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Greg Pierce

gpierce@washingtontimes.com

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."

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Inside Politics

"Rumors indicate the Delaware political establishment is coalescing around the idea of appointing a placeholder who would carry the seat until 2010, when [Joe] Biden's son, Attorney General Beau Biden, could run for the Senate. " Wall Street Journal editorialist Kim Strassel writes at www.opinionjournal.com.

November 10, 2008

Inside Politics

"For members of the Grand Old Party, this is a day to celebrate. Your long national nightmare, otherwise known as the Bush administration, is over," Stuart Rothenberg writes in Roll Call.

November 7, 2008

Inside Politics

Sen. Charles E. Schumer spoke out Tuesday in favor of the Fairness Doctrine, which would require radio stations to balance popular conservative talk show hosts with liberals, who generally draw dismal ratings.

November 5, 2008

Inside Politics

"I had a succession of meals last week with smart conservative friends, and I found them all relatively sanguine about the defeat that's almost certainly about to be inflicted on the American Right," Ross Douthat writes in a blog at thenation.com.

November 4, 2008

Inside Politics

"Push past the historic candidacy, however, and one sees something even larger at stake in this [presidential] vote. One sees what Joe (The Plumber) Wurzelbacher saw," Wall Street Journal columnist Daniel Henninger writes.

October 31, 2008

Inside Politics

"If current survey trends continue, Obama will finish with less than 50 percent in the polls. Even discounting the Nader vote (some people never learn), the undecided voters could tip the race either way. How will they break?" Dick Morris writes in the Hill newspaper.

October 30, 2008

Inside Politics

"Are Barack Obama's proposed tax increases adversely affecting our financial markets? We say yes, unambiguously," Jack Kemp and Peter Ferrara write in Investor's Business Daily.

October 29, 2008

Inside Politics

"As Election Day draws near, people are wondering if the presidential race will tighten. Will the undecideds swing to McCain, or will Obama continue to maintain his 4 to 11 point lead?" Arnon A. Mishkin writes at www.weeklystandard.com.

October 28, 2008

Inside Politics

"Republicans are justifiably foaming at the mouth over the sheer one-sidedness of the press coverage of the two candidates and their running mates. But in the last few days, even Democrats, who have been gloating over the pass...are starting to get uncomfortable," journalist Michael S. Malone writes in an opinion piece at abcnews.go.com.

October 27, 2008

Inside Politics

Rep. John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat, suddenly finds himself in a tight race, after calling his part of the state racist.

October 24, 2008

Inside Politics

"No one imagined even in a worse-case scenario such a spectacular bomb as telling donors Sunday to 'gird your loins' because a young President Obama will be tested by an international crisis just like young President John Kennedy was," New York Post columnist Kirsten Powers writes.

October 23, 2008

Inside Politics

"Democrats are exactly two weeks away from taking back the White House and expanding their majorities in both houses of Congress. So what in the heck are they doing?" Tom Bevan writes in a blog at www.realclearpolitics.com.

October 22, 2008

Inside Politics: The new party

During his first campaign for the Illinois state Senate in 1995-96, Barack Obama was a member of, and was endorsed by, the far-left New Party," Stanley Kurtz writes at National Review Online.

October 21, 2008

Inside Politics: Not over yet

"It's practically unanimous: Polls, pols and pundits, not to mention bookies, agree that Barack Obama can start measuring the White House curtains," New York Daily News columnist Michael Goodwin writes.

October 20, 2008

Inside Politics: The New West

"Forget the traditionally conservative dress of business Washington," Reid Wilson writes at www.realclear politics.com.

October 16, 2008