Michael Barone
MICHAEL BARONE: The Meaning Inside the Political Numbers – WSJ
By MB Snow at May 7, 2013 | 9:30 am
By MICHAEL BARONE, OPINIONMay 6, 2013, 7:08 p.m. ET With black and Hispanic support clustered by district, Democrats in 2014 will have a hard time retaking the House. Psephologists—the fancy word for election analysts—like to talk about change and transformation. One party or the other, they say, is on the verge of forging an enduring national majority. One ... Go To Article
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MICHAEL BARONE: Obama’s blink on Syria could bring peril to allies | WashEx
By MB Snow at May 1, 2013 | 2:15 am
Michael Barone: April 30, 2013 "We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked," Secretary of State Dean Rusk famously said during the Cuban missile crisis. Barack Obama has been doing a lot of blinking lately. On Syria especially. "There would be enormous consequences if we start seeing movements on the chemical weapons front or the use of ... Go To Article
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MICHAEL BARONE: Benghazi report revives troubling questions | WashEx
By MB Snow at April 28, 2013 | 4:25 pm
Michael Barone: April, 27 2013 "What difference, at this point, does it make?" That was former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's angry response to a question about the State Department's account of the attack on the Benghazi consulate where Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were murdered on Sept. 11, 2012. Her response was cheered by ... Go To Article
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MICHAEL BARONE: At every turn, things were spinning out of control | WashEx
By MB Snow at April 20, 2013 | 9:25 am
April 20, 2013 | Michael Barone Chaos. Things seemed to be spinning out of control on many fronts this week. Starting of course with the Boston Marathon bombing Monday. The bombers chose a significantly festive time and place for their attack. The marathon is held every year on Patriot's Day, the Massachusetts state holiday commemorating the Battles of Lexington ... Go To Article
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MICHAEL BARONE: Take the time to get immigration reform right | WashingtonExaminer.com
By MB Snow at April 14, 2013 | 8:18 am
April 13, 2013 | "Without legislative language," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy declared March 20, "there is nothing for the Judiciary Committee to consider this week at our mark up." The subject of his statement was immigration legislation, and his irritation was understandable. "For months I have urged the President to send his proposal for ... Go To Article
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BARONE:: New Census Data Show People Go Where the Money Is | RCP
By MB Snow at March 26, 2013 | 12:53 am
What parts of America have been growing during these years of sluggish economic growth? Answers come from comparing the Census Bureau's just-released estimates of metropolitan area populations in July 2012 with the results of the Census conducted in 2010. The focus here is on the 51 metro areas with populations of more than 1 million where 55 percent of Americans ... Go To Article
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BARONE:: Support for Same-Sex Marriage Crosses Party Lines | RCP
By MB Snow at March 18, 2013 | 12:52 am
By Michael Barone - March 18, 2013 -- In an opinion article in the Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman announced that he has changed his mind and now supports same-sex marriage. He wrote that on learning that one of his sons is gay he "wrestled with how to reconcile my Christian faith with my desire for Will to have the same opportunities to pursue ... Go To Article
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MICHAEL BARONE: Obama flails as Republicans stand firm on sequester | WashEx
By MB Snow at March 10, 2013 | 12:45 am
Michael Barone: March 9, 2013 They're flailing. That's the impression I get from watching Barack Obama and his White House over the past week. Things haven't gone as they expected. The House Republicans were supposed to cave in on the sequester, as they did on the fiscal cliff at the beginning of the year. They would be so desperate to avoid the sequester's ... Go To Article
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MICHAEL BARONE:: Spending Cuts May Be Answer to Slow Economic Growth | RCP
By MB Snow at March 7, 2013 | 12:48 am
By Michael Barone - March 7, 2013 -- The Dow set a new high on Tuesday, but the larger economy is a different story. What if today's sluggish economic growth turns out to be the new normal? That's the unsettling question asked by some of our most creative economic thinkers. And the people asking it are not necessarily partisan opponents of the Obama administration. ... Go To Article
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BARONE:: Mexicans less interested in immigrating to US | WashEx
By MB Snow at March 1, 2013 | 12:25 am
Attention, Mickey Kaus! Andrew Malcolm of Investors Business Daily (h/t Glenn Reynolds’s Instapundit) highlights Gallup polls that show that the same percentage, 11%, of Americans and Mexicans in 2012 said they were willing to move to another country. In 2007 about twice as many Mexicans, 21%, indicated a willingness to emigrate; the percentage of Americans ... Go To Article
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