Friday, March 16, 2012

Opinion Express

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Can Santorum beat Romney in Illinois?

In the Mississippi and Alabama primaries last week, Mitt Romney failed miserably to prove he can win in the South. But now Rick Santorum must prove he can win in a big Northern state, where the economy, not social issues, trumps. Illinois will prove a great test Tuesday.

Romney feels Bill Clinton's pain Zorn: Romney feels Bill Clinton's pain

The fear among Republicans is that Mitt Romney, if he ends up as the party's nominee for president, will be 2012's version of Walter Mondale, Bob Dole or John Kerry.

Madigan's shenanigans Editorial: Madigan's shenanigans

You know it's almost Election Day when the lawn signs start vanishing.

Today's columnists

The line Limbaugh crossed The line Limbaugh crossed

Last week, in a column about Rush Limbaugh's verbal attacks on Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke, I mentioned that there were those on the left who are also guilty of using crude language against women. For example, I wrote, Bill Maher has said things about Sarah Palin that are "wholly unacceptable." A number of readers, some Limbaugh fans and some not, found that assessment wholly unacceptable too.

Ditching Dubya Ditching Dubya

Remember George W. Bush? It doesn't seem all that long ago that he was the revered leader of the Republican Party: a paragon of courage, scourge of terrorists, champion of neglected schoolkids.


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