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- 2016
- 2015
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- With Great Traditions Comes ChaosRead Article
- The Left’s War on ReligionRead Article
- Obama Puts Politics Ahead of LeadershipRead Article
- The House, White House and 2016Read Article
- Biden Connects with VotersRead Article
- GOP Powerhouse Else Hillman DiesRead Article
- Making Environmentalism DivisiveRead Article
- Dem Disarray Could Boost GOPRead Article
- GOP Puts PA in PlayRead Article
- Star Spangled Banner Still WavesRead Article
- Main Street Overlooked by ElitesRead Article
- Killing Middle Class JobsRead Article
- Needed: Leaders With Moral CompassRead Article
- Where America, Big Government CollideRead Article
- Elites, Media and CharacterRead Article
- What Will 2016 Bring?Read Article
- Clay Cousins Illuminate Rand Paul’s RunRead Article
- Cotton’s Iran Letter Turns Tables on DemsRead Article
- PA Dems Have Image ProblemRead Article
- Extreme Left Dems Pushing Away Middle AmericaRead Article
- 2014
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- Wisconsin Becomes 2016’s OhioRead Article
- Repair Time On, Under Captol DomeRead Article
- D.C. Elites Miss Signs Pointing to GOP SenateRead Article
- Priebus Does a Gut CheckRead Article
- Voters Poised to Hit Brakes on Obama, DemocratsRead Article
- GOP Leadership Rooted in WisconsinRead Article
- Divorced from WashingtonRead Article
- Lament of the Fed Up VoterRead Article
- Trust Issue in Florida Governor RaceRead Article
- Democrat Coalition Showing StrainRead Article
- Why Obama Lacks ISIS StrategyRead Article
- Gillespie Takes on Warner in VirginiaRead Article
- Real American ExcellenceRead Article
- Wisconsin Governor in Fight for SurvivalRead Article
- Left Behind in Rural OhioRead Article
- Oregon Doctor Takes on Senate RaceRead Article
- Border, Energy at Forefront for JindalRead Article
- Bill Clinton Memorializes Richard M. ScaifeRead Article
- Perry Ready for 2016Read Article
- Perry: Guardsmen Needed at BorderRead Article
- Ready for Hillary?Read Article
- A Lack of LeadershipRead Article
- Paul Ryan Gets Serious About PovertyRead Article
- GOP Has Problems, So Do DemocratsRead Article
- GOP To Pick Next Nominee in ClevelandRead Article
- Century After WWI: U.S. Still on Brink of ChangeRead Article
- American Patriot Richard M. Scaife DiesRead Article
- Kasich: Nobody’s GuyRead Article
- Populism Gaining GroundRead Article
- Anti-Washington Tide Defeated CantorRead Article
- The Greatest GenerationRead Article
- Rules for Everyone, Except ConyersRead Article
- Voters Seek Middle, Want ResultsRead Article
- Women Candidates to Bolster GOPRead Article
- Media Missing New Populist WaveRead Article
- Historical Perspective for Benghazi HearingsRead Article
- Climate Change Creates a WaveRead Article
- Obamacare on Voters’ MindsRead Article
- Schwartz Doubles Down on ObamacareRead Article
- Time Marches OnRead Article
- The Latest False Wedge IssueRead Article
- Play Ball !!Read Article
- W. Virginia May Tip Senate GOPRead Article
- An Unconventional AngelRead Article
- Original Tea Partiers Returning to GOP FoldRead Article
- Dispensing With IndespensabilityRead Article
- Giving Up on WashingtonRead Article
- Traces of Andrew CarnegieRead Article
- PA House Race Dem BellwetherRead Article
- Iowa’s GOP Family FeudRead Article
- West Virginia House Race a BellwetherRead Article
- Allegiance to Party WanesRead Article
- GOP Chances Good in ’14 CycleRead Article
- Cyclical Politics Can Lift GOPRead Article
- 2013
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- Kane is Democrats New ‘It’ GirlRead Article
- Traditional StrengthsRead Article
- Little Change in Main Street LifeRead Article
- For Obama Everything is About PoliticsRead Article
- PA Town Clings to Guns, Ousts MayerRead Article
- Obama Snubs GettysburgRead Article
- Obamacare Widens DisconnectRead Article
- Obamacare Could Go Way of ProhibitionRead Article
