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First, speaking as the son of a Marine Corps officer and the brother of a Navy officer, I think Obama’s “horses and bayonets” wisecrack wasn’t his biggest miscalculation. All that did was lose him the military vote in the Norfolk area and thus, most likely, the state of Virginia. Rather, it was the weird way he kept conflating the war-fighting purpose of the military with “taking care” of the veterans after they come home. Military personnel deeply resent the implication, so earnestly peddled by the bed-wetting civilians at the New York Times, among others, that returning vets are just a...

Romney should highlight Carter's failing policy vis-a-vis Iran, that Obama continued in his deafening silence as the Islamic Republic massacred protesters (2009). Link 9/11/2001, Benghazi 9/11/2012, Afghanistan Green on Blue attacks. As the real common ideology of radical Islam. THE threat. Obama's PC rephrasing the real war on the West, is NOT working. Nor does it give Moral Clarity and conviction for our forces. Two simple questios: 1.) How was it in US national interest... Obama's veto power anti-congress decision to intervene in Libya in 2011? 2.) What conditions did we ever put forward for the MB regime in Egypt,...

I hope the GOP takes issue with classic arrogant Biden ugly smirking I hope REP capitalize on Joe Biden's constant despicable cocky laugh, as a:Show of DEM insensitivity, and an overall lack of seriousness and responsibility.

Gallup confirms Romney's post-debate surge Numbers are now 0 49% R 46%, vs a 6% lead for 0 pre-debate. Keep in mind that this is a 7 day poll, so it will be a while before the full impact of the debate is reflected in Gallup. Gallup also continues to poll only registered (not likely) voters.

Need to know how Mitt Romney and President Obama did during the debate? MSNBC’s Ed Schultz and Rachel Maddow give you a clue. Hint: They‘re not happy with the president’s performance, and threw out phrases like “I’m disappointed,“ Obama was ”off his game,“ and ”I was absolutely stunned tonight”:

At a press conference last week, someone asked Chris Christie for his views on evolution vs. creationism. "That's none of your business," the New Jersey governor barked in response. ...it says even more about the current state of the national Republican Party, where magical thinking trumps rationality, and even to acknowledge basic realities about the world we live in runs the risk of damaging one's political future. Christie is not part of the natural constituency for Darwin-denial... (but) he must constantly ask himself the question: Am I about to say something to which a white, evangelical, socially conservative, gun-owning, Obama-despising,...