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Greg Pierce

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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."

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Inside Politics

"I did not conceive of the idea of removing certain U.S. attorneys, did not select those to be removed, and did not see the lists of U.S. attorneys Justice was considering to replace," says Karl Rove.

August 21, 2009

Inside Politics

Rep. Spencer Bacchus, Alabama Republican, says the recession could push Social Security into a deficit within two years.

August 20, 2009

Inside Politics

Remember when polite society treated a politician's use of the word 'evil' as a sign that the old boy was dangerously lacking upstairs?" Wall Street Journal columnist William McGurn writes.

August 19, 2009

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Hugo Chavez took a break last week from lobbying Washington on behalf of deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to travel to Quito, Ecuador, for a meeting of South American heads of state," Wall Street Journal columnist Mary Anastasia O'Grady writes.

August 18, 2009

Inside Politics

"One year ago at the Netroots Nation conference in Austin, Texas, the mood of the crowd was one of excitement and elation over the possibility of a Barack Obama presidency," Sam Stein writes at www.huffingtonpost.com. "A year later, with that possibility achieved, a sense of cynicism has begun to creep in."

August 17, 2009

Inside Politics

"Somebody please buy Ohio Sen. George Voinovich a ticket to the real South, preferably on a slow-moving train, so he can observe the country he helps govern," Sally Jenkins writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

August 14, 2009

Inside Politics

Even some liberal bloggers are shocked by the way Democratic politicians describe opponents of ObamaCare, most notably in an op-ed piece in Monday's USA Today by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland.

August 11, 2009

Inside Politics

"To the middle-right (the only way New Jersey can reasonably go red) is former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie. To his left is Gov. Jon Corzine, running in one of two (Virginia is the other) off-year gubernatorial elections.

August 10, 2009

Inside Politics

"The White House is clearly worried about the opponents of its health care plan who are showing up at town-hall meetings with members of Congress," John Fund writes at www.opinionjournal.com.

August 6, 2009

Inside Politics

"Last week, just before leaving on a monthlong recess, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Democrat, declared, with much indignation and more than a twinge of bitterness, that they would not let the health care reform debate be 'swift-boated,'" Dana Perino writes at www.foxnews.com.

August 5, 2009

Inside Politics

"We know because he said so, in the first of many famous speeches, that Barack Obama doesn't see Red America or Blue America, he only sees the United States of America. But as the president contemplates his faltering poll numbers and his stalling health-care push, he might want to consider a more colorful perspective," Ross Douthat writes in the New York Times.

August 4, 2009

Inside Politics

A Southerner went on The Washington Times' "America's Morning News" radio show Wednesday to dispute Sen. George V. Voinovich's charge that Southerners are ruining the Republican Party.

July 30, 2009

Inside Politics

Merrill Matthews, executive director of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance and a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, wonders whether the Blue Dog Democrats are really what they say they are.

July 29, 2009

Inside Politics

Rep. John Conyers Jr., Michigan Democrat and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, thinks it's ludicrous to expect members of Congress to read legislation before voting.

July 28, 2009

Inside Politics

"This is big, what's happening," Peggy Noonan writes at www.opinionjournal.com.

July 27, 2009

Inside Politics

"With the public's trust in his handling of health care tanking (50-44 percent of Americans disapprove), the White House has launched a new phase of its strategy designed to pass Obamacare: all Obama, all the time. As part of that effort, Obama hosted a conference call with leftist bloggers urging them to pressure Congress to pass his health plan as soon as possible," the Heritage Foundation's Conn Carroll writes at www.heritage.org.

July 22, 2009