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Morton Kondracke: Obama’s pastor — and populism — foster disunity
- Sen. Barack Obama is absolutely right, as he said in his Philadelphia speech on Tuesday, that Americans are "hungry" for his "message of unity."
Morton Kondracke: Democrats won't fracture - just give ammo to McCain
- The rough treatment Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is giving Sen. Barack Obama may be good, real-world training if he becomes the Democratic presidential nominee and gets elected, but in the meantime she's helping Republican Sen. John McCain.
Morton Kondracke: Bush: U.S. stronger since I took office
- Despite dismal national and international poll ratings, a hostile Congress and a sagging economy, President Bush enters his last year in office expressing total confidence that he’s been doing the right things.
Morton Kondracke: Will Dems ever acknowledge progress in Iraq?
- It was simply ridiculous for Democrats to fight about race, but it’s more serious that they won’t disagree about Iraq. None of the Democratic presidential candidates – or congressional leaders – will acknowledge that the troop surge in Iraq creates the possibility that the United States could actually win the conflict and that their calls for hasty troop withdrawals may be misguided.
Morton Kondracke: New Year’s resolve for political class: End ‘hyperpartisanship’
- Suppose Sen. Barack Obama (Illinois) wins the Democratic nomination and picks Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel (Nebraska) or Independent New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as his running mate. Or suppose Sen. John McCain (Arizona) wins the GOP nomination and picks Independent Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman (Connecticut) as veep.
Morton Kondracke: Clinton could lose Iowa, New Hampshire and nomination
- I used to say that if you put a gun to my head and demanded to know who’d be the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, my answer would be: “Shoot.”
Morton Kondracke: Can Bloomberg fill JFK-sized hole?
- Michael Bloomberg is back in the 2008 presidential picture, and one thing is for sure: There is a statesman-size hole to fill in the center of American politics.
Morton Kondracke: Polls aside, Bush is ‘on offense,’ White House aides insist
- President Bush’s approval ratings are still in the low 30s, but White House aides insist that he’s now on policy offense across the board.
Morton Kondracke: Clinton, Giuliani behave like it’s already fall ’08
- More than 10 months ahead of the Democratic and GOP nominating conventions, the two party front-runners already are engaged in general-election politics — though certainly not in the same way.
Morton Kondracke: Are we being aggressive enough?
- Is the United States really contesting radical Islam around the world as if it is — as President Bush says — “the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century?”
Morton Kondracke: Democrats gain ground in fights over budget, SCHIP
- Congressional Democrats hold the political high ground in their battles with President Bush over the budget and children’s health — and plan to press their advantage to the hilt.
Morton Kondracke: Convinced ‘success’ is possible in Iraq, Bush does it his way
- President Bush is so convinced that he’s got the right policy in Iraq — and that it can succeed — that he rejects pleas from Capitol Hill moderates for a declared change of mission.
Morton Kondracke: Dollar coins make sense — but public rarely sees them
- Every time a vending machine won’t take your dollar bill, you ought to plunk in a dollar coin. But, more likely than not, you don’t have one.
Michael Marley
NY Boxing Examiner
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Ambassador of ill will can stick Manny Pacquiao award where sun don't shine
NY Boxing Examiner
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Ambassador of ill will can stick Manny Pacquiao award where sun don't shine
