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

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

Yesterday

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...

Philip Klein: Obamacare's empress strikes again

Philip Klein

Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

In 2010, shortly after President Obama's health care legislation was signed into law, I dubbed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius the "Empress of Obamacare" for the vast new powers she inherited. Reading through the text of the law, I counted more than 2,500 references to the...