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The GOP Not Looking So Good Right Now

GOP retirements in both the House and Senate since the party lost in 2006, makes the task of winning back congressional majorities daunting. Plus Republican donors are not donating.

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Democrats = Tax Increases

The Wall Street Journal today, Rep. Charlie Rangel's new tax increase plan is explained. (And if Rangel's behind this, we know that it's really Hillary Clinton's tax increase plan.) Tax cuts increase revenue to the US treasury and reduce the deficit. Plus tax cuts result are good for the economy because tax cuts fuel economic growth. That's what President Bush's tax cuts have done.

But as surely as the sun rises and sets, after the Democrats won majorities in both the US House and Senate, the Democrats are looking to raise our taxes:

Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, last week introduced an estimated $3.5 trillion tax increase that would raise the capital gains tax rate from to 19.6% from 15% and places a surtax of as much as 4.6% on people making more than $150,000 a year. Mr. Rangel applies it not to current taxable income but to adjusted gross income, thus phasing down itemized deductions such as charitable contributions, home mortgage deductions, and state and local tax deductions. Together with the end of the Bush tax cuts, Mr. Rangel's plan would increase the top income tax rate to 44% from 35% for individuals, small-business owners and farmers, who make up about three-fourths of taxpayers in the highest bracket.

Now there, is an economic nightmare. All you Republicans who sat out the 2006 elections-how stupid are you now??

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S-CHIP, Defeated Again

President Bush tells Democrats in Congress that Recycling the same old S-CHIP expansion legislation is wasting his time. (HT: Michelle Malkin) Ed Morrissey criticizes, and asks, how come the Democrats can't accomplish anything after winning both houses of Congress in 2006.

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President Bush Keeps on Winning the Important Fights

The president may have miserably low approval ratings, but he keeps on beating the Democrats...good times, good times:

The Democrats misunderstood the message of 2006. Voters wanted an end to spending and corruption, not an amplification of either or both. Republicans lost in Congress because they acted like Democrats, spending like drunken sailors. Now they want to attack Bush by spending even more wildly than the Republicans and expect him to retreat, but Bush has finally found a hill on which he can fight successfully. The S-CHIP debate showed that, and the budget-busting proposals from the Democrats will return the GOP to the side of fiscal responsibility in 2008.

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Democrats in Congress, Accomplishing? Not Much

What is it about the Congress these past few years? The Republicans were too slow to pass important legislation like appropriations bills, but now the Democrats are proving to be at least as ineffective as the Republicans were-and a government shut down could be the result

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Democrats: Working to Turn Americans Against the War

For the past few years, now and then, Democrats like Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York have tried to saddle our country with an unnecessary military draft. The reason, IMO? To turn public opinion against the war. Last week, Democrat David Obey proposed a war tax to fund the Iraq War instead of reducing the new spending that Congress wants this year. The majority of Democrats, recognizing that a war tax is a really bad idea for them politically, immediately ran from that hot potato.

Just like a military draft, a war tax would help to turn the American people against the war.

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Anticipating Fred Thompson's Q3 Fundraising Results

The New York Times may not be impressed, but here's a better analysis of Fred Thompson's Q3 anticipated fundraising results.

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Why It Would Be Really Difficult to Vote for John McCain

BCRA (Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform) is celebrating it's 5th anniversary today, and it's legacy is 5 years of failure.

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Democrat Congressman Wants the Draft Back-Brilliant!!??

Congressman Rangel-D, New York says he wants to bring the draft back. Can there be a worse idea?

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Democrats=Pork,Part 1, 068,291

Unfortunately, Republicans have proven that they too, love pork. Senator Thune-D gets the Porker of the Month Award.

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