Peter Roff

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  • September 14, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

    opinion

    The People Spoke on Saturday

    It’s easy to dismiss the crowd on Saturday as the product of “AstroTurf” lobbying -- the kind of activity national organizations stage to make it appear that an issue has captured more attention out in America’s heartland than it actually has. It would be easy -- and it would be wrong.

  • September 08, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

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    From 'Ask Not' to Big Brother?

    It is, well, silly to keep children home from school in order to prevent their exposure to Obama’s back-to-school remarks. It is, nonetheless, understandable that some parents had concerns.

  • August 14, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

    opinion

    The Post Office Comparison

    Fortunately for all of us there exists a real world parallel that may help us to better evaluate the potential ramifications of the public option for health care and for private insurance. It's called the United States Post Office.

  • July 14, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

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    Palin's Next Assignment

    What matters now is how Sarah Palin approaches her future, if she really wants to be president of the United States.

  • June 17, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

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    ABC = Always Biased Coverage?

    It should come as little surprise that the once venerable ABC News has announced it would broadcast an upcoming edition of its "World News" from the White House's Blue Room, followed by a national town hall meeting on healthcare held in the East Room and presided over by President Barack Obama.

  • May 27, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

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    Let's Get Serious -- Ask Sotomayor About the Constitution

    President Barak Obama's selection of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor was the predictable choice. And the predictability was one of the reasons her name was mentioned so prominently, and frequently, in the media in the weeks and days leading up to her actually being selected.

  • May 06, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

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    Signs of Life In the GOP

    Voters opted to end one-party rule in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday when they exchanged an all-Democratic City Council for one that includes two Republican-endorsed independents among its incoming members.

  • May 03, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

    peter-roff

    Remembering Jack Kemp

    On Saturday Jack Kemp, one of the intellectual engines that propelled Reagan-era conservatism forward as a mainstream political idea, died after a long battle with cancer. Forever youthful, energetic into his 70s and JFK-like in his passion for ideas, Kemp helped reshape the Republican Party in ways that strengthened its appeal to middle- and working-class voters.

  • April 29, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

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    Specter Is Harry Reid's Headache Now

    By Peter Roff Fellow, Institute for Liberty/Former Senior Political Writer, United Press International

    Many years ago, when I was just knee-high to an intern, a long time veteran of Capitol Hill told me a story about a particularly obnoxious senior Democratic member of Congress for whom his staff felt little affection.

  • April 15, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

    peter-roff

    Tea Parties -- Mission Accomplished

    The attention being given the national tea party movement is nothing short of remarkable. Organized by a few people using new social media tools like Twitter and Facebook, it has blossomed into a genuine social movement composed of Republicans, Libertarians, Independents and even a few Democrats, all of whom feel as though they are being taken for granted by their elected leaders in Washington.

  • April 15, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

    peter-roff

    Live From a Tea Party -- The Crowd's Getting Bigger

    Editor's note: Sent at 12:48 PM from Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C.:

    The rain's coming down even harder and the crowd's getting bigger. Folks are huddled around the stage with a sea of umbrellas as one speaker after another takes on the Washington establishment for taxing spending and borrowing.

  • April 15, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

    peter-roff

    Live From a Tea Party

    Editor's note: Sent to the Forum at 12:20pm ET.

    I'm at Lafayette Park [in Washington, D.C.], the rain is starting to come down hard now but it's not dampening anyone's enthusiasm.

  • April 10, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

    peter-roff

    Who's REALLY to Blame for the Subprime Mess?

    By Peter Roff Fellow, Institute for Liberty / Former Senior Political Writer, United Press International

    Now that he is back in the United States President Obama will once again, no doubt, turn his attention to the current economic crisis.

  • April 09, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

    peter-roff

    Today's Tea Party Movement Has A Lot In Common With the Sons of Liberty

    In just about a week, following the footsteps of other social movements that have changed America, thousands of ordinary citizens will be coming out on Tax Day -- April 15 -- to voice their complaints that the government is, once again, too big and taxes, spends and borrows too much.

  • April 04, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

    peter-roff

    'Tea Parties' -- A New Political Movement Is Brewing

    Washington's continued mishandling of the economic crisis has disquieted the electorate. The bad economic numbers, the precipitous decline in the stock market, the dramatic increase in government spending and the tax increases lying just over the horizon paint a picture of an out-of-control federal government grasping at straws in the search for solutions.

  • March 27, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

    peter-roff

    Does President Obama Need Cue Cards?

    The White House has a problem.

    A technical malfunction at a St. Patrick's Day event, in no way the resident's fault, has nonetheless focused attention on what some news organizations have called Obama's "overreliance" on the TelePrompTer.

  • March 24, 2009

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    by Peter Roff

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    Since We're Paying the Bills, Here's What We Need -- Now!

    As we have all realized by now, there is no quick or easy way out of the current financial crisis. A considerable body of opinion holds that the actions our government has taken so far has, rather than ease the pain, made things worse.

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