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Ref's Best

7 Jan 2009 05:05:00 GMT

Obama Opens Himself Up to Potentially Devastating Political Attacks

The Puzzling Panetta Pick

Obama Hits Bumpy Road in Appointment Process

Franken: No One's Laughing Amid All These Doubts

Tyrrany of the Tax-Exempt

Biden criticizes Obama administration, reveals secret information

The GOP Should Fight Health-Care Rationing

The rich vs. the pols

Obama tries to head off anger over coming huge deficits

Sen. Feinstein Breaks With Democrats to Back Burris Appointment

Re-emerging Russia ...

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6 Jan 2009 05:05:00 GMT

Only WWII was pricier than Obama's stimulus plans

RNC hopefuls predict Obama backlash

Blago's Revenge Twisting Democrats in Knots

Lanny Davis to Obama: Revive the ‘Gang of 14' | Ref's Comment: The cooler heads among the Democrats know that Obama does not have a liberal mandate. So far Obama seems to get that he won amidst a once in a lifetime economic storm that always kills the incumbent party. As liberals grow increasingly angry, he'll give them something. If he goes too far left he will be in big trouble. Obama does not want a repeat of 1994.

The Perils of Progressive (Liberal) Power Plays

Coleman vows to challenge results

Democrats cool to Panetta at CIA

Burris storms in; Dems waver

Zero Learning Curve: Banks Don't Need To Be Forced to Lend

Obama's Justice pick draws fire of pro-lifers

Like a Virgin: The Press Take on Teenage Sex

Sex-ed that works

Ref's Best

5 Jan 2009 05:05:00 GMT

Funny Business in Minnesota In which every dubious ruling seems to help Al Franken

'Barack the Magic Negro' CD Raises Saltsman's Profile Ahead of RNC Chairmanship Debate

RNC chair race: 'Everyone is ... p-ssed'

Obama plans to unveil big (heavily targeted) tax cuts

Obama: The Real Yes Man

Israeli troops amass outside Gaza City

Quest of Hamas

Hamas Knows One Big Thing

Tax hikes for the poor disguised as health care reform for children

Ref's Best

4 Jan 2009 05:05:00 GMT

Israel Ground Forces Enter Gaza

Sen. Reid Called Gov. Blagojevich to Discuss Filling Obama's Senate Seat

Blago-gate: Curioser and curioser

'Reader-in-Chief' Debunks Lib Myth

Top 10 Political Stories To Watch For In 2009

Senate seats for Burris, Franken uncertain

Obama brings firsts for black press

McAuliffe says he'll enter race for governor

Top conservatives back Blackwell

Ref's Best

3 Jan 2009 05:05:00 GMT

Democratic Lawmakers Gird for Racial Showdown Over Burris Appointment

Coleman may lose office until election is decided

Harry Reid v. the Constitution

Health-Care Horror

Palin launches pit bull-with-lipstick salvos

Media Glare a Blessing or Curse for Obama?

Bush and the firing squad

Senate GOP to Block Attempt to Seat Franken Early

Ref's Best

2 Jan 2009 05:05:00 GMT

Gaza Nazis

The coalition that supported Reagan is as viable as ever

Obama frightens Israel, could halt death blow to Hamas

Newspaper bailout next?

Bailout the MSM? Why Not? Everyone Else Is Getting Some

The top 10 weirdest moments of 2008

CNN Whoops . . . New Years host makes gay joke on air

Republicans . . . Time for choice -- not an echo

No hope for home-schoolers in Obama

The UAW's Money-Squandering Corruptocracy

Ref's Best

1 Jan 2009 05:05:00 GMT

The Media Obamagasm Award goes too . . .

