Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) As Simple as One, Two, Three A legislative strategy for the House Republicans. Jeff Bergner November 15, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 09 Republicans have won control of the House and have gained several seats in the Senate. What will the Republicans do? Will they simply nibble at the edge […]
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) ——————————————————————————– Impermanent Majority The lesson of all the recent ‘wave’ elections. Noemie Emery November 15, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 09 Remember 2008, the liberal era, the “we are all socialists now” frenzy, the realignment brought about by the magic of Barack Obama, that transcendent persuader, that peerless orator, that
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Etheridge Concedes To Ellmers For District-2 Seat By Kendall Jones NBC17 Staff Totals from a recount of the North Carolina congressional race for District-2 show Renee Ellmers has defeated Congressman Bob Etheridge. At press conference Friday, Etheridge conceded victory to Ellmers. “[T]he election recount has concluded, and the numbers confirm that despite the incredible support
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) It Was Rubio’s Tuesday The most important freshman senator. Stephen F. Hayes November 15, 2010, Tampa EXCERPT FROM MARCO RUBIO’S SPEECH: ” I do not believe you have to demonize people in order to win elections. Quite frankly, I think that many of these people in Washington who are making
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WASHINGTON POST Foreign-policy setbacks deepen Obama’s election wounds By Scott Wilson Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 19, 2010; 6:51 AM Presidents have often turned to foreign policy after domestic setbacks – from Ronald Reagan’s Latin American tour and speech calling the Soviet Union the “focus of evil in the modern world” in the months
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What’s So Great About America Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) What’s So Great About America Andrew Ferguson November 15, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 09 Marco Rubio will have to write a new speech sooner or later, but he shouldn’t hurry up on our account. We still enjoy the one he’s been giving all year.
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NOVEMBER 18, 2010 In 1933, Americans ratified the 20th Amendment to eliminate lame duck Congresses. For two decades Washington has been ignoring its intent. By BETSY MCCAUGHEY Americans ought to make this lame duck session of Congress the last in history. Members who lose re-election have no moral authority to continue governing: They were fired
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NOVEMBER 16, 2010 Some born again reformers were once the company’s defenders. A major task for the next Congress will be rewriting the laws governing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and House Republicans have now won a seat at that table. Which makes it all the more important that their seat not be occupied by
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NOVEMBER 15, 2010 Fresh Attack on Fed Move GOP Economists, Lawmakers Call for Abandoning $600 Billion Bond Purchase By PETER WALLSTEN And SUDEEP REDDY WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve’s latest attempt to boost the U.S. economy is coming under fire from Republican economists and politicians, threatening to yank the central bank deeper into partisan politics. A group
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