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Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES WHITE HOUSE FUNDRAISING: NEVER A DULL MOMENT Learned presidential advisers reason that in times of international turmoil, it's better for the White House to [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES He closed the brief letter like this: 'With every good wish to Your Holiness, I am, Sincerely Yours, John Boehner.' The recipient was Pope [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE STATE OF THE UNION SPECTACLE BEGINS It is political theater at its most frantic: the State of the Union address - SOTU in [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES EVEN TITILLATING TACTICS FAIL TO PEDDLE OBAMACARE Though a reported $684 million in taxpayer funds has been designated to promote Obamacare, health care providers [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES PRESTO: IT'S INSTANT CHANGE OBAMA Hope and change has been replaced by presto change-o. While Obamacare creaks toward commercial viability, its patron saint is [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES SEEKING ENLIGHTENED CONSERVATISM Clearly something is not working in the GOP and hasn't since its nervous breakdown caused by George W. Bush and exacerbated [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES SHORING UP THE WOBBLY GOP Will the liberal media heed the Values Voters Summit? The annual gathering opens Friday in the nation's capital for [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES STRIPPING DOWN FOR OBAMACARE Attractive women wearing nothing but a smile and flesh-colored underwear emblazoned with the motto Are You Covered? strolled the most [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, The Washington Times He's no slick TV anchorman. Ron Paul is the first to point that out, just as he prepares to launch the Ron Paul Channel, [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES RON PAUL, MEDIA MOGUL And now we know: Ron Paul will launch the feisty Ron Paul Channel on Monday with all original programming either [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES AUGUST WHETS THE DEMOCRATIC APPETITE Democratic operatives and activists have declared it's now Action August, and they've targeted specific Republicans during what's normally sleepy [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES MARTHA'S VINEYARD TAIL NUMBERS Succinct commentary from far beyond the proverbial Beltway often trumps insider hubbub, particularly when presidents go on vacation. The first [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES 'SENATOR' PALIN EMERGES And so it begins: Sarah Palin suggested she would run for the U.S. Senate seat in Alaska, and 72 hours later [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES TARGET PRACTICE Grab this gun before Obama does. And so advises Rep. Steve Stockman, who is raffling off a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, which he [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES RAND PAULÃÆS BIG SHOW ItÃÆs never too early raise the curtain on a 2016 presidential play. Sen. Rand Paul knows his lines and will [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE CREW COMES HOME They were last airborne on July 19, 1967: the four-man Navy crew from the USS Hornet that took off in [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES STILL CRYING FOR RYAN Republicans apparently have not forgotten the earnest face and serious economic insights of Rep. Paul Ryan. The former vice presidential [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE TRILLION-DOLLAR COIN The White House had better snap up one of these quick: American Mint has just issued the $1 Trillion Coin, a [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES DAWDLING DEMOCRATS A recent Bloomberg Government study reveals that Democratic congressional districts will be harder hit than Republican districts with the March 1 sequester. [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE VEGAS FACTOR Oh, the glory of those campaign days. President Obama visited Las Vegas 10 times last year, proving that Nevada is a [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A CAUTIONARY TALE It didn't take long: Here comes all the edgy speculation about President Obama's second term in office, and the implications therein. [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES CLINTON IS EVERYWHERE As was once said about Elvis Presley, former President Bill Clinton seems to be everywhere. Last week he was named father [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A MAKER GOES ACTIVE 'I am a law-abiding citizen and responsible gun owner. I am saddened by the tragic events in Newtown, Connecticut, but [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES ZERO HOUR There's been a lot written about this movie; some of it has popped off the entertainment page to the news page. And [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE BANE OF BOEHNER Oh, woe is House Speaker John A. Boehner. Well, maybe. As the vote for his re-election as speaker looms Thursday, [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE 'REAGAN' MOVIE At last, some Hollywood news of interest: silver screen conservative Jon Voight is likely to take on a meaty role as [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A TALE OF TWO BOEHNERS Is House Speaker John A. Boehner hero or villain? Depends on who's talking. The fiscal cliff has generated a [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE MOP UP Occasionally, embattled Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus gets a star and two smiley faces for bustling into action, intent on [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES ASIAN-FEMALE-GAY-LATINO-TRIBAL OBAMA Before he was even elected in 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama was declared by San Francisco Chronicle culture writer Jeff Yang to be [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES BILL AND THE HOODIE Two decades have passed since nightclub entertainer and blond bombshell Gennifer Flowers stepped before cameras and announced she had a [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES GENERAL QUARTERS Too many generals are taking orders from their privates, summarizes Rush Limbaugh regarding the ever-mutating news about former CIA Director David H. [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES ANTICIPATION Regardless of the final results of the election, Wednesday, Nov. 7 continues a gigantic battle between small-government, constitutional conservatives and the big-government Republicans [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES HANK: NOW HEAR THIS Politically charged patriot and country music star Hank Williams Jr. is pining to get into talk radio. Pro-America and pro-military [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES BUTT OUT, SANTA So much for Santa Claus, who could turn up slim and gluten-free at any moment. A new version of the classic [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE PRESIDENTIAL PURSE The most telling numbers are often the most simple numbers. President Obama has conducted 222 re-election fundraisers in the past 18 [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A REPUBLICAN VIGNETTE Rumors that Mitt Romney's campaign materials suffer disgraceful defacement around the nation appear to be true. And here's one more example. [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES LEFT COAST BANDWAGON Never underestimate the entrenched West Coast support for a Democratic White House. Yes, the glitterati are worried about President Obama's performance [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES DEBATE FORECAST Unlike 2008, President Obama goes into the debates with a record. But it's a record he'd rather not talk about: persistently high [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES MORE GORE Al Gore missed the Democratic National Convention, prompting murmurs that the former vice president has been irked at the White House for [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES LOW AND LOWER Oh, woe is Congress: A paltry 13 percent of Americans approve of the job lawmakers are doing, the lowest Gallup has [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE POST-ATTACK DISCUSSION Watershed moments bring on clarity of thought: A sampling of Republican reactions in the aftermath of the attack on the U.S. [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES OBAMA CAMPAIGN: 'DAMN' It could be a first in the annals of excruciating politics: the Obama campaign has used the word damn in a [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES NAME THAT FESTIVAL The American spirit of independence ensures that Fourth of July celebrations across the nation remain in the grass-roots realm, despite intense [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE LONG AFTERMATH Republicans pre-loaded rebuttals to an Obamacare win in the Supreme Court, promising to double down on their efforts to repeal the [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES DROOLING OVER RULING Journalists and pundits can't figure out if the Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare is New Year's Eve, Halloween or Armageddon. Will [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE BADGER VOTE The tea party understands Wisconsin voters, no matter how many high-powered Democrats show up in the state before the big recall [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES IN THE STREETS Don't shoot me, I'm a congresswoman and Don't shoot me, I'm a pastor are among the protest mottos to be seen [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE UGGIE BOOGIE He's suave, he's svelte, he's funny, he wears a nice tuxedo and he knows when to sit. What better guest, then, [...]

Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES HOLLYWOOD'S WASHINGTON The stars soon invade the nation's capital, complete with a red carpet, lights, maybe some action. HBO's ballyhooed Game Change, a dramatic [...]