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Opinion: Obama's Weakness -- He's Typical, Not Radical
By Michael Medved - AOL NewsThe best way for conservatives to defeat Barack Obama in 2012 is to tag him as typical, not radical. The GOP only hurts its own cause by slamming Obama as an extremist ideologue with an alien agenda, when it's both more accurate and more effective to identify him as a conventional, old-school, big-government liberal. When his critics suggest that the president stands far outside the political mainstream (like Newt Gingrich's charge that he's "the most radical president in American history") they ought to confront one important challenge: try to name one significant decision by this president ...
'Bearded Marxist' or 'Clean-Shaven Capitalist'? Read Chris Coons' Article
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Oct. 14) -- No matter how hard he tried during Wednesday evening's debate, Delaware's Democratic Senate nominee Chris Coons couldn't convince his tea party opponent Christine O'Donnell that he is not a Marxist. The nationally televised showdown -- which due to greater entertainment value than political significance may as well have been advertised as "The Marxist vs. The Witch" -- saw O'Donnell revisit issues surrounding an article that Coons wrote for the Amherst Student during his final year at Amherst College. Coons explained that the article -- titled "Chris Coons: The Making of a ...
Glenn Beck's Attacks Prompt White House Defense of Obama's Faith
By David Gibson - Politics DailyWhite House spokesman Robert Gibbs Thursday pushed back against Fox News host and religious revivalist Glenn Beck by asserting that President Obama is "a committed, mainstream Christian." The White House has been flummoxed in recent weeks by surveys showing that a growing number of Americans believe that Obama is a Muslim and not a Christian -- one in five express that belief, according to a recent Pew survey. A Newsweek poll this week showed that a majority of Republicans believe Obama "sympathizes with the goals of Islamic fundamentalists who want to impose Islamic law around the ...
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