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There is a story floating around the Internet about a teacher who decided to hold a mock election for president in her 5th grade classroom. The gist of the story is that she instructed the class to pick several possible candidates for president on each side, as a kind of primary election. Then the class voted for one candidate out of each of the two groups of candidates. The names of the two finalists were Johnny and Mary. The teacher then told Johnny and Mary to give a speech about what they would do as president. Johnny got to go...

The Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barack Hussein Obama triumvirate will be doing as much as possible to distract and demoralize the millions of Americans disenfranchised by last week’s Election. They’ve waited so long to come out with their show of control. Tonight there’s a developing story on Drudge that the Democrats are prepared to move forward with an investigation of the Bush Administration. A worldwide recession is deepening, the automobile industry is counting on billions, American Express is looking for a bailout, stocks are in freefall but the Dems have time to go after a lameduck president whose days in...

Barack Obama has created a stir by proclaiming that he heads “The Office of President-Elect” — an office that does not officially exist. At his first news conference on Nov. 7, Obama stood at a podium bearing a sign that read: “Office of the President-Elect. Also, his Web site, Change.gov, bears the words “Office of the President-Elect” at the top of its home page. Writer Larry Anderson referred to the “made-up little title” on the American Thinker Web site, and declared: “I nearly busted a gut ... “Once again, [Obama] can’t wait to invest himself with the trappings of office.”

Or not.. But who’s paying attention anyway? At some point in the near future “The Messiah” will get around to that change the obama-drones have been yearning for. Whatever that fundamental change is.. We dont know. It’s not socialism. No, it can’t be that. It’s that change we can all believe in. Personally, I never thought the day would come when it would be speculated that a Kennedy (or two) would be nominated to Obama’s cabinet. So innovative Barack. Ground breaking. Then there’s his prospective Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel: “Clinton’s going-away gift to Emanuel was a seat on the...

Honorable Rahm Emanuel U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services Hearing on FY2004 HUD Budget March 5, 2003 I’d like to thank Chairman Oxley for holding this important hearing on the Fiscal Year 2004 HUD budget. I also appreciate that our distinguished guest, HUD Secretary Mel Martinez, has taken the time to share his views with us on this topic. Before my election to Congress, I was fortunate to serve as Vice-Chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority and as a Freddie Mac Board member. In those capacities, I saw firsthand the teamwork between public and private entities that’s required...

White House just released statement, ". . . beginning tomorrow morning . . . "

Over the course of the past several election-cycle months, I waited for conservatism to come roaring out of the clubhouse as a late-game substitution, poised to invigorate the restless crowd and save the day. I knew it was lurking somewhere, waiting to hear its name over the PA system, eager, energized, ready to storm onto the field and fight. It had been – save for gallant attempts by Sarah Palin on the campaign trail – conspicuously (and maybe surprisingly) absent from most things Republican during this two-days-shy-of-forever election season – but I, like many others on the losing side, were...

Ron Miller asks if President-elect Obama is really for change? Change like promoting polices that reward hard work. Change that allow parents more choices for their children’s education. Change in Corporate tax so American companies can compete globally. Change to protect the least able to protect themselves, the unborn. “ He was elected to bring us change -- how about walking the talk?”

March 4, 2007 -- EDITOR'S NOTE: The Post's editors sat down with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich last week to discuss the state of American politics and government during the War on Terror, themes core to his forthcoming book "American Solutions." Below is a partial transcript.GINGRICH: This is the most systematic period of appeasement since the 1930s. Our elites have been morally bro ken . . . the administration clearly no longer has the nerve to tell the country the truth. Five years after 9/11, we are in mortal peril - and we had better figure out a grand strategy...

MEXICO CITY A day after meeting with President Bush, Mexico President-elect Felipe Calderon said Friday he was optimistic Washington will push through a comprehensive immigration overhaul. Calderon made the comments during a meeting with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is a strong supporter of a guest-worker program. Schwarzenegger, on a two-day trade mission to Mexico, was accompanied by California farmers who have complained that a crackdown on immigration has caused them labor shortages. During his visit, the governor said a planned U.S. border wall is "an incomplete way" of solving illegal immigration and said both California and Mexico would benefit from...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Sunday to pursue a peaceful nuclear program — an effort the United States maintains is really a cover for trying to build atomic bombs — and said his government will not be an extremist one. Ahmadinejad also said Iran did not need the United States to help it become more self-reliant. His comments came as Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld criticized Friday's vote, in which the ultraconservative former Tehran mayor steamrolled former President Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, as a "mock election." Rumsfeld said more than 1,000 potential candidates — including all women —...