- No Evidence Dems Can Take Back HouseRead Article
- Breaking Ranks: Some PA GOP Reps for ‘Clean CR’Read Article
- Raise It !! Baseball the Great EqualizerRead Article
- Why City Governments FailRead Article
- Jobs, Not Syria, Concern VotersRead Article
- Surviving the Urban ElitesRead Article
- Bus Tour Plays to Skeptical ReviewsRead Article
- Things Looking Up for GOP Down BallotRead Article
- Wild, Wonderful GOP?Read Article
- To Tired to Care About VA Scandal?Read Article
- Former U.S. Senator Harry Byrd DiesRead Article
- Ohio Governor Kasich Rebounds with VotersRead Article
- Divided by DesignRead Article
- Top Egyptian Military Leader Trained in PARead Article
- Scandal Staining Hillary’s RecordRead Article
- Gettysburg: Starting OverRead Article
- Victim/Entitlement CultureRead Article
- GOP Oddly Silent in Masachusetts RaceRead Article
- A Loss of TrustRead Article
- Main Street Defends Its Way of LifeRead Article
- A World War II Memorial DayRead Article
- Obama’s Incredible ‘Referent Power’Read Article
- Americans Fear GovernmentRead Article
- When Will America Burst D.C.’s Bubble?Read Article
- Presidential NeglectRead Article
- Terror from Wall Street to Main StreetRead Article
- Toomey Won’t Retreat from Background ChecksRead Article
- Gettysburg: Part of America’s SoulRead Article
- DC-Main Street Divide DeepensRead Article
- Opening Day!!!Read Article
- America Roots for the UnderdogRead Article
- Obama Aims for LegacyRead Article
- Signs Point to 2000 Redux in 2016Read Article
- Roaring Then, Whimpering NowRead Article
- GOP Has More Control Than You ThinkRead Article
- Rural & Urban America Share: PovertyRead Article
- Progressives Abandon Jacksonian AmericaRead Article
- West Virginia GOP Senate OpportunityRead Article
- Could Electoral College ‘Fix” Backfire on GOP?”Read Article
- Republicans Gather to Lay Out StragegyRead Article
- No Trust, No SolutionsRead Article
- Vanishing Vote: Rural Influence DwindlesRead Article
- Joe Biden: Back to the FutureRead Article
- 2012
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- Perhaps We Are Still in OzRead Article
- Campaigning via CelebritiesRead Article
- TEA Party at a CrossroadsRead Article
- Fiscal Debates Then and NowRead Article
- The ‘No Show’ ProblemRead Article
- Putting Obamacare in PerspectiveRead Article
- Boehner Steps Back to LeadRead Article
- America’s Main Street RebellionRead Article
- Ohio: Portrait of a State in FluxRead Article
- Colorado Could Determine ElectionRead Article
- Real America Still BelievesRead Article
- Obama’s Coattails ShortRead Article
- N.C. Dems Have Buyer’s RemorseRead Article
- Virginia Moves Toward RomneyRead Article
- Romney Achieves Pinnacle of CareerRead Article
- Ryan Rallies Supporters in SWPARead Article
- Can Romney Seize Ohio Opportunity?Read Article
- Ryan: Bring on Medicare FightRead Article
- Can Obama Keep Centrist Dems?Read Article
- Presidential Race Kicks into High GearRead Article
- Yes, Pennsylvania is up for GrabsRead Article
- New Deal Democrats Not Part of Obama Electoral MapRead Article
- Romney Seeks Edge in Battleground StatesRead Article
- The Last American IndependentRead Article
- Class Warfare’s Dismal RecordRead Article
- The Man Behind Mitt RomneyRead Article
- Biden’s Words Fall on Deaf EarsRead Article
- Average White Guy VoteRead Article
- Impact of House Races on ObamaRead Article
- Class of 2006 House Democrats Are GoneRead Article
- THe Jacksonian-Jeffersonian VoteRead Article
- Ohio Tepid Toward Obama on JobsRead Article
- Female Voters Problem for ObamaRead Article
- Exceptionalism Key for Mitt RomeyRead Article
- Santorum Won’t Give Up on HimselfRead Article
- It’s the Economy Mr. PresidentRead Article
- Coal Country Wary of ObamaRead Article
- ‘Welcome Home’ for Rick?Read Article
- Benefits of a Long PrimaryRead Article
- Santorum Struggles with Catholic VoteRead Article
- Ohio: Portrait of AmericaRead Article
- ‘Signature’ Battle in New 12th CDRead Article
- PA Tall Order for ObamaRead Article
