Ronald Reagan has a story for every occasion. Bill Clinton has an excuse for every occasion. — Fred Barnes Bills 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… — Fred Barnes Accomplish 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… — Fred Barnes Als 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 Economics 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… — Fred Barnes Care Copy Share Image
The American people are not as casualty-sensitive as the weenies in the American press are. — Fred Barnes American people 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 Congress 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… — Fred Barnes America 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… — Fred Barnes Angry 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… — Fred Barnes Arnold schwarzenegger 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 Christian 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… — Fred Barnes Bigs 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… — Fred Barnes America 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… — Fred Barnes Barack 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… — Fred Barnes Affair Copy Share Image
The most important quality any piece of writing can have is doneness. — Fred Barnes Excellence Copy Share Image
