Ronald Reagan has a story for every occasion. Bill Clinton has an excuse for every occasion. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Candidates don't have to deal with reality. They talk about the wonderful things they can accomplish as if advocating them is the same as… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Obama sounded like Al Gore on global warming. The more the case for man-made warming falls apart, the more hysterical Gore gets about an… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
President Obama insists he's a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Obama specializes in knocking down straw men. 'I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves,' he said, implying… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
The American people are not as casualty-sensitive as the weenies in the American press are. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Overreaction is one of the things that congress specializes in. I can't think of anything congress does better than overreact. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
The coverage of Central America in recent months points up one of the ugly truths about the American press: the better the news, the… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton,… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Conservatives won't want to hear this, but the Republican who maneuvered his way into the most impressive victory of the election was California Gov.… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Religion's crucial role in the lives of many people... is rejected out of hand by the political community, especially the press. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary.… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Thomas Sowell is America's foremost public intellectual and for good reason. His work covers almost every subject imaginable- race, economics, Marxism, ethnic groups, immigration… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
The only person who was a strong public opponent of the war in Iraq is Barack Obama. The other people weren't. So I can… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Never miss it - that's the second biggest compliment I'd give to RealClearPolitics.com. The first is that it has become indispensable to anyone, in… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
