November 2011
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ICYMI: Highlights from Conference Call W/ RNC/PA GOP Chairmen on Obama’s Visit to Scranton, PA
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: “Well Obama, or as I like to call him, the campaigner-in-chief, is making yet another stop on the campaign trail, this time in Scranton today, before heading off to one of his next best favorite places, New York City, to fundraise. As a matter of fact, this is his 56th stop [...]
RNC Launches “Failed Promises: Scranton” Ad Highlighting Obama’s Failure in PA
WASHINGTON – The Republican National Committee (RNC) launched a new web ad “Failed Promises: Scranton” ahead of President Obama’s latest taxpayer-funded campaign visit to Scranton, Pennsylvania – the 56th battleground visit and record of any president. The video highlights President Obama’s dismal economic record in the state: unemployment up 19 percent, 37,900 manufacturing jobs lost [...]
Latest Gingrich Oppo Dump
Naturally it appears at National Review Online in Jim Geraghty’s Campaign Spot titled “Newt Gingrich Said What?” A sample In June 2005, the New York Times raved about a “balanced and thoughtful” report from a bipartisan task force headed by Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, and George Mitchell, the former Senate majority leader, declaring, [...]
President Eisenhower Predicted Global Warming
Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government [...]
The College of Hypocritical Big Government Cardinals
There is an old adage in Washington that describes the political system as consisting of three political parties; Democrats, Republicans, and Appropriators. The Appropriations Subcommittee chairmen, often referred to as the “College of Cardinals,” usually agree to concoct legislation that fuses the worst elements of the evil and stupid parties, resulting in something worse than [...]
Whither Occupy? (Probably not the ballot box.)
This New York magazine article on the Occupy movement is interesting, and that’s not a euphemism: author John Heilemann is not only aware that the supposedly leaderless movement has plenty of self-appointed (and I’d add, ‘imposed’) leaders to it, but he’s even willing to admit to it in writing. Heilemann also has some pretty good [...]
From the Mail Bag: Anti-Mormon Bigot Edition
Yes, it is because we are anti-Mormon bigots. That’s it. It has nothing to do with this or with this. From: greg@capitol-ideas.com Subject: Romney Date: November 30, 2011 10:34:47 AM EST To: contact@redstate.com Thanks a lot for playing the Huckabee this year! Huckabee, the bigoted Baptist, took Romney out in 2008 when he colluded with [...]
Robert Novak, the Prince of Darkness, Wrote About Gingrich
When I write about forgiving Newt Gingrich’s sins and whether or not he has matured, it is stuff like this, not his personal life, that I am referring to: THE READER’S DIGEST profile of Speaker Gingrich that I had been working on since October appeared in the April 1995 issue under the title “Will Success [...]
The Best Books of 2011
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Hunter Baker to discuss the eventful and impactful books they read in 2011 including autobiographies of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Condeleza Rice; the growth – and subsequent persecution – [...]
Don’t Fall Into Democrats’ Payroll Tax Trap
As the original 2% payroll tax cut for employees is set to expire next month, Democrats are proposing an even bigger cut. Earlier this week, they introduced legislation (S.1917) to cut the payroll tax to 3.1 percent for employees, and for employers on the first $5 million of their payroll. The bill would also eliminate [...]