Democrats hope courts won't worsen the Blago nightmare, but they likely will

Burris takes his fight to court

Blagojevich Being Prematurely Judged, Legal Experts Say

Democrat's efforts to contain Blago scandal explode

The Minnesota Recount Folly: We've Been Down That Road

Obama bad at golf, but tries

Resolution Opposing Bailouts as 'Socialism' Airs Rift in GOP

Bush thanks U.S. for 'privilege'

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31 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

'Magic Negro' flap might help Saltsman

Blago's pick: Democrats live by the race card, die by the race card

Obama stuck between a Rod and a hard place

Senate Appointment Fight Could Go To Supreme Court

Burris Decision Could Lead to Unprecedented Use of Senate Power to Refuse Appointment

Obama's Tax Trap

Now sits expectation in the air

Lobbyist and non-public official sues New York Times over its McCain affair rumor

The card-check deal

Young Evangelicals Altered Values

Ref's Best

30 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

RNC set to rip (Bush's) bailouts

Obama health plan is a federal HMO

Conflict upends Obama's plans

Franken Maintains Small Lead in Ongoing Minnesota Recount

Obama Revives the Gay-Vow Clash

The NFL could teach Congress something about accountability

Failure rewarded no more

Bristol Palin Gives Birth to Son

Ref's Best

29 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Israel poised to invade Gaza

Obama struggles with media glare

ACLU and 9th Circuit against Christianity

Caroline Kennedy Busts on New York Times Reporter in Interview

'Stimulus' Doesn't Have to Mean Pork

Assignment for the GOP

The War on Terror Has Not Gone Away

Ref's Best

28 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Federal Court orders Louisiana to put both gay California dads on birth certificate

Defending Rick Warren

O'Reilly: Happy New Year, Barack Obama

Official Blasted for Distributing Obama 'Magic Negro' CD, despite satirical nature of song

Obama May Be an Aloof President

My Triumph Over Kwanzaa!

Ref's Best

27 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

There's No Pain-Free Cure for Recession

Jeb Bush poised for Senate run

Rick Warren, Obama and the Left

Blago's team want Obama administration members to testify

Ref's Best

26 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Jindal in 2012?

Obama's liberal problem - or not?

How Dickens Invented Christmas

New York Times Publishing Fakery

Free speech and Europeans

Palin vs. PETA

2008: The Political Year in Quotes

Shakeup in RNC leadership quest

Obama's Secretary of Earmarks

Political Backlash Builds in New York Against Caroline Kennedy

Ref's Best

25 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Merry Christmas!

A Christmas Tale -- 1919

A Visit From St. Nicholas

God's Gifts

Bush, Obama hail our history

Top 10 favorite movie star Santas

Ref's Best

24 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Get Ready for a Lost Decade

Thanks "Best and Brightest" for Crisis

Obama's Top Aide Spoke to Blagojevich, Internal Review Shows

Clinton's Donor List Raises Lots of Questions

Feds interview Obama on 'pay-to-play'

Prez Gone Wild

Warren Says Opposition to Gay Marriage Does Not Mean He's Anti-Gay

A reform-minded education secretary?

Obama to Keep About 150 Bush Pentagon Appointees

Coal in the stocking

'Network Neutrality'? Never Mind.

Ref's Best

23 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

The top ten media blunders of 2008

Obama bullied by left wing blogs on intelligence official picks

Conservative Snobs Are Wrong About Palin

'Overwhelming' expectations worry Biden

Scooter Libby deserves a full pardon

Teaching religion

Road back for GOP

Franken Holds Lead Over Coleman in Final Stretch of Minnesota Senate Recount

White House accuses New York Times of gross negligence

Ref's Best

22 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

White House accuses New York Times of gross negligence

OK, Virginia, There's No Santa Claus. But There Is God

Limbaugh Is Right on the Fairness Doctrine

Democrats could split

Fox News contributor Howard Wolfson in mix for Obama spokesperson

Palin and Kennedy, The Media's Double Standard on Resumes

A ray of hope for Republicans

GOP revival index

Bush, Cheney Comforted Troops Privately

Laura Bush unplugged: Witnessing emotional toll of war

Barney Frank: Obama made a mistake

Ref's Best

20 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

If Caroline’s Last Name Was Palin

Media's Palin obsession continues

The Left Bereft

Senate GOP gets its demands on auto deal in the end

Franken grabs lead in recount, for now

No Wonder Newspapers Are Tanking

Newspaper writer in severe DENIAL

Blagojevich: 'I Will Fight Until My Last Breath'

