JUNE 7, 2010 Pelosi’s Loss Could Be Obama’s Gain A pivot to the center (and re-election) would be easier without the House speaker. By FRED BARNES In Washington these days, President Obama is rumored to be hoping Republicans capture the House of Representatives in the midterm election in November. There’s no evidence for this speculation, […]
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NATIONAL REVIEW June 8, 2010 4:00 A.M. Constitution of No If President Obama’s motto is “Yes, we can,” the Constitution’s is “No, you can’t.” By Senator Jim Demint http://article.nationalreview.com/435753/constitution-of-no/jim-demint?page=1 When a reporter asked House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) during a press conference last year where the Constitution granted Congress the authority to enact an
The Weekly Standard Don’t trust a congressman over the age of 50. BY Matthew Continetti May 31, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 35 As far as I can tell, Sean Duffy is the only world-champion lumberjack and reality television star running for Congress this year. Duffy is the Republican candidate in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. A
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MAY 27, 2010 New York Is Almost Out of Cash By BETSY MCCAUGHEY Guess how long it is before the state of New York runs out of cash? Less than a week, according to the state’s comptroller. On June 1, New York is due to send $3.8 billion in aid to local school districts, including
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American Spectator A Tale of Three States By Lisa Fabrizio on 5.26.10 @ 6:08AM Folks outside of the Northeast have long been perplexed by an apparent electoral anomaly; for years, these states that consistently send liberals to Congress have chosen Republicans as their governors. The GOP has held the title in Connecticut since 1995 while
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Return to the Article May 23, 2010 The Senator from Sandy Berger By Jack Cashill In 1934, “Boss” Tom Pendergast handpicked a Jackson County administrative judge to be the next United States Senator from Missouri, and for the next ten years Harry Truman wore the tag, “The Senator from Pendergast.” Truman began to find his
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Las Vegas Review Journal May 21, 2010 EDITORIAL: Washington will take care of you Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered a new defense of her party’s unpopular health care reforms: They guarantee coverage for the next generation of dropout hippies and starving artists. Speaking at a Washington event, Rep. Pelosi, D-Calif., gushed that the
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MAY 21, 2010 Republicans And Obama’s New Deal By PETER J. WALLISON In the rapturous days after Barack Obama’s victory and the Democratic congressional sweep that accompanied it, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank declared that the new Congress would enact a “new New Deal.” Few people really thought at the time that he
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The New Fat Cats The indefensible pensions of public-sector employees. BY Fred Barnes May 3, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 31 John Edwards was right. There are two Americas, just not his two (the rich and powerful versus everyone else). The real divide today is, on one side, the 20 million people who work for state
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Washington Examiner Barbara Hollingsworth: Fannie Mae owns patent on residential ‘cap and trade’ exchange By: Barbara Hollingsworth Local Opinion Editor April 20, 2010 When he wasn’t busy helping create a $127 billion mess for taxpayers to clean up, former Fannie Mae Chief Executive Officer Franklin Raines, two of his top underlings and select individuals in
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