As GM Goes, So Goes the GOP

Tuesday - November 18, 2008 at 2:05 am

By Patrick J. BuchananUnderstandably, Republicans are seething.When Hank Paulson demanded $700 billion to haul away the trash in the dumpsters of JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs -- assuring us we could hold a garage sale of the junk -- they rebelled. They acted as the nation, by 100 to one, demanded. They killed the Wall Street bailout.The Dow quickly sank another 1,000 points, and, Continue reading...

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Why Did John McCain Lose?

Friday - November 7, 2008 at 1:37 am

By Patrick J. BuchananWhy did John McCain lose?Let's start with those "headwinds" into which he was flying.The president of the United States, the leader of his party, was at Nixon-Carter levels of approval, 25 percent, going into Election Day.Sixty-two percent of the nation thought the economy was the No. 1 issue, and 93 percent thought the economy was bad. Two-thirds of the Continue reading...

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Comrade Obama?

Friday - October 31, 2008 at 10:52 am

By Patrick J. BuchananIf Barack Obama is not a socialist, he does the best imitation of one I've ever seen.Under his tax plan, the top 5 percent of wage-earners have their income tax rates raised from 35 percent to 40 percent, while the bottom 40 percent of all wage-earners, who pay no income tax, are sent federal checks.If this is not the socialist redistribution of wealth, what is Continue reading...

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Can McCain Still Win?

Friday - October 10, 2008 at 12:26 am

By Patrick J. BuchananTwo weeks after the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn., John McCain and Sarah Palin were striding forward toward victory.They had erased the eight-point lead Barack Obama had opened up in Denver and watched as one blue state after another moved into the toss-up category.That is ancient history now.Since mid-September, the stock market has cratered, Continue reading...

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Can the MARs Save McCain?

Friday - October 3, 2008 at 1:04 am

By Patrick J. BuchananJohn McCain may have just let slip his last best chance to be president of the United States.When he flew back to Washington to address the banking crisis, McCain could have seized the hottest issue in America by taking the side of his countrymen who were enraged by the Paulson Plan to bail out a power elite whose greed and stupidity had caused a financial disaster Continue reading...

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