70% of Americans Know They’ve Been Conned
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 31st, 2010 4:31 am by HL
70% of Americans Know They’ve Been Conned
Hugh Hewitt, DC Examiner
Minimum estimate of Saturday's crowd on the Mall: 300,000 Maximum estimate: One million people. Meaning of the crowd: An enormous upheaval in the emotions of average Americans is coursing through the country, with a certain significance for November's elections. It will have a lasting, profound impact on America's political direction.Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin provided an occasion to glimpse this undeniable phenomenon. Of course, the interpretations of what the phenomenon is and what its consequences will be will keep the chattering class busy for weeks, if not years.
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The Real Cost of the War in Iraq
Anne Applebaum, Slate
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama will make a speech about Iraq. With 50,000 troops still in the country “in an advisory capacity,” he can't declare victory, so he will instead celebrate “the end of combat operations.” If he follows others who have already marked this occasion, he will focus his comments on Iraq: the state of Iraqi democracy, the level of violence, the impact of seven years of war on Iraqi society.All of which is fair enough. But I hope he spares a few extra minutes to assess the impact of seven years of war on American society–and American foreign…
Forget the CW: Dems’ Senate Majority is in Play
Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
Forget conventional wisdom: Republicans have a real shot at taking control of the Senate, as well as the House, in the U.S. midterm elections.”This is going to be a massive election like 1974, except it will happen to the Democrats this time,” says Bill McInturff, a leading Republican pollster, alluding to the Democratic landslide more than three-and-a-half decades ago. “The Senate is in play.”
