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Feb 22nd, 2012 |
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Reprinted from the House Committee on Natural Resources Ripped from the Headlines… Higher gasoline prices could stall recovery, Obama’s re-election, Boston Herald, 2/21/12 “By summer, some analysts said, you could be paying $4 for a gallon of gas, almost as high as the record set in the summer of 2008. A price that high could
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Feb 21st, 2012 |
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The CBS affiliate in the Dallas/Fort Worth area is reporting that Rick Santorum has a 45% support among Texas Republicans. This is more than double of Newt Gringrich who is now in second place in Texas at 18%. Romney is at 16% and Ron Paul is two points behind at 14%. Just two weeks ago,
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Feb 17th, 2012 |
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The Wall Street Journal reports today that Obama’s operatives have decided to refocus their efforts on Rick Santorum – and not so much on RINO Romney. This is good news for social conservatives. It shows that Santorum is now the most viable candidate to defeat Obama in November. According to the WSJ: For months, the
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Tags: chicago politics, Obama, RINO Romney, Santorum, smear
Feb 16th, 2012 |
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Reprinted from WorldNetDaily DOCTOR’S ORDERS Exclusive: William Murray applies Hayek’s ‘Road to Serfdom’ to health-care mandates By William J. Murray The mandate drafted under Obamacare which forces church organizations to purchase health-care policies that provide for contraceptives and sterilization and abortifacient pills is just one small step toward Barack Obama’s hard-left goal of establishing
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Tags: mandates, Obama, ObamaCare, religious liberty, serfdom, socialism
Feb 16th, 2012 |
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Vanderbilt University officials have put all religious groups on notice that they have until April to comply with the new non-discrimination policy or face non-recognition as a legitimate campus organization. Vanderbilt held a Townhall in late January to explain why the policy is being enforced. Among those facing non-recognition is the campus chapter of
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Feb 15th, 2012 |
By fyork
Rick Santorum is now the favored candidate in Ohio and would win the primary if it were held today. A Quinnipaic poll of 553 registered Republicans shows that Santorum is at 36%; Romney at 29%; Gingrich at 20% and Ron Paul at 9%. There are three weeks left until the Ohio primary and half
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Feb 14th, 2012 |
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Missouri Senator Roy Blunt had harsh words for President Obama’s unprecedented attack on religious liberty through ObamaCare. He spoke at the Heritage Foundation on February 13. The contraception mandate being forced on religious institutions is an attack on religious liberty and the “faith-based rights of conscience,” said Blunt. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote of Blunt’s
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Feb 13th, 2012 |
By fyork
Public Policy Polling reports that Rick Santorum is now in the lead for taking the Republican nomination for President of the United States. Santorum is now at 38% compared to Romney at 23%, Gingrich at 17% and Ron Paul at 13%. Santorum also has a high popularity rate of 64%. Only 22% see him
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Feb 10th, 2012 |
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From CBN News: A recent Gallup poll shows 20 percent of Republicans now support Rick Santorum as their party’s nominee for president after his three-state sweep of contests on Tuesday. It means the former Pennsylvania senator is now tied with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has been losing support. Both candidates still trail former
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Feb 10th, 2012 |
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Fox News is streaming live coverage of CPAC. Watch it here: http://video.foxnews.com/video-live-streaming.html?video_id=1155606982001 Tweet
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