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RealClearPolitics is a political news and polling data aggregator based in Chicago, Illinois. The site's founders say their goal is to give readers "ideological diversity." They have described themselves as frustrated with what they perceive as anti-conservative, anti-Christian media bias, and while some have suggested the commentary is conservative-leaning, the site includes columns and commentary from both sides of the political spectrum. The site was founded in 2000 by former options trader John McIntyre and former advertising agency account executive Tom Bevan. Forbes Media LLC bought a 51% equity interest in the site in 2007. The Web site was founded in 2000 by McIntyre, a former trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Bevan, a former advertising agency account executive. McIntyre explained "[i]t really wasn't any more complicated than there should be a place online that pulled together all this quality information." They call what they do "intelligent aggregation."...... (Read more on Wikipedia)

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11 days ago
Sean Trende
Gingrich and Romney Are "Unelectable"? So Is Obama. - — As the Republican primary slogs forward, supporters of Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are arguing that the other candidate is “unelectable.” The reasoning regarding Gingrich tends to revolve around his horrendous favorability ratings, and a propensity for self-destruction.
20 days ago
Sean Trende
Three Takeaways From South Carolina - — 1) There is no good news buried in here for Mitt Romney. None. As of this writing, Mitt Romney is leading in three counties in South Carolina: Charleston, Beaufort (Hilton Head) and Richland (Columbia). He lost fast-growing, coastal Horry County, home of Myrtle Beach, by 15 points.
22 days ago
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Gingrich Seizes Debate Spotlight With Anti-Media Screed - — NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Within seconds of taking the stage here at the CNN debate on Thursday night, Newt Gingrich took a bare-knuckled swing at the media for airing unsavory allegations from his ex-wife.
22 days ago
Tim Miller
How Mitt Romney Beat Us - — The end of a presidential campaign brings inevitable dissection of what went wrong and where. Too often such hand wringing focuses on the minutiae that journo-pundits and political flacks choose to obsess over. But in reality, it's the broad structural issues …
62 days ago
Erin McPike
Romney Declines Lincoln-Douglas Debate Against Gingrich - — With the Republican presidential primary appearing to have narrowed into a two-man contest, Human Events and Red State moved quickly to lock down a date for a Lincoln-Douglas-style debate between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.
63 days ago
Erin McPike
Gingrich Instructs Team Not to Attack Romney - — New GOP presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich, anticipating an attack from fellow contender Mitt Romney, has instructed his campaign staff and advisers not to respond in kind to the former Massachusetts governor, RCP has learned.
66 days ago
Sean Trende
Race to Replace Frank Could Be Competitive - — Rep. Barney Frank announced Monday that he will not seek election to a 17th term. While the seat will definitely lean toward the Democrats, the election to replace Frank will likely be somewhat competitive. — Massachusetts lost a seat in the 2010 decennial redistricting.
71 days ago
Scott Conroy
Gingrich May Have Inside Track on Palin's Endorsement - — Almost immediately upon Sarah Palin's announcement that she would not seek the Republican nomination for president, the phone calls from almost all of the GOP candidates began pouring in. They wanted her endorsement.
76 days ago
John Stossel
Worse Than Taxes: The Spending - — Bill O'Reilly is mad at me because I'm not mad enough about taxes. — Last week on “The O'Reilly Factor”, we talked about California's and New York's enormous budget deficits and planned tax increases. Those states would have big surpluses had they just grown …
77 days ago
Ronald Cass
Memo to Holder: Who's Accountable Now? - — When the Clinton administration prosecuted the blind cleric, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, and nine co-defendants in federal court in New York for their roles in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, much less was known about al-Qaeda and the risks …
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