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Greg Pierce grew up in Indiana and Illinois, and graduated from Illinois State University, where he was editor of the student newspaper. He worked at newspapers in Indiana, Florida and Connecticut before coming to The Washington Times in 1984. Before compiling "Inside Politics," he covered federal agencies for the newspaper. Mr. Pierce also compiles "Washington in Five Minutes" and edits the weekly history page, "America at War."
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
"The same dynamics that powered <strong>President Obama</strong> to victory -- frustration with the status quo, economic anxieties, hope that new leadership can bring answers -- now stand as the biggest threats to the Democrats' governing agenda," ABC's Rick Klein writes at abcnews.go.com.
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
President Obama is "getting bad advice from ... clowns" on Afghanistan and "sucking up to the wrong people" on health care, Rep. John Conyers Jr., Michigan Democrat and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, told a Detroit radio station Saturday, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
The Republican National Committee is running a last-minute, 60-second radio ad in New York's special congressional election that urges voters to "vote conservative, it matters like never before" but doesn't name the candidate it is now supporting, Doug Hoffman.
Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
"The big news in Honduras is that the good guys seem to have won a four-month political standoff over the exile of former President Manuel Zelaya," the Wall Street Journal said Saturday in an editorial.
Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate, has endorsed the Conservative Party candidate in the special election for New York's 23rd Congressional District over the Republican candidate, "increasing the race's profile as a national test between the GOP establishment and the conservative base," Amanda Carpenter writes in her Back Story blog on The Washington Times Web site.
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
"To the many warning signs Democrats face in the 2010 midterm elections, add this: New fundraising reports show Republicans out-raised Democrats in the third quarter in all eight open Senate races on next fall's ballot," John Mercurio writes at www.nationaljournal.com.
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
Fox News analyst Brit Hume, in an appearance Monday on the network's "Special Report with Bret Baier," wondered how other news organizations are reacting to the White House's request that they quarantine Fox News, Jeff Poor reports at newsbusters .org.
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
"The most revelatory passage in the so-called 'plain English' version of the health care bill that the Senate Finance Committee approved on Tuesday (without ever drafting the actual legislative language) says that in the future, Americans will be offered the convenience of getting their health insurance at the Department of Motor Vehicles," Terence P. Jeffrey writes at www.cnsnews.com.
Monday, Oct. 19, 2009
"If you think moderate Democrats are afraid of voting for 'Obamacare,' you should see how they react to a potential vote on the Countrywide Financial loan scandal," James Freeman writes at www.opinionjournal.com.
Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
BOOST FOR GOP