Ref's Best

19 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

The Employee Free Choice Act Is Unconstitutional

Obama as Lincoln

Let's 'Restructure' Washington While We're at It

Coleman's Lead Dwindles to 2 Votes in Minnesota Senate Race

One Plus One Equals 20 Extra Votes For Franken

What’s He Thinking? Obama Picks Pastor Rick Warren

The Real 'Torture' Disgrace

Ref's Best

18 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Gay leaders furious with Obama

The Great Economic Freakout of 2008

Did Obama's Attorney General lie under oath?

Obama's abortion conundrum

Universities set to request bailouts, despite huge endowments

A ‘Black’ Senate Seat?

The Kennedy Entitlement

Renewable sources to reduce oil demand

Petraeus Writes Cautionary Letter to Troops, Says Despite Progress Tough Year Ahead (Under Obama)

Lunch Scheduled for Past, Present, Future Presidents

Ref's Best

17 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Norm Coleman gains 76 votes in Minnesota Canvass, Day One

Obama Chief of Staff talks Senate appointments with Blago 21 times on tape

It's a really bad day for Obama when . . .

Blago's going nowhere just yet

Obama's Bungling on Blago

Bernanke empties the Fed's ammo

Keep your eyes on Russia . . .

Obama's e-mails raise cash, concerns

The Toyota Republicans

Put Pyramid Schemer Madoff In Charge of Social Security

Bountiful untapped energy

Schooling Obama

Obama's Education Choice: A Reformer Who Doesn't Bother the Unions

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16 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Obama's 'My Pet Goat' Moment

Obama's First Deficit Will Top 1 TRILLION DOLLARS

Straw Man? Historians say Obama is no Lincoln

Shoe-throwing goes viral

The Sole of Liberation: Real Change is Afoot

Democratic Party and media celebrate their love publicly

Obama Says He's Withholding Internal Review of Blagojevich Contact at Attorney's Request

Keep Fitzgerald on the job

Let's Buy Pakistan's Nukes

Big 3 Bailout: Bush's Bogus Beliefs

Fire at Palin's Church Lifted Spirits, Churchgoer Says, as Governor Apologizes Again

Court rejects Obama citizenship lawsuit

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15 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Palin's Church is burned, possible arson

Bush Dodges Two Shoes Thrown by Iraqi Journalist During News Conference

Iran's YouTube Generation

Blagojevich gave big contracts to donors

GOP starts campaign for Illinois Senate election

Aging nukes a problem for Obama

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14 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Outlawing Boyhood

Jim Bunning autograph signing cancelled in Detroit over auto bailout vote

Obama 'advisor' in scandal unidentified

Report: Obama's Top Aide Discussed Senate Job with Blagojevich

Republicans Criticize Obama Aides' Silence

Getting the youth vote

An IRS power grab?

Ref's Best

13 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Auto Bailout Stopped: Mitch McConnell's Finest Hour

Republicans: Don't blame us, blame the UAW

The new Hollywood blacklist

Is Bankruptcy That Bad? Automakers Weigh Options After Bailout Collapse

Smoking foes hope Obama's sworn off

Bush Was No Unilateralist

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12 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Wage issue kills Big 3 deal in Senate, Union refuses GOP conditions

Complaint Suggests Obama Might Have Caught Wind of Blagojevich Dealings

Don't Fire Fitz

Damage control

Obama Bungles Blagogate

Condi On the Record

A culture of corruption

Ref's Best

11 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

7 Blago questions for Obama

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Not Interested in 2012 Presidential Run

Harkin Complains Obama Is Not Consulting Members on Appointments

Senate GOP puts brakes on bailout

Rove: How the GOP Should Prepare for a Comeback

Minnesota Ballots: Land of 10,000 Fakes

Dirty Dems: A Year of Scandals

Obama Was Mute on Illinois Corruption

To revive the GOP corpse

Ref's Best

10 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Scandal casts cloud over Obama presidency

THEN: Axelrod said he knew Obama talked to Governor Blagojevich about his Senate replacement, and the names

NOW: Aid says Axelrod "misspoke"

The Chicago Way, on Tape

Blagojevich scandal will test Obama

Joe the Plumber: Palin's great, McCain sucks

Suspicious White Powder Found in Letter Addressed to Sarah Palin's Predecessor

Freedom in Russia dying

Bush and Detroit

Global warming freeze?

