JANUARY 21, 2011 The White House co-opts GOP talking points—will House Republicans take advantage of their newly won recourse? By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Come one, come all, to witness President Barack Obama’s Great Leap Rightward. Come, as well, to witness the GOP response. Mr. Obama has a new mission this year—to make the country believe
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REAL CLEAR POLITICS January 22, 2011 By Larry Kudlow Can GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt talk President Obama into a major corporate tax cut? Immelt has been appointed to the new Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, which replaces the disbanded Paul Volcker Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Immelt was a member of that original board. Now he
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com By Robert Bryce January 17, 2011 Rick Perry as a GOP dark horse Texas governor Rick Perry’s high-profile battle with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) couldn’t have come at a better time. The fight may not be over in time for the 2012 presidential elections, and he very well may lose, but
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Good manners are smart politics Former President Gerald Ford, left, introduces Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Robert Bork, center, in 1987, as Senator Bob Dole looks on. Bork’s nomination, by President Reagan, met with heated opposition. By John E. Sununu Boston Globe January 17, 2011 IN MARCH of 1997, for a few shining days, ground
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Catastrophic Success The perils of a ‘do everything’ Democratic Congress. Noemie Emery January 3 – January 10, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 16 Once upon a time, there was success and there was failure, and one could usually tell the difference between them—the first had a thousand fathers and the
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A World in Crisis What the thirties tell us about today. Matthew Continetti January 3 – January 10, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 16 On December 13, 1931, there was a traffic accident in New York City. A man exited a cab on the Upper East Side and was crossing
JANUARY 13, 2011 The departure of press secretary Robert Gibbs is another sign that big White House changes are afoot. By KARL ROVE Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama’s first chief of staff, was treated like a rock star by journalists. He made good copy with vivid quotes and manic energy. He also oversaw a clearly dysfunctional
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Leading likely to violence. Lee Smith January 12, 2011 6:08 PM As Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri was in Washington to meet with President Obama this morning, Hezbollah and its allies withdrew from the Lebanese cabinet, setting the table for what many fear is an inevitable escalation of violence
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WASHINGTON POST By George F. Will Sunday, January 9, 2011; Consensus is scarce but almost everyone agrees with this: The government is dysfunctional and the Internet is splendid. But last month, the Democratic-controlled Federal Communications Commission, on a partisan 3-2 vote, did what a federal court says it has no power to do: It decided
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE Chief of staff pick just another cog in the Daley machine By John Kass January 7, 2011 As President Barack Obama knighted Chicago’s William Daley as his new chief of staff — and kept the Daley machine in control of the executive branch of our federal government — I couldn’t help thinking of
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