MAY 12, 2011, 7:48 P.M. ET Republicans had better get ready to respond to Democratic Mediscare tactics. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Good news for a politics-weary nation: Come May 24, the debate over the Paul Ryan budget reform plan will be over—almost before it began. Democrats win. Republicans lose. Long live blowout entitlements. That, at […]
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Women in League with the left wing By Holly Robichaud Monday, May 9, 2011 – Updated 1 day ago Holly Robichaud is a Republican strategist. By now you have probably seen the anti-Scott Brown ad sponsored by the League of Women Voters. This is not your mother’s League of Women Voters. For years Republicans have
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MAY 4, 2011 The country skipped the housing bust and its budget is headed toward balance. Voters liked it. By DAVID GRATZER In the winter of 1997, two Canadian conservatives wrote a stark essay arguing that conservative governance was an unlikely prospect for their country. The governing Liberal Party was the most electorally successful party
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North Carolina House Legislative Update Republican Report Card Friends, Today is the 60th legislative day of the 2011 session. How are we doing on our 100 day plan to change North Carolina? Below is the document that I personally shared in over 30 cities during the fall campaign entitled, “100 Days That Will Change North Carolina.” Under
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Unionsdämmerung Despite having its best friend forever in the White House, the American labor movement is in mortal crisis Mark Hemingway April 25 – May 2, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 31 One of the most widely circulated photographs during the Wisconsin union battle was of a protester in Madison
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A Great Quote. “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government can not pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America’s debt
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APRIL 11, 2011 As a candidate, I learned how much potential campaign contributors fear incumbent retribution. By JAMES L. HUFFMAN In the debates about campaign-finance regulation and the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision of last year, there seems to be widespread agreement on one thing: Public disclosure of political contributions is a good thing. That
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FROM ISSUE NUMBER 7 ~ SPRING 2011 Beyond the Welfare State YUVAL LEVIN EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: But what seemed like the long-awaited triumph of the liberal agenda in America may actually prove to be its unraveling. When historians consider it in retrospect, the economic crisis of 2008 might well be seen as having marked
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April 4, 2011 What the Census Does and Doesn’t Do to Politics By Salena Zito 4/3/2011 On a frigid February morning, the Census Bureau delivered chilling news to the mayors of New York, Detroit and Chicago. A big chunk of each city’s black population had packed up and left. They took with them political clout,
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