowa caucuses: There will be plenty of kvetching and moaning about the system. The winners will praise the Hawkeye State's voters as the wisest voters in America and celebrate the process as a shining example of democracy in action.

January 3, 2008

Hillary's Premature Triangulation: An Inside Report by Robert D. Novak

Sen. Hillary Clinton faces tonight's Iowa caucuses not as the inevitable Democratic presidential nominee but seriously challenged by Sen. Barack Obama, thanks in no small part to committing a strategic error: premature triangulation.

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January 2, 2008

The United States Needs a Confirming Election: A Commentary by Scott Rasmussen

The United States is in dire need of an election where somebody wins big, an election that confirms someone with a real majority, and an election that provides the nation with some sense of a prevailing public perspective.

January 1, 2008

Huckabee's Perilous Perception Of Souls: A Commentary by Froma Harrop

In 1996, then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee reportedly pressured a parole board to release a sexual predator from jail.

December 31, 2007

A New Year’s Message From Ralph Nader

"Do you really believe if we replace a bunch of corporate Republicans with a bunch of corporate Democrats that anything meaningful is going to change? This has to stop. It's that simple."

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December 31, 2007

Bush in Pakistan: Inside Report by Robert D. Novak

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto followed urgent pleas to the State Department for the last two months by her representatives for better security protection.

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December 29, 2007

The 'Two-Fer' Problem: A Commentary By Dick Morris

As Bill Clinton crisscrosses America defending his wife's candidacy, he's fuel ing speculation about who'd be in charge should Hillary be elected.

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December 29, 2007

Is Huckabee Slipping?--Obama vs. McCain--Earmark Non-Reform: An Inside Report by Robert D. Novak

While public polls show Mike Huckabee leading Mitt Romney in Iowa, a new survey of an oversized sample shows Huckabee slipping and no longer ahead of Romney.

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December 29, 2007

Lessons From The Surge: A Commentary by Michael Barone

There are lessons to be learned from the dazzling success of the surge strategy in Iraq.

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December 28, 2007

Will Arizona's Immigration Law Work?: A Commentary by Froma Harrop

What would happen if the United States seriously enforced the ban on hiring undocumented workers?

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December 28, 2007

Benazir Bhutto. May She Rest in Peace: A Commentary by Susan Estrich

I met her in a green room, which, like so many others, wasn't even green. The woman doing makeup had no idea who she was and neither did the camera man, but they knew I was going on first, to discuss some OJ-like topic of no real importance, so they asked her to get out of the makeup chair so I could be "done" first

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December 27, 2007

GOP's Last Man Standing: John McCain: Inside Report by Robert D. Novak

Sen. John McCain, given up for dead a few weeks ago as he ran a cash-starved, disorganized campaign, today is viewed by canny Republican professionals as the best bet to win the party's presidential nomination.

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December 27, 2007

Top Story Of 2007: The Surge, The Military, And The Media: A Commentary By Michelle Malkin

There should be no question what the top story of the year was: America's counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq, the Democrats' hapless efforts to sabotage it, and the Western mainstream media's stubborn refusal to own up to military progress.