Jennifer Harper
Articles by Jennifer Harper
Inside the Beltway
Doubts about Mitt Romney's fitness for the White House disappear when skittish Republicans, conservatives and even evangelicals consider the alternative: another four years of President Obama and his evolving administration. Published November 24, 2011
Inside the Beltway
A reassuring 96 percent of Americans are still thankful for their lot in life, despite claims from moody pundits and much of the alarmist press that the U.S. has seen "better days," or words to that effect. Published November 23, 2011
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There's some tea party support brewing for Texas Gov. Rick Perry's recent suggestion that Congress be retooled into a part-time gig for lawmakers who don't appear to earn their keep - a notion keenly amplified after the supercommittee's failure. Published November 22, 2011
Inside the Beltway
When in doubt, say, "Ronald Reagan." Published November 21, 2011
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There are limousine liberals, and now limousine Occupiers. Published November 20, 2011
Inside the Beltway
The potent, promising allure of Iowa has drawn all the Republican hopefuls to a pair of significant events this weekend — all except roguish Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman Jr., that is, who prefer New Hampshire. Published November 17, 2011
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First it was Texas. Gov. Rick Perry, then Herman Cain, who shot to giddy fame and then slumped in the polls after their imperfections were magnified in an unfriendly media marketplace. But alas. Now it's Newt Gingrich's turn, some insist. Published November 16, 2011
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The Amazing Kreskin, a longtime mentalist, contends that the women who recently accused Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain of sexual harassment should consider taking a polygraph test, as Mr. Cain has offered to do. Published November 15, 2011
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Memo to the supercommittee: Get it done in the next week, or else. Published November 14, 2011
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Fireworks and accusations follow the 10th presidential debate hosted by CBS News and the National Journal, even though the Republican candidates went for the gravitas and steely polish Saturday night. Published November 13, 2011
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The presidential debates are Mitt Romney-centric: He gets more time on camera than any other candidate, offering some quantifiable proof that, indeed, Mr. Romney is the "inevitable" candidate - the mainstream media's preferred choice for Republican nominee. Published November 10, 2011
Inside the Beltway
The Occupy Wall Street crowd appears to have made a lasting cultural mark: The Global Language Monitor has announced that "Occupy" is the "top word of 2011," based on the number of times it was cited in about 75,000 print and electronic news sources in the past year. Published November 9, 2011
Inside the Beltway
It is a revealing and possibly damning bit of presidential carelessness: That would be President Obama's "open mic" mishap with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Published November 8, 2011
Inside the Beltway
The "Cain media" was essentially all over the map following the press conference of Sharon Bialek, presidential hopeful Herman Cain's blonde accuser, and her attorney Gloria Allred. Published November 7, 2011
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The next Republican debate looms Thursday, with 14 more to follow in the next three months. Published November 6, 2011
Inside the Beltway
Those quarterback sacks, the excruciating tackles: Republicans are apparently more appreciative of NFL "violence" than Democrats. There's a partisan divide even when it comes to football, says a new Poll Position survey of 1,032 voters revealing that GOPers actually favor the rough stuff more than other respondents in multiple demographic categories. A quarter of all Americans say that professional football is "too violent," compared to 21 percent of Republicans and 31 percent of Democrats. Published November 3, 2011
Inside the Beltway
The toxic press continues to dwell on sexual-harassment charges against presidential hopeful Herman Cain, to the point that one CBS story erroneously reported he had been accused of "sexual assault," says Matthew Balan, an analyst with the watchdog site Newsbusters. Published November 2, 2011
Inside the Beltway
"I'll be darned if I'm going to set that aside now because a few teabaggers want to somehow muzzle my voice. We don't have to sit back and allow a minority in the Congress, known as the tea party, to dominate the discussion in our households," Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis recently told an enthusiastic audience at the Florida Democratic convention, citing federal assistance that once helped her family. Published November 1, 2011
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Politics is a full contact sport tended by frantic journalists. But the show must go on. Published October 31, 2011
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"Halloween ... and the New Hampshire Democratic Party has everything you need right here to dress up as this year's most famous 1-percenter: Mitt Romney. Just like Mitt Romney, the hardest part will be choosing which Mitt you want to be. There's Unemployed Mitt, Millionaire Mitt, Middle Class Mitt, Mean Mitt and Career Politician Mitt," advises the waggish New Hampshire Democratic Party. Published October 30, 2011
