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Reporters tell us what happened yesterday. Pollsters tell us what is happening today. THE POLITICAL PROPHET® tells us what is likely to happen tomorrow. An elite team of political strategists with presidential campaign experience provides analytical predictions that tend to be more precise than offerings from those who have never been “in the arena.” To assure objectivity, team members are not involved with active candidates.

The Financial Reform bill which will be signed into law this week is a lousy piece of legislation. It does things to our economy by further empowering bureaucrats that, if allowed to stand, will be devastating to wage earners, job seekers and consumers.

On the other hand, the Democrats who drafted the bill by excluding Republicans from the process completely ignored the big problem of bad mortgages and the enablers for the scam that triggered the meltdown of our economy. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are nowhere to be found in this political legislation which has become a dream vehicle for big banks, lobbyists and “government growth specialists.” [entire post]

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What has caused the Obama team to go from great success in the political campaign to such rank incompetence in governance? THE POLITICAL PROPHET® predicts that historians will identify two factors in their analysis. First, the excessive emphasis on politics in general and partisanship in particular will get part of the blame. Eisenhower and Ford were our least partisan presidents in modern times and Carter is generally regarded as the least competent until now. President Obama can’t seem to get beyond his Chicago training and his excesses are hampering his ability to govern successfully. Second, he appears to be unable to use any approach for problem solving except to rely on growing government’s size, control, deficits, employment and tax appetite. [entire post]

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Texas Congressman Joe Barton (R) inadvertently made the largest contribution of the year to the Democrats’ campaign committees and to President Obama. Single-handedly, he gave audio, video and print copy advertising material to every consultant trying to salvage the reelection hopes of dozens of marginal Democrats.

Here’s what Barton should have said; “If the attorney general of the United States publicly threatened a corporation (or individual) in Texas with criminal indictment and used that threat to negotiate for a civil settlement ($20 billion comes to mind) the chief law enforcement officer could very well could be subject to disbarment or other sanctions under the Texas Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys. Mr. Holder acted in an unethical manor and the President of the United States encouraged him to break the rules.” [entire post]

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