False recession cures

Breaking

9 Dec 2008 17:16:00 GMT

Obama's Governor Arrested by Federal Agents . . . Wanted to Sell Obama's Seat . . . What did Obama know?

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9 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Liberals voice concerns about Obama

The Republican Comeback, Part 1

Newsweek draws fire on gay marriage

Auto bailout so upopular, even auto unions oppose

What is Obama's 'fairness' doctrine?

More transparency needed on Obama donors

Concern from Obama's left

Calling In 'Gay' to Work Is Latest Form of Protest

Search Ends for Missing Minnesota Senate Ballots

Ref's Best

8 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Reactionary Liberals Assault the Media

We remain essentially a center-right nation

Obama's coattails have been sheared

Saxby's blowout in Georgia makes Senate Dems unlikely to help Franken

Media ignore militants' Muslim identity

The Obama-Gore Consensus: The birth of climate pork

Pirates, Terrorism and Failed States

Obama: Economy Will Get Worse Before It Improves

Obama puts deficit on back burner

How to Do Public Works Right

President-elect wants to open White House to artists, scientists, poets

Ref's Best

7 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Some questions for Obama

White House and Dems Reach Deal on Auto Bailout

Voters deny indicted Rep. Jefferson re-election

Rumsfeld critic Shinseki to head Veterans Affairs

Phantom Jobs

Report: Obama Campaign Invested in Rockers, Tattoos

Ref's Best

6 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Coleman all but wraps up the Minnesota Senate election, Franken laughably claims four-vote lead

War among Obama advisors over Middle East policy

Santa bailout -- too big to fail

No newspaper bailouts

Confusion reigns

Recession's silver lining

Ref's Best

5 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Dems Hypocrisy on the Freedom to Speak

Critics rip MSNBC, Matthews

Big Three CEOs grovel for bailout, Democrats try to pass hot potato to Bush

Democrats Impatient With Obama to Weigh In on Economy

Obama, steady there

Bush Kept Us Safe

A Hillary in your Cabinet

A Look at President Bush's Likely New Home

Ref's Best

4 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Chambliss: Palin 'allowed us to peak'

America Needs Its Frontier Spirit

Jeb Bush Interest in Senate Seat Could Clear GOP Field

Americans' supreme ignorance

Obama gets around to Fox News at a news conference

Ahead of Hearings, Some Lawmakers Back Bankruptcy for Big Three

UAW volunteers concessions

New York Times Smears and Another American Hero

Clinton's Confirmation May Spark Constitutional Battle

Senate prepares legal remedy for Clinton nomination

Sen. Chambliss Says Palin 'Fired Up' the Base in Georgia Runoff

Ref's Best

3 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT

Saxby Shuts Down Dem Momentum | Ref's Comment: This massive victory suggests that something very special occurred election day that will not happen again. Obama and his congressional Democrats caught a wave of momentum built from being the first black man to have a chance at election and a massive economic crisis striking just before the election. This suggests Democrats will lose very big in 2010 when the formerly enraptured over Obama media will have actually asked tough questions of him and the Democrats who stayed home today in the runoff stay home again. Republicans will be motivated and they vote in non-presidential years and runoffs. Many of Obama's supporters need fourteen months of hype about history to actually remember to go and vote. Republicans win big in 2010. The runoff told us so.

Saxby Chamblis Resoundingly Defeats Democrat in Runoff

Republicans celebrate most of Obama's first appointments

Bush's SecDef Gates Says His Commitment to Obama as Defense Secretary Is 'Open-Ended'

Did Obama Snub Kerry?

Economists Have Abandoned Principle

Obama sends a republican (small r) message