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THE PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS ARE THE NEW TAMMANY HALL

NOVEMBER 26, 2011 ‘The New Tammany Hall’ The historian of the American city on what Wall Street and the ‘Occupy’ movement have in common, and how government unions came to dominate state and local politics. By MATTHEW KAMINSKI New York ‘What has the country so angry,” says Fred Siegel, “is the sense that crony capitalism

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KRAUTHAMMER – REVENUE RAISERS

Sat, Nov 26, 2011 By Charles Krauthammer – Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON Democrats are unanimous in charging that the debt-reduction supercommittee collapsed because Republicans refused to raise taxes. Apparently, Republicans are in the thrall of one Grover Norquist, the anti-tax campaigner, whom Sen. John Kerry called “the 13th member of this committee without being

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CONSERVATIVES, ROMNEY, AND ELECTABILITY

NOVEMBER 23, 2011 Most political battles are won by seizing the center. Anyone who believes otherwise ignores the electoral experience of the last 50 years. By MICHAEL MEDVED Conservative resistance to Mitt Romney’s nomination increasingly emphasizes electability as much as ideology, concentrating on his perceived weaknesses as a candidate along with an inconsistent approach to

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THE HILLARY MOMENT

NOVEMBER 21, 2011 President Obama can’t win by running a constructive campaign, and he won’t be able to govern if he does win a second term. By PATRICK H. CADDELL AND DOUGLAS E. SCHOEN Mr. Caddell served as a pollster for President Jimmy Carter. Mr. Schoen, who served as a pollster for President Bill Clinton,

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