The Post-Racial Promise of Herman Cain

Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal
When Barack Obama and Herman Cain both ran for U.S. Senate seats in 2004, Mr. Obama was the media's Chosen One and Mr. Cain was the Invisible Man. That was then.A CBS News poll released this week shows Mr. Cain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney tied for first place in the Republican presidential race with 17% support among primary voters. Two other national polls put the Georgia businessman in second place. The political wise men tell us that Mr. Cain's rapid rise—he was polling in the low single digits just three weeks ago—mainly reflects dissatisfaction...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/10/07/the_post-racial_promise_of_herman_cain_264933.html

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DOE Hasn't Learned Its Lesson

Diana Furchtgott-Roth, RealClearMarkets
Some might think the Energy Department learned from the September Solyndra bankruptcy, in which taxpayers have a $528 million exposure. Surely September would have been a good time to halt the Energy Department's loan guarantee program and understand why this program has become the poster child for crony capitalism. But instead of pausing, the Energy Department recklessly issued another $8 billion of loan guarantees in September under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Why last month's haste to put taxpayers at even more risk? No doubt, the administration was aware that the legal...

Source: http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2011/10/06/the_doe_hasnt_learned_its_solyndra_lessons_99294.html

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Some Question Ohio Animal Abuse Laws

Ohio authorities spent much of Wednesday tracking down a pack of wild animals, including lions, tigers, bears and wolves. They'd been let go by their owner, who then committed suicide. Many questions are surfacing about why Ohio has such lax laws that allow a convicted criminal to have dozens of exotic animals.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/20/141563708/some-question-the-strength-of-ohio-animal-abuse-laws?ft=1&f=1007

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