- Romney Repeating History?Read Article
- Populism Elusive for PresidentRead Article
- Contrition, Honesty Keys to Weathering Political ScandalRead Article
- ‘Battle of Ideas’ Shape Flordia GOP PrimaryRead Article
- Evangelicals Key to South CarolinaRead Article
- Jobs Top Issue in South CarolinaRead Article
- Obama Sinking in New HampshireRead Article
- Focus Shifts to New HampshireRead Article
- Obama’s Support Falters in IowaRead Article
- 2011
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- Spanning Past, Present & FutureRead Article
- Our Economic FounderRead Article
- Bitter Residue Remains in PARead Article
- Millennials Think Everything Will Be OKRead Article
- Unusually Quiet, S.C. Still Key for GOPRead Article
- Third Party Run in 2012Read Article
- Remembrance Still MattersRead Article
- Obama’s Populist PathRead Article
- Moderate House Dems a Vanishing BreedRead Article
- Politics Different in OklahomaRead Article
- Obama’s Pennsylvania ProblemRead Article
- Independents Drive StrategyRead Article
- Obama Lacks Jacksonian InstinctsRead Article
- Unsettled BattlegroundRead Article
- The Next WaveRead Article
- Perry, Romney on Road to 2012Read Article
- Battlegrounds of ResentmentRead Article
- Out of Touch on EconomyRead Article
- GOP’s 2012 House Target LoftyRead Article
- Designed for CompromiseRead Article
- White House’s Over-the-Cliff MomentRead Article
- Floods of DiscontentRead Article
- Oh, CanadaRead Article
- GOP: Obama Won’t Hold PARead Article
- Lack of Jobs Could Cost ObamaRead Article
- The Impact of Redistricting on 2012Read Article
- A Failure to CommunicateRead Article
- Electability Top Trait for GOP VotersRead Article
- Quintessential AmericaRead Article
- GOP Candidates Court ‘God’ VoteRead Article
- Dangerous Precedent for PressRead Article
- As Go Jobs, So Goes OhioRead Article
- Pawlenty Critical of Obama on LibyaRead Article
- Banking on ‘Medi-Scare’Read Article
- For Tom Ridge, Hunt for Osama PersonalRead Article
- Guns & Religion VoteRead Article
- Presidential Region?Read Article
- Main Street Understands CompromiseRead Article
- Obama & LincolnRead Article
- Census Impact on PoliticsRead Article
- GOP Can’t Ignore Wisconsin Recall BattleRead Article
- Decision Time Looms for BarbourRead Article
- Wisconsin Stirs Democrat BaseRead Article
- Shadows of D.C. StatehoodRead Article
- Obama, Senate Seats & 2012Read Article
- Stimulated? Not Jobs!Read Article
- Our New Jeffersonian EraRead Article
- Conservatives Gather for CPACRead Article
- Money + Playbook = 2012 SeatsRead Article
- In the Long Run, Civility PrevailsRead Article
- Our Forgotten FounderRead Article
- Aldo Santorum Dies, Father of Senator Rick SantorumRead Article
- Brown, Blue, Gray & TodayRead Article
- PA Voters Develop a Taste for TEARead Article
- Toomey Eager to Roll Up SleevesRead Article
- 2010
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- Redistricting Ain’t What it Used to BeRead Article
- From Dueling to WhiningRead Article
- Compromising PositionsRead Article
- Rendell: Blunt to the EndRead Article
- Three Governors Got Start in Western PARead Article
- America’s AwakeningRead Article
- Pete Sessions DeliversRead Article
- Boehner in the LeadRead Article
- Disappointed, Disaffected DemsRead Article
- Boehner’s Job: Recapture GOP BrandRead Article
- From Anger to FearRead Article
- Who’ll Gerrymander Next?Read Article
- Race to the MiddleRead Article
- PA Democrtic Congress Members Face Stiff ChallengesRead Article
- Connected by DisconnectRead Article
- Today’s JacksoniansRead Article
- A Democrat Rebellion in West VirginiaRead Article
- What’s The Matter With Main Street?Read Article
- Toomey Tells GOP : Be True to Your IdealsRead Article
- Anatomy of a Battleground DistrictRead Article
- Palin: Destination UnknownRead Article
- Volatility of House Mid-TermsRead Article
- Scott Brown’s AmericaRead Article
- Northeast Revival for GOP?Read Article
- Majority ReportRead Article
