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Sowell: Romney not a shoo-in for Republican nomination
A funny thing happened to Mitt Romney on the way to his coronation as the “inevitable” Republican candidate for president of the United States. Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado happened. Rick Santorum beat him in all three states on the same day -- and beat him by huge margins in two of those states, as well as upsetting him in Colorado, where the Mormon vote was expected to give Romney a victory.
Pitts: Don Cornelius, ‘Soul Train’ have a place in history
This was for us.
In our View: ‘Silver Tsunami’ is Approaching
County task force presents plan for helping senior citizens
Many local residents look forward to growing old, and they should. The golden years should be our most enjoyable. And besides, the onslaught of time is inevitable.Lots of folks want to spend those years in Clark County, and they should. We think it’s the best place in the world. But unlike growing old, living here is optional. To make that choice easier, the Clark County Aging Readiness Task Force last week presented 91 recommendations to county commissioners, who approved the plan.
Herrera Beutler: Highway bill would ensure funding for CRC
Recently our local media paid considerable attention to my effort in Congress to amend a bill and require a public vote in Clark County on light rail as part of the Interstate 5 Columbia River Crossing project. I still believe we deserve a vote and I will continue to stand up for the people of Clark County. However, I believe another recent story went under-reported: For the first time in more than six years, Congress is moving forward with a multiyear bill to fully fund maintenance and upgrades to our nation’s transportation system. With this solution, we’re doing it without increasing the federal gas tax.
Other papers say: Same-sex marriage a Golden Rule test
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, Feb. 5:
Mitt can’t bridge the gaffe
Romney’s statements confuse voters, add to campaign’s ugliness
Really, you’d think with all their money, vaunted organization skills and control-freak machinery, Mitt Romney’s people could get someone to translate for us when he talks off the cuff.
Will: Republicans losing grip on national security
Through 11 presidential elections, beginning with the Democrats’ nomination of George McGovern in 1972, Republicans have enjoyed a presumption of superiority regarding national security. This year, however, events and their rhetoric are dissipating their advantage.
John Laird: Trust the Hounds to keep howling about mail voting
Tuesday will bring yet another manifestation of our marvelous mail voting system. Actually, this year’s proof has been evident for two weeks as 84,274 Clark County voters have researched ballots they received by mail. As of Friday, 25,714 of those ballots had been returned. That’s a participation of about 30.5 percent so far, and County Auditor Greg Kimsey is projecting a final turnout of about 45 percent.
Milbank: To GOP’s chagrin, Obama’s luck beginning to change
It’s nine months until Election Day, but President Obama is already bringing out the big guns. Specifically, he is shouldering the Extreme Marshmallow Cannon. Obama walked into the State Dining Room at midday Tuesday and encountered 14-year-old Joey Hudy and the compressed-air cannon he invented to launch marshmallows as part of a science fair. “The Secret Service is going to be mad at me about this,” the president said, but he didn’t care. He asked Hudy to hand over the gun, told onlookers to step aside, pumped up the compressor — and shot a confection across the room Thomas Jefferson used as his office. Under the watchful gaze of an Abraham Lincoln portrait, the projectile narrowly missed a window and smacked into a wall near the entrance to the Red Room.
Robinson: It’s difficult to determine just what Romney stands for
Criticism of Mitt Romney for lacking a coherent message is grossly unfair. He has been forthright, consistent and even eloquent in pressing home his campaign’s central theme: Mitt Romney desperately wants to be president.
Ambrose: Obama’s health care bill continues assault on faith
The latest embarrassment from President Barack Obama is more than an embarrassment. It’s an assault on faith that begins with a 2,500-page health care bill enacted with no one expected to read it except the bureaucrats paid to translate its obscurities into thousands more pages of regulations. After a prolonged look at a phrase that could have been interpreted multiple ways, the president and the masters of your life in the Department of Health and Human Services bypassed the sensible and decreed we are now in the age of mandated contraception coverage, one step closer to Utopian bliss.
Camden: McMorris Rodgers for VP? Chatter has already begun
A political website in the other Washington suggests a certain congresswoman from this Washington could get the No. 2 spot on the GOP presidential ticket this fall. The Daily Caller quotes Republican strategist Kellyanne Conway as saying U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Spokane would fill the bill as a vice presidential selection that “needs to be a surprise, but not a shocker.”
Sowell: It takes a lot of brass to be so presumptuous, ignorant
This may be the golden age of presumptuous ignorance. The most recent demonstrations of that are the Occupy Wall Street mobs. It is doubtful how many of these semi-literate sloganizers could tell the difference between a stock and a bond. Yet there they are, mouthing off about Wall Street on television, cheered on by politicians and the media.
Pitts: Reagan wouldn’t recognize — or like — today’s GOP
A picture, the saying goes, is worth a thousand words. Unfortunately, we have only about 550 with which to appraise a picture that has raised eyebrows across the country: In it, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is seen wagging her finger in President Obama’s face during his visit to her state recently.
Debate over debt dormant
President, Republican hopefuls fail to offer serious solutions
You’re not still worried about the federal deficit, are you? That is so 2010! Get over it! The presidential candidates certainly have.
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