Articles filed under Opinion
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The elephant in the roomSep 02, 2012 5:00 am - TAMPA, Fla. -- Gazing out on the pale continent of the Republican National Convention, it was interesting to ponder: What if Barack Obama had been a Republican? Most li...
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Paul Ryan’s speech bubbleAug 31, 2012 10:51 am - The commentators may be raving, but if you ask me, they’re living in a bubble — along with the candidate. President Obama: Bad. Republicans: Good. My mother: My hero. Sm...
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A storm inside the GOP conventionAug 30, 2012 10:22 am - TAMPA, Fla. — Delegates were finding their seats on the floor of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday when a commotion broke out in the back corner, near the Ma...
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Voters, are you bluffing?Aug 30, 2012 10:08 am - Now begins the final phase of this cognitive dissonance campaign. America’s 57th presidential election is the first devoted to calling the nation’s bluff. When Mitt Romn...
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Getting local to lure attention of the Cynical 75Aug 30, 2012 5:00 am - In a recent Reader Poll at our website, www.dailyherald.com, we asked readers to identify their favorite thing about political conventions. Nearly three-fourths of those...
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Bobby Jindal’s momentAug 29, 2012 10:25 am - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is either the luckiest or unluckiest man in America. Every year about this time, he gets slammed with a potentially catastrophic natural disa...
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Bush not in Tampa, but his ideas areAug 29, 2012 5:00 am - The name of George W. Bush graces no chair at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. The 43rd president left behind monumental deficits and an economy in tatt...
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Polarized to a drawAug 29, 2012 5:00 am - TAMPA, Fla. -- The 2012 presidential election raises two seemingly contradictory questions: First, given a stagnant economy and a sour public mood, why isn’t Mitt Romne...
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A Big Ten strategy for GOP?Aug 28, 2012 5:00 am - Conventions are the seventh-inning stretches of presidential politics, a pause to consider the interminable prelude and the coming climax. Republicans gathered in Tampa ...
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The GOP’s rage platformAug 27, 2012 11:30 am - Let us give thanks to our Judeo-Christian God for the Republican Party. It is the only thing standing between us and the triumph of Shariah law in our land. Some people...