Articles filed under Commentary
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Upstart candidate gives lesson about assumptionsOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The candidate spoke rather disparagingly of the qualifications of some of the candidates from the other party. One was dismissed as a store clerk. That was on Wednesday ...
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A view from the streets of a swing stateOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - UPPER DUBLIN, Pa. - Last April, on the eve of the Pennsylvania primary, voters in this Philadelphia suburb were finding plenty of fault with both Barack Obama and John M...
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It's not the race but the campaign that bears watching nowOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - It is impossible at this point to imagine an election campaign without public polling. Polls have become as much a part of the process as fouls are to an NBA basketball ...
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Chicago cop's story reveals heart of departmentOct 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Daily Herald: "Violent crime on the rise in Chicago." ABC 7: "Third Chicago policeman killed since July." With nerve-rattling news headlines like those, who would ever w...
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Debate puts end to battle of the sexesOct 05, 2008 11:00 pm - So this is what they mean by the soft bigotry of low expectations. The long drumbeat that led to the vice presidential debate suggested it would be a matchup between an ...
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Cool, collected scores after costly fumbleOct 05, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Krauthammer's Hail Mary Rule: You get only two per game. John McCain, unfortunately, has already thrown three. The first was his bet on the surge, a deep pa...
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McCain would be foolish to keep Palin hiddenOct 04, 2008 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS - The McCain campaign, perhaps fearful of the reviews Sarah Palin would receive for her part in Thursday night's debate here, deployed a trio of almost-vice-pr...
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Palin was terrific, but is she ready?Oct 04, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - What did they do with the other Sarah Palin? I mean the one who bases foreign policy experience on the proximity of Russia to Alaska and who speaks cutely a...
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Palin should step aside to save McCainSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Editor's note: Columnist Kathleen Parker's call for Sarah Palin to step down has created a firestorm of debate. This is the column, which appeared Friday in "The Nat...
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Market forces alone won't solve economic crisisSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - In times like these, when even the most sober analysts are wondering if we're heading for another Great Depression, it's wise to dust off John Maynard Keynes' 1936 treat...