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Obama’s Plan Will Tax College Savings

Based on a review by Americans for Tax Reform, it appears one way President Barack Obama hopes to provide free community college for all is by taxing the savings others are putting away to fund the higher education of their own children.

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Obama Up, GOP Down Post Election

A look at the latest survey numbers could spell trouble for a Republican Party that came out singing Kumbaya after the November elections, as Democrats, including the one in the White House continued to stay on the offensive.

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Analyst: Harry Reid Most Vulnerable Democrat in 2016

Between his low approval numbers and the existence of at least one, if not more popular potential Republican challengers, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has emerged as the most vulnerable Democrat in the upcoming election cycle according to Larry Sabato.

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Reince Priebus Back as RNC Chairman

Pronouncing him “the longest-serving chairman in modern history,” the RNC today announced the election of Reince Priebus to his third two-year stint as Chairman of the Republican National Committee.

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Scott Walker Unimpressed with Mitt Romney

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker thinks the Republican Party “and country need fresh, new ideas” and is reportedly set to say so when addressing a gathering in California Thursday night.

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Sen. Cory Gardner to House GOP: Don’t Say ‘No’ to Obama’s Amnesty

Bloomberg.com conveniently labels freshman Republican Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado a conservative, while pointing out that his position on illegal immigration amounts to little more than giving Barack Obama a free hand to do what he wants, irrespective of what the American people or even the House might prefer.

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Obama’s Not the State of the Union Address

Gone are the days when Obama wants to talk about changing the nation. Now, he seems content to send his people out to talk to Politico about changing a speech here and there. The speech in question is the traditional

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Chamber of Commerce to Play in Democrat Primaries

While traditionally perceived as GOP-aligned, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been making it increasingly clear that it is no friend of the more populist wings of either major U.S. political party for some time and is now looking to begin playing in Democrat primaries, much as it has in Republican primaries in the past.

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Conservatives Split From RSC

Traditionally, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) has been the voice of the more conservative members of the House GOP, but with it’s membership swelling and its conservative members increasingly frustrated by leadership viewed as more establishment-aligned, a core group of House conservatives is said to be splintering off to form a new group of their own in what is being characterized as a “mass exodus.”

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Elizabeth Warren Bests Obama on Treasury Department Nominee

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is strongly opposed to Lazard investment banker Antonio Weiss getting a senior spot with the US Treasury Department. To avoid a bruising confirmation that may have bolstered Warren’s profile at the expense of the Obama White House, Weiss has asked that his name be withdrawn and is settling for a less lofty spot.

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Report: Mitt Romney Placing Calls to Build 2016 Coalition

Reportedly telling one senior Republican he “almost certainly will” run for the Republican nomination in 2016, Mitt Romney is said to be spending his time using the phone to re-establish past relationships to that end, as well as engaging in