Tag: Commentary

"I am sick and tired of him going after my family," Jeb Bush said about Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Byron York: GOP Iraq battle shines new spotlight on Jeb Bush weakness

Byron York · February 15, 2016 6:04 pm

Every Republican presidential candidate agreed that the Senate should not confirm an Obama nominee. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Republicans launch sharp attacks in South Carolina debate

Michael Barone · February 15, 2016 5:03 am

If we begin to act now, we can return to the ideals our founding presidents believed in. (AP Photo/James Nord)

The country our founding presidents envisioned

Mike Rounds · February 15, 2016 5:03 am

In December of last year, the National Labor Relations Board, stacked with Obama administration appointees, changed the rules for union elections to make the job easier for unions. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Rise in union membership shows need for employee rights

Richard Berman · February 15, 2016 5:02 am

Last Wednesday in Springfield, Ill., President Obama delivered a speech in which, as the New York Times put it, "he reckoned with perhaps his presidency's greatest failure: his unfulfilled promise to lift American politics above deep partisan divisions." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama’s last chance to keep a promise

Washington Examiner · February 15, 2016 5:02 am

If President Obama could harass tea-party groups through the tax system, surely President Trump could pick on organizations he didn't care for. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

President Trump would make liberals regret Obama’s executive overreach

Dan Hannan · February 15, 2016 5:01 am

The Supreme Court has inserted itself into every manner of controversy over the past 30 years, from abortion to guns to marriage and now immigration. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

No hearings. No votes

Hugh Hewitt · February 14, 2016 10:00 pm

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump suggested two judges Obama should nominate to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Trump spews nonsense on Social Security

Jason Russell · February 14, 2016 1:20 pm

The most passionate exchange of the entire debate was between Donald Trump and Jeb Bush on the Iraq War. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Byron York: Trump forces GOP to take uncomfortable look at Iraq War

Byron York · February 14, 2016 7:35 am

For the first time since September, Donald Trump go the most speaking time. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Who got the most speaking time at the GOP debate?

Jason Russell · February 14, 2016 4:29 am

Marco Rubio was able to speak specifically and intelligently on a range of issues from foreign to domestic policy. (AP Photo)

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Marco Rubio redeems himself

Ashe Schow · February 14, 2016 4:14 am

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will go down in history as a great justice, with a profound effect on the law. (Gavin Averill/The Hattiesburg American via AP)

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Scalia sacrificed a lot to serve his country

Michael Barone · February 14, 2016 1:55 am