REAL CLEAR POLITICS August 6, 2011 By Robert Tracinski The debt deal unhinged the left. No, the Tea Parties did not win, as the left has been saying. The spending “cuts” only limit the additional growth of government, and they are too small and too distant to be worth celebrating. But the left is correct […]
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NEWS&OBSERVER The grand bargain to be had By Charles Krauthammer – Washington Post Writers Group Published in: Other Views August 6, 2011 WASHINGTON Conventional wisdom holds that the congressional super-committee established by the debt-ceiling deal to propose further deficit reduction will go nowhere. I’m not so sure. There is a grand compromise to be had.
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Printed from the News & Observer – www.NewsObserver.com Published Thu, Aug 04, 2011 Bowles and Simpson: Now the hard work must begin BY ERSKINE BOWLES AND ALAN SIMPSON – The New York Times Last month, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders came close to an agreement that could have set our nation on a sound
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AUGUST 6, 2011 Liberal contempt for the workings of democracy and for diversity of opinion reflects not just hypocrisy but panic. By PETER BERKOWITZ The debt-limit crisis of 2011 brought the federal government harrowingly close to defaulting on its financial obligations. As the dust settles, it is more harrowing still to contemplate the implications of
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) He Can’t Help Himself Obama would rather pander than win. Fred Barnes August 1, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 43 The path to ratification by Congress was greased after President Obama renegotiated trade treaties with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama. Obama would supply Democratic votes. Republicans were already on board,
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AUGUST 4, 2011 In the new climate of spending cuts, Democrats appear disoriented and distraught. By FRED BARNES The agony of Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, is palpable these days. When she speaks on the House floor, she waves her arms and talks with great passion. She has the look
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AUGUST 2, 2011 H is for Hillary, who would have made a better president. By BRET STEPHENS Snapshots from President Obama’s efforts to improve America’s standing in the world, 923 days into his administration: A is for the Arab world, and our standing in it: This year, Zogby International found that 5% of Egyptians had
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AUGUST 3, 2011 Ever since they fudged the numbers to pass ObamaCare, Democrats have abandoned credible spending plans. By PAUL RYAN During the negotiations over raising the debt ceiling, President Obama reportedly warned Republican leaders not to call his bluff by sending him a bill without tax increases. Republicans in Congress ignored this threat and
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NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 28, 2011 Contact: Dallas Woodhouse (919) 839-1011 or James Valvo (703) 224-3200 Americans for Prosperity Applauds U.S. House Candidate Dr. Dan Eichenbaum -Signs No Climate Tax Pledge- Raleigh—The North Carolina chapter of the grassroots free market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP-NC) today applauded U.S. House candidate Dr. Dan Eichenbaum (11th District)
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Guilty Men The political origins of the meltdown. Christopher Caldwell July 25, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 42 Reckless Endangerment How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon by Gretchen Morgenson & Joshua Rosner Times Books, 352 pp., $30 To have served as the intellectual architect of the
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