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Articles by Dick Morris

• Obama Votes for Newt?

  Sunday, December 4, 2011

  Does President Barack Obama get a vote in the Republican primary? Apparently, he wants one. His campaign organization has targeted Mitt Romney for negative ads, a sure sign that he would rather run against Newt Gingrich … Continue reading →

  

• Newt and Freddie Mac

  Sunday, November 20, 2011

  Now that Newt Gingrich’s candidacy is rising to the top, expect the brickbats to be aimed at his head. The first to fly is the charge that he was paid off by Freddie Mac to do … Continue reading →

  

• Romney’s Glass: Three-Quarters EmptyRomney’s Glass: Three-Quarters Empty

  Thursday, November 10, 2011

  Mitt Romney has maintained his one-quarter vote share in the Republican contest against all comers … and against those who stayed home. Whether confronting hypothetical threats from Donald Trump, Mitch Daniels, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin or … Continue reading →

  

• The Polls Speak: Who Won the Debate?

  Wednesday, October 26, 2011

  We now have three polls by PPP, NBC/WSJ and Reuters before the Oct. 11 debate and three right after it was over, from AP, CNN and Rasmussen. So now we know who won the debate and … Continue reading →

  

• Occupy Wall Street Is Peril to Obama

  Monday, October 17, 2011

  As the early ’70s repeat themselves with the chaotic Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in lower Manhattan, we need to grasp what a peril this movement is to President Obama and the entire Democratic Party. It is … Continue reading →

  

• What Is Bill Clinton up to?

  Saturday, October 1, 2011

  There are no off-hand moments, no unconsidered, spontaneous comments and no random observations in the world of Bill Clinton. His tongue is entirely at the service of his ambition, each remark considered and calculated to achieve … Continue reading →

  

• Blacks Leaving Obama

  Tuesday, September 27, 2011

  Behind the president’s whining to the Black Caucus, begging them to “quit grumbling,” is a decline in his personal popularity among African-American voters that could portend catastrophe for his fading re-election chances. According to a Washington … Continue reading →

  

• Will Obama Pull Out?

  Saturday, September 24, 2011

  As bad news piles up for the Democrats, I asked a top Democratic strategist if it was possible that Obama might “pull a Lyndon Johnson” and soberly face the cameras telling America that he has decided that the … Continue reading →

  

• No Bounce From Obama Speech

  Saturday, September 17, 2011

  When the President of the United States summons a joint session of Congress during prime time, delivers a nationally televised speech on the key issue facing the nation and speaks well and forcefully — but does … Continue reading →

  

• Obama’s Medicare Blunder

  Thursday, September 15, 2011

  Early this year, Wisconsin Congressman and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan dug a huge hole for the Republican Party by proposing dramatic changes in the Medicare system. True the changes would extend the life of … Continue reading →

  

• Why Obama’s Jobs Number Is Too Low for Zero

  Saturday, September 10, 2011

  All who realize how disastrous Obama’s economic policies have been and what a terrible effect they are having on our economy expected the August job creation numbers to be low. Few thought they would be nil. … Continue reading →

  

• Perry vs. Romney on Economy

  Saturday, September 3, 2011

  Now here comes Rick Perry challenging Mitt Romney’s record on job creation. The stats are definitely in his favor. Between June of ’09 and June of ’11, 50 percent of the net new jobs created in … Continue reading →

  

• Christie, Palin, Ryan: the New Candidates?

  Friday, August 26, 2011

  Three new candidates are slowly circling above the GOP presidential race. Will they land or fly on by? New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan … Continue reading →

  

• Obama’s Ratings will Continue to Fall

  Wednesday, August 24, 2011

  President Obama may well come to look back at the summer of 2011 as the halcyon days of high approval ratings, despite his current 39-to 54-percent negative job approval in the Gallup Poll. The indications are … Continue reading →

  

• ‘Bad Luck’ Barack

  Saturday, August 20, 2011

  On his “listening tour” of the Midwest, President Obama can mainly listen to the sound of himself complaining about his “bad luck.”  In Iowa yesterday, Obama said, “in the past six months, we’ve had a run … Continue reading →

  

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