- Stupak Voting Bloc Struggles in Mid-TermsRead Article
- Debate Over Illegals May Benefit GOPRead Article
- Sizzle Trumping SteakRead Article
- Ohio: Ground Zero for DemocratsRead Article
- Invisible StimulusRead Article
- It’s ComplicatedRead Article
- ‘Getting it’ Yet?Read Article
- Muddied WatersRead Article
- Democrats Losing the ‘Faithful’Read Article
- Democrat Governor Race Draws Little InterestRead Article
- House 2010: Nobody is SafeRead Article
- Specter’s Last StandRead Article
- Race Card OverplayedRead Article
- Democrat Stakes High in PA-12Read Article
- Democrats: Which Way From Here?Read Article
- Rust Belt BattlegroundsRead Article
- ‘Bitter” Western PA Takes Cener Stage”Read Article
- Beware the Gerrymander, My FriendRead Article
- Hillary Voters: Democrats’ KeyRead Article
- Specter’s Snowball EffectRead Article
- PA: Battleground State Leaning RedRead Article
- Democrat DisconnectRead Article
- Main Street SpeaksRead Article
- PA House Races: Political ThermometerRead Article
- Dem’s 2010 Strategy to WinRead Article
- Sestak Blames Dems for Pludge in Health Care SupportRead Article
- 2009
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- What Do Americans Want?Read Article
- Riddle of a RaceRead Article
- Trying Times for the Big AppleRead Article
- Blue Highway DemocratsRead Article
- Bedford Falls, USARead Article
- Women, Vets: ‘Right Stuff’Read Article
- The Battle for Coal River MountainRead Article
- Get Serious, SarahRead Article
- Mood Sours Towards Both PartiesRead Article
- Irate and IndependentRead Article
- The Gap Between Main Street and the ElitesRead Article
- In the Shadow of the War on TerrorRead Article
- GOP Looking to Reclaim Congressional SeatsRead Article
- Dem’s Green DilemmaRead Article
- Political Class Ignoring at Their PerilRead Article
- In Obama We Don’t TrustRead Article
- Senate 2010: It’s ComplicatedRead Article
- Obama’s Afghan TestRead Article
- Being Bill ClintonRead Article
- GOP Should Show Patience As They RebuildRead Article
- Santorum Heads to IowaRead Article
- Fall Eyes on VirginiaRead Article
- The Sestak AdvantageRead Article
- Here a Czar, There a Czar . . .Read Article
- Appointees Face Rough 2010Read Article
- Press Draws First Blood on Their TurfRead Article
- Supporters Concerned About Health of Ailing W. Virginia SenatorRead Article
- Washington’s Defense Gap: Missile FundingRead Article
- Kasich v. Strickland: Ohio Center Stage AgainRead Article
- How Obama Impacts the Future of the PressRead Article
- Specter’s Folly – Joe SestakRead Article
- Anti-War Voices Lose InfluenceRead Article
- Sharp Left Turn on IntelRead Article
- GOP Obit PrematureRead Article
- Mom’s Duties Prime Nancy Pelosi for LeadershipRead Article
- Dismissing Tea Parties is PerilousRead Article
- Turnout Will Drive 2010 PA Senate RaceRead Article
- Cable News’ Beck ‘Just a Guy’Read Article
- Card Check, Plan B, and 2010Read Article
- GOP Eyes Mid-Term ElectionsRead Article
- Specter Race a Toss-UpRead Article
- Faithful Turning BlueRead Article
- Steele’s MissionRead Article
- BREAKING NEWS: TOOMEY RUN AGAINST SPECTER ‘BACK ON THE TABLE’Read Article
- Remaking the GOPRead Article
- Obama’s DogmaRead Article
- UnstimulatedRead Article
- Keep Hype AliveRead Article
- Gang of Seven 2.0Read Article
- Handicapping 2010Read Article
- Troubles for Harry?Read Article
- Bipartisan HopesRead Article
- Our Celebrity in ChiefRead Article
- 2008
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- PA Is Still in PlayRead Article
- Almost HomeRead Article
- Howard Dean’s Empty HandRead Article
- Union Dues?Read Article
- Joe Biden, Gritty GuyRead Article
- W, It’s ComplicatedRead Article
- Practical ChangeRead Article
- Dr. Dean Laughs LastRead Article
- Closing the DealRead Article
- John the PopulistRead Article
- McCain Still LivesRead Article
- Imagining a President ObamaRead Article
- Pausing & ThinkingRead Article
- How to Win PennsylvaniaRead Article
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