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Is this the political map of the future?
November 13, 2014 | 5:00 am
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Is this the political map of the future?
Michael Barone | November 13, 2014 | 5:00 am
If you’re a political junkie — or at least if you’re a conservative political junkie — you’ve probably seen the map. It’s a map of the United States showing the congressional districts... Read More…
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Federalism requires allowing marijuana legalization in D.C.
November 12, 2014 | 5:00 am
Republicans campaigned during the midterm elections on a variety of issues, but every would-be senator and congressman also ran on the official party platform that includes a respect for federalism... Read More…
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It's not wise to depend on the other side screwing up
Michael Barone | November 10, 2014 | 11:50 am
Over at Power Line, one of my favorite blogs for which I just cut a podcast, Steven Hayward notices that the liberal columnist E. J. Dionne, in Steve’s words, “gets one right.” Dionne... Read More…
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Case the Supreme Court accepted could force rewrite of Obamacare next summer
Michael Barone | November 9, 2014 | 5:45 pm
Big news, as reported by my Washington Examiner colleague Philip Klein: The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in King v. Burwell, in which the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the... Read More…
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Hillary Clinton speaking tour heads to unexpectedly unfriendly state
Michael Barone | November 7, 2014 | 5:17 pm
The 2016 campaign begins. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is delivering a keynote address (fee, if any, undisclosed) at the 10th anniversary Massachusetts Conference for Women in... Read More…
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Two hidden factors in the 2014 campaign
Michael Barone | November 7, 2014 | 6:13 am
Looking back on the 2014 election cycle, I see two largely unnoticed turning points that worked against Democrats and in Republicans' favor. The first came in response to the October 2013 governmen... Read More…
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British leftist's sputtering lament about our election
Michael Barone | November 7, 2014 | 6:45 pm
You may want to overlook the expletives in leftist Jeb Lund’s article in the leftist Guardian arguing that Democrats lost in 2014 because they didn’t run on a left-wing platform. The article... Read More…
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The shrinkage of the Obama majority
Michael Barone | November 6, 2014 | 5:00 am
Some observations on the election: (1) This was a wave, folks. It will be a benchmark for judging waves, for either party, for years. (2) In seriously contested races Republican candidates... Read More…
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Yes, even in Virginia, it was a Republican wave
Michael Barone | November 5, 2014 | 1:23 am
Quite a striking Republican victory tonight. Republicans entered the Senate races ahead in eight Democratic-held seats and within 1 point in two others. At this writing, with Alaska still out,... Read More…