If Obama Loses, Part I
Part I, Recriminations or Riots? by Scott L. Vanatter What if Obama loses in November? Let’s review three areas of inquiry. 1. Will there be racial recriminations, even riots? (See…
Fact-checking President Obama
by George Landrith Let’s fact check President Barack Obama’s debate statements. He spent a lot of time since the first debate and during the second debate complaining that what Gov.…
Presidential Heavyweight Boxing: Jabs, Rounds, and Knockouts
By Scott L. Vanatter It’s been a number of years since a heavyweight boxing match captured our fancy. In the biggest matches we want a clear winner. We don’t want…
Debate analysis from around the web
Unequal Time: If you want more time to get your message out in debates, it’s good to be a Democrat. According to the CNN debate clock, President Obama spoke at greater…
Romney won the second debate
by Dick Morris By scoring big on the economy, gas prices, and Libya, Romney continued his victorious string of debate wins. He looked more presidential than Obama did and showed…
The most divisive President: A presidency wasted
by Victor Davis Hanson The Obama narrative is that he inherited the worst mess in memory and has been stymied ever since by a partisan Congress — while everything from new…
Second Presidential Debate: Live Coverage & Commentary
by George Landrith Post Debate Analysis: Obama improved from the first debate, but he still lost tonight. CBS’s post debate poll said that Romney won 2 to 1. Obama’s biggest problem…
The conventional wisdom was wrong: It turns out that Romney is likable
By George Landrith The conventional wisdom is that President Barack Obama connects with the average American in a way that few politicians can. The media tells us that Obama is…
Presidential election: Who can ignite economic and job growth?
By Charles R. Schwab Every American voter is approaching a critical decision. Of the two presidential candidates before us, who is best suited to lead our nation through the next…
Economy, Debates Reveal Obama, Biden Haven’t Got What It Takes
by Peter Morici This election should be about the economy — the recovery is too slow and Americans are hurting. The performances of President Obama and Vice President Biden in…
Tribune-Review: No more lies about the Benghazi attack
Tribune-Review Editorial Regarding the circumstances surrounding the terrorist attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya last month that left this nation’s ambassador and three others dead, the Obama administration is:…
Hillary Clinton: ‘I take responsibility’ for security ahead of Benghazi attack
CNN is reporting that “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the buck stops with her when it comes to who is to blame for security ahead of a deadly assault on…
Global warming stopped 16 years ago
The figures reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012 there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures. This means that the ‘pause’ in global warming has…
Denying the Libya Scandal
by Andrew C. McCarthy The desultory vice-presidential debate underscored that, even if there were not a thousand other reasons for denying President Obama a second term, the Libya scandal alone…
CBS & MSNBC: Biden’s security answer on Libya could be big trouble for campaign
by Jonathon M. Seidl As the dust of Thursday’s vice presidential debate settles, one of the storylines is Joe Biden’s bold statement that the administration was not told that officials…