Has Obama Lost White America?

Friday - January 22, 2010 at 1:00 am

By Patrick J. BuchananIf Republicans will study the returns from Massachusetts, then review the returns from Virginia and New Jersey, light will fall upon the path to victory over Barack Obama in 2012.Obama defeated John McCain by winning the black vote 24 to one, the Hispanic vote two to one and taking a larger share of the white vote, 44 percent, than did John Kerry or Al Gore. As the Continue reading...

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Is America Moving Right?

Monday - January 18, 2010 at 11:58 pm

By Patrick J. BuchananWhether or not Republican Scott Brown captures the Senate seat in Massachusetts today, his surging and successful campaign is a fire bell in the night for the Party of Government.For Brown has run as an independent, an outsider, a protest candidate. His principal target: the health care reform bill that is the altarpiece of the Barack Obama presidency and lifetime Continue reading...

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

Thursday - November 5, 2009 at 11:55 pm

By Patrick J. BuchananFor the Blue Dogs, Tuesday was a fire bell in the night.Virginia Republicans led by Robert McDonnell crushed the most conservative Democrat nominee in decades, rolling up a victory that rivaled Ronald Reagan's rout of Walter Mondale. Continue reading...

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Newt, Sarah and a New GOP

Tuesday - October 27, 2009 at 2:11 pm

by Patrick J. Buchanan"Sometimes party loyalty asks too much," said JFK.For Sarah Palin, party loyalty in New York's 23rd congressional district asks too much. Going rogue, Palin endorsed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman over Republican Dede Scozzafava. Continue reading...

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Clinton vs. Gore?

Tuesday - September 12, 2006 at 1:58 am

By Patrick J. BuchananOn Saturday on MSNBC, this writer volunteered that if Al Gore would enter the Democratic primaries, he could defeat Hillary Clinton and win the nomination. Hours later, there popped up on Drudge this headline: "Al Gore Says He Hasn't Ruled Out Second Run.""I haven't ruled out running for president again in the future, but I don't expect to," Gore told reporters in Continue reading...

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