AUGUST 31, 2010, 7:26 A.M. ET Glenn Beck’s Happy Warriors You probably couldn’t have found a more polite crowd at the opera. By JAMES FREEMAN Washington, D.C. Pundits will debate whether the crowd at Glenn Beck’s Saturday rally in Washington was the largest in recent political history, but it was certainly among the most impressive. […]
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AUGUST 24, 2010 Virginia Is for Surpluses Erasing red ink without a tax increase. Here’s something you don’t see often these days: a government running a budget surplus. Governor Robert McDonnell announced last week that Virginia closed fiscal 2010 some $400 million in the black. That’s a radically improved financial picture from a year ago
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HILLYER: Tim Scott’s freedom fries Charleston’s candidate from Chick-fil-A By Quin Hillyer– The Washington Times August 6, 2010 Tim Scott High school freshman Tim Scott could not afford Chick-fil-A sandwiches back in 1981, but the French fries were good and inexpensive. Eating those fries made him a success, a conservative and an odds-on favorite to
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AUGUST 21, 2010 The GOP and the Temptation of Hubris If Republicans take over the House, they’d best think carefully how they use their power. Ask Newt Gingrich. By JOHN J. PITNEY JR. Republicans could still blow it, but as they head toward a likely victory in the midterm election they should consider what it
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AUGUST 21, 2010 America’s Insurgent Pollster Understanding the tea party is essential to predicting what the country’s political scene will look like. By JOHN FUND San Diego, Calif. You can tell it’s a volatile political year when a balding, middle-aged pollster gets a standing ovation from hundreds of state legislators after delivering the news that
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Sunday, August 22, 2010 www.therocherecord.com ABC CHOOSES AMANPOUR. GOODBYE For 29 years I’ve been a loyal viewer of the ABC Sunday morning news talk show, “This Week.” From 1981 – 1996 it was “This Week with David Brinkley,” and I rarely missed a broadcast. David Brinkley, Cokie Roberts, Sam Donaldson, and George Will were a
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MITT ROMNEY Grow jobs and shrink government By Mitt Romney | August 18, 2010 IT’S NOT happening the way President Obama had planned. Unemployment blew past his 8 percent ceiling and hasn’t looked back. Private sector investment in new jobs and capital has languished. Even the head of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, Christina
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August 09, 2010 Obama shows Virginia Dems out the door the Chicago way Mark J. Fitzgibbons Virginia’s Democratic senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb campaigned as moderates, but have virtually guaranteed limiting themselves to single terms by supporting President Obama’s radical big-government, job-killing agenda. DNC chairman Tim Kaine was limited by law to one term
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Senator Burr Recognized as a Taxpayer Hero Yesterday, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) was recognized as a Taxpayer Hero by the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) for his “willingness to stand up for American taxpayers” during the 111th Congress. Senator Burr received a 92 out of 100 percent in CCAGW’s 2009 Congressional Ratings system.
AUGUST 12, 2010 Washington vs. Paul Ryan What happens when a politician is more honest than his critics. The immune system of the modern body politic is nothing if not resilient, and this summer all of its antibodies seem to be trained on heretofore little known Congressman Paul Ryan. That makes this a particularly instructive
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