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A lot of political insiders in both parties think Bain Capital is pretty much a dead issue in the 2012 presidential campaign. After all, Mitt Romney has ably defended his work at the private equity firm that made him rich, and a number of top Democrats, ranging from Cory Booker to Ed Rendell to Bill Clinton himself, have defended Bain and companies like it. So there's an emerging consensus that Bain is over as an issue.2012-06-12T11:33:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZByron York

Within days of SEAL Team Six's killing of Osama on that midnight mission in Pakistan, Defense Secretary Bob Gates, reading all about the raid in the press, went to the White House to tell President Obama's national security adviser pungently to "shut the (bleep) up." 2012-06-12T11:15:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZPat Buchanan

President Obama ran a successful campaign in 2008 against George W. Bush. Yes, yes, John McCain's name was on the ballot, but that was a detail. Obama campaigned against Bush. McCain even laughed about it at the Alfred E. Smith dinner, joking that Obama's "pet name for me" is "George Bush."2012-06-12T11:13:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZMona Charen

President Obama continues to prove how out of touch he is with the plight of the American people under his anemic economy. No, Mr. President, the economy and the private sector are not "doing fine."2012-06-12T10:43:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZDavid Limbaugh

The harassment that seems to follow people who get caught in the crosshairs of Speedway bomber Brett Kimberlin has started to put a spotlight on the staggering level of abuse that many activists, columnists, and bloggers on the Right have to endure just to exercise their First Amendment rights.2012-06-12T07:20:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZJohn Hawkins

The turbulent waters of American politics grew more treacherous last week as former President Bill Clinton plunged, uninvited into the 2012 campaign unleashing a number of rhetorical zingers, defending Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s private sector career and expressing an opinion that the Bush-era tax cuts should be extended in order to ward off a recession that Clinton sees looming just over the horizon.2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZBrian Birdnow

Talk show host, Bill Press, doesn’t like the Star-Spangled Banner.2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZKen Blackwell

So, you’re looking at moving to California with $2,500 in your pocket, a car payment, and no job waiting. 2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZDave Ramsey

The average non-wizard non-union employee has long ago figured out the moral of this story. Those in ivory towers in "Academic Wonderland" have not, so I need to spell it out. 2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZMike Shedlock

About 12% of the adult French population have determined the direction of French fiscal and social policy and strongly influenced the survival of the eurozone.2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZNight Watch

President Obama is offended by accusations that the White House authorized leaks of highly classified national security information detailed in Confront and Conceal, a new book by David Sanger of The New York Times. 2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZJanet M. LaRue

We should note that these events are not taking place in a vacuum - the actions described are being coordinated among the world's major central banks and financial institutions, largely because they perceive that the global economy is nearing the event horizon of a global depression.2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZPolitical Calculations

With some polls showing Barack Obama down five points to Mitt Romney, it’s clear that Americans are far from convinced that the president deserves a second term in office. But as Obama ramps up his re-election campaign he can find solace in the fact that key members of his coalition, namely the green movement and labor unions, have decided to stand by his candidacy. 2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZAndrew Langer

A world leader in the athletic apparel & equipment market, NIKE markets its products to over 170 countries, with an audience ranging from the non-athletic consumer to college & professional sports teams. 2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T15:10:08ZCrista Huff

Healthcare does not operate in a free market system in America. The creation of Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960s put an end to that, with government involvement in medical decisions and artificial price fixing for medical services.2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T15:10:08ZHal Scherz

How much power does the president actually possess? That is a question at the heart of most debates about the federal government. Declaring war, writing executive orders, legislating, allocating taxpayers' money and even influencing what your children learn and eat are just a very small sample of subjects hotly under dispute right now. Well, I know a position more powerful than the presidency. 2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T15:10:08ZChuck Norris

"The private sector is doing fine," President Barack Obama declared Friday at a news conference that was supposed to show that the administration knows how to make the economy stronger.2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T15:10:08ZDebra J. Saunders

Someone in the crowd called Peterson Field and found out that the air show was halted because Obama wanted to leave. A helicopter soon appeared and flew around in a circular pattern, basically doing reconnaissance as Obama’s motorcade exited the Air Force Academy.2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T15:10:08ZJeff Carter

The federal government has hardly left America’s collective weight problem “unchecked.” In fact, the federal government has spent years and billions of taxpayer dollars trying to do just what the IoM suggests in its lengthy report—reduce our waistlines. The result of this expensive and decades-long government crusade has been nothing more than billions in wasted tax dollars. 2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T15:10:08ZJulie Gunlock