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Senior Editorial Writer, Washington Examiner. Author of Conservative Survival in the Romney Era.

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  • Oklahoma’s Obamacare challenge set for June 20 hearing

    Philip Klein

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    A federal judge has set a June 20 hearing date for a lawsuit filed by the state of Oklahoma challenging an IRS ruling related to President Obama’s health care law. As I described the suit in March: Under the law, if states choose not to set up their own insurance exchanges, then the...

  • Philip Klein: Obama-era scandals discredit big government

    Philip Klein

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    It's an open question whether President Obama's approval rating will remain unaffected by the scandals currently engulfing his administration. But no matter how Obama himself makes out, the scandals are setbacks for the central goal of his presidency -- to restore Americans' faith in the ability...

  • Five reasons why focus on scandals is unlikely to backfire on GOP as in 1998

    Philip Klein

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    As multiple scandals have simultaneously engulfed the Obama administration, a number of political observers have cautioned Republicans against overreaching. Liberal blogger Greg Sargent writes over at the Washington Post that, “the current scandal-mania gripping the GOP risks bringing about a...

  • Kudos to Tom Coburn

    Philip Klein

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    As residents of his home state recover from the devastating tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, Sen. Tom Coburn deserves credit for sticking with his position that all emergency aid spending should be offset. “He’s always had the same position since the Oklahoma City bombing,” Coburn...

  • How much news has the Obama administration successfully suppressed?

    Philip Klein

    Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

    On the heels of news that the Obama administration Department of Justice was spying on reporters at the Associated Press, Monday brought the startling disclosure by the Washington Post that the DOJ had also targeted Fox reporter James Rosen for surveillance in an effort to plug up leaks....

  • Four possible Obamacare futures

    Philip Klein

    Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

    On Thursday, House Republicans once again voted to repeal President Obama’s health care law. I don’t think it’ll be a major spoiler to predict that the repeal bill won’t go any further. But I do think the vote is a good opportunity to reflect on the future of Obamacare, which I divide...



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