Kurtz, pp 382-386: The most important clue of all to what the Obama administration may be up to comes from a fascinating analysis by Huffington Post political editor Thomas B. Edsall. Published in April 2010 by The Atlantic, Edsall’s article, “The Obama Coalition,” argues that the electorate is shifting toward a form of class-based political conflict unseen in America for decades.54 As a rule, says Edsall, economic growth reduces competition

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“Here’s what President Barack Obama’s new budget tells me: He hasn’t shifted to the center, he’s shifted into 2012 campaign mode, one that let’s him be who is really is.” So says James Pethokoukis. Says protein wisdom, wait, you mean this was ever in doubt?

Allowing the collectivist crossover between international leftism and political Islamism to color your judgment when it comes to building backroom alliances, and so turning the world into a much more dangerous place for liberty. That, and fetishizing “optics” over difficult choices and actual leadership. Or maybe the real danger to the US is Sarah Palin defending herself against charges of proxy murder and using the phrase “blood libel in a

“Obama Isn’t Trying to ‘Weaken America’”, says Michael Medved. And he’s not a socialist, and nothing in his past — from his career as a community organizer to his relationships with Ayers, Wright, Alinsky, et al., — should suggest to us he is anything less than a good man who happens to make bad decisions on occasion. The real political problem America faces today is of course those who try

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Though a well-trammeled topic since the Giffords shooting, the double standard that the Left maintains when crying out for “civil discourse” has nevertheless been wonderfully articulated by Peter Wood in The Chronicle of Higher Education. [W]hat has pushed Piven much higher in the realm of name recognition is that she has been singled out by the radio and television personality Glenn Beck, who in the last two years has named

85% of Egyptians believe Islam’s role in politics is positive. 48% want it to play a large role in politics. 59% of Egyptians identify with Muslim fundamentalists, while only 27% identify with modernizers. 49% of Egyptians have a favorable view of Hamas. And 20% hold a favorable view of Al-Qaeda. But hey — they Tweet! So, like, you know. What could possibly go wrong?

Developing. Yay, freedom! Like, for instance, when Hamas came to power in Gaza, or the Islamists began taking over Turkey? Or like when the US threw off the shackles of England and built an anti-Israel theocracy…? The US should support liberty. Supporting “democracy” in and of itself is to support a procedural method that only serves to legitimate theocratic takeovers in the Muslim world. And right now, we’ve got no