Opinion Forum

Is the Republican Party Dead or Dying? Part I

November 10th, 2012

By Dan Miller Should we put it on life support and hope that it survives or attempt to displace it gradually with something better? Yesterday, I received a gracious e-mail from the Obama-Biden campaign thanking me personally for all that I had done: Friend – I hope you saw Jim’s note with the video of […]

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Tags: Democrat, dependency, elections, Hispanics, parties, principles, Republican
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Barry O’Bama, Republicanocrat

October 25th, 2012

By Jan Barry If Barry O’Bama were a registered Republican, Republicans would be hailing him as a brilliant commander-in-chief who took out Osama bin Laden, sent in the Marines to spearhead a military surge in Afghanistan, saved Wall Street, Main Street and the American automobile-SUV-and-pickup-truck industry from bankruptcy, stood shoulder to shoulder with Israel in […]

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Tags: Democrat, election, left, Obama, perceptions, Republican, right, Romney
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The Rise of the Independents

January 7th, 2011

By Tom Carter An interesting Gallup poll has just been released. It measured people’s self-identification as Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. It also identified Independents who lean Democratic or lean Republican. The findings came from a combination of numerous polls, resulting in an uncommonly broad and deep sample. The nature of the sample permits an unusually […]

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Tags: 2012, conservative, Democrat, independent, liberal, politicians, Republican
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What Happens After the Election?

November 2nd, 2010

By Tom Carter The election has finally come. Within the next 24 hours we should know what the House, the Senate, and state governments look like in terms of party majorities. Of course, there will probably be some extended re-counts and possibly lawsuits of one kind or another, but except for the make-up of the […]

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Tags: 2010, Congress, Democrat, election, gridlock, majority, partisan, Republican
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What If the Republicans Win Control of Congress?

September 2nd, 2010

By Tom Carter As we approach the elections on November 2, more and more serious experts are predicting that the Republicans will win a majority in the House and possibly even in the Senate. One prediction published today comes from Larry Sabato, who is a professor at the University of Virginia and director of the […]

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Tags: Democrat, election, House, prediction, Republican, Sabato, Senate
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