“No One [Except the Radical Left] Wants To Squander Those Gains”

Here’s another look into the struggle between President Obama on one side and General Petreaus and Defense Secretary Robert Gates on the other on whether or not to remove U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months. General Jack Keane said recently on NewsHour (see video below) that “no one wants to squander those gains [we [...]

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Gingrich: invest in shares of ramen noodles, Dollar Store

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said today that the U.S. economic downturn is much worse than political leaders admit and predicted the recovery will take three to five years.
The financial meltdown points to “a much more profound problem than people think” as American industries and education have lost ground to China and India, [...]

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Dirk Who?

The field of possible GOP candidates for president in 2012 is getting so crowded (Wikipedia now lists 22 names) that name recognition starts becoming a problem. One of the names with which you might not be familiar is Former Secretary of Interior, former Governor and former Senator Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho.
My five minutes of research [...]

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Newt Is Not A Fascist (Or, Let’s Protect Ourselves, Not Our Enemies)

Newt Gingrich did not, as the title of this article suggests, attack Obama for caring too much about civil liberties.  Here’s what Gingrich said:
“I think people have a good reason to be worried about the overall tenor of the way they’re trying to move back to ‘civil liberties matter more than protecting America.’”
What [...]

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The Palin bus rolls on and on! On and on! On and on!

Calgon, take me away:
Asked if her new political action committee was an early signal that she is running for president in 2012, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin replied: “No, not at all, not at all, no. It’s helpful to have a PAC so that when I’m invited to things even like to speak at the Lincoln [...]

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Paul on the package.

Money quote:
There is a lot of stimulus and growth in this bill – that is, of government. Nothing in this bill stimulates the freedom and prosperity of the American people. Politician-directed spending is never as successful as market-driven investment. Instead of passing this bill, Congress should get out of the way by cutting taxes, cutting [...]

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Cornyn the Capitulator

Michelle Malkin is calling Senator John Cornyn and four other Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee who voted in favor of sending Timothy Geithner’s nomination to the full floor for a vote the B.O. Republicans (B.O. stands for either “Barack Obama” or “Bend Over”, take your pick).
He followed that up by voting, along with just [...]

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How To Run For President In 2012: Rule #2

As Fred points out in this post, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (a conservative Republican) is vying to supplant Kaleefornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (a less-conservative Republican) as the nation’s symbolic green governor. I don’t see it as triangulation. I see it as an essential component for both winning the Republican nomination and taking on Barry “Killing [...]

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Palin triangulates

Or is this satire? Mind you, this comes from the not-unconservative GOP governor of Alaska:
Last week, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called a news conference to announce “a future where, ideally, 50% of Alaska’s electricity is generated from renewable resources by 2025.”
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Palin’s 50% goal one-ups California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who touts himself as the nation’s [...]

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Cantor to Democrats: “Sacrifice? You first.”

Wednesday, a group of House Republicans will argue that Obama’s Hill colleagues haven’t embraced his vision of shared sacrifice, arguing that Democratic leaders cut the GOP out of negotiations over the new administration’s first big bill.
Some members of the group, organized by Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia and Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, the [...]

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