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David Brooks: Tea partiers are narcissistic, egomaniacal, self-righteous...
Sounds like the Democrats to me. David Brooks on the Tea Party: Along the way, the movement has picked up some of the worst excesses of modern American culture: a narcissistic sense of victimization,...
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Quotes of the day
Which principles? “The establishment is in such a state of shock,” said Mr. Gingrich, a former speaker of the House whose name has emerged among possible 2012 contenders. “I am a great passionate...
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Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
Painful. Time to get your priorities in order and your facts straight, because it’s time once again to pick the Obamateurism of the Week. We don’t close these polls until the timing is right, but we...
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NFL Week 2 open thread
Look West, old man. After a rough start last week, I finished up at a respectable if less than impressive 4-3 on last week’s picks. The biggest surprise wasn’t that the Vikings lost on the road to the...
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Memo to the Right: “The Lombardi Rule” Is In Effect
The only thing. We have heard so much about the supposed Buckley Rule, which Charles Krauthammer and other Mike Castle supporters over-simplistically synthesized as follows: “Support the most...
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Video: Dean offers Dems advice on changing the subject
Yeargh. Breitbart and Naked Emperor News highlight a clip from last May, when Howard Dean lectured Austrian students on how best to avoid answering questions on the campaign trail. It’s mainly...
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Videos: Dueling Dems in CA on Porkulus
Senator Ma'am vs Gavin Newsom. Consider this a natural consequence of Gavin Newsom having a survival instinct — and of realizing that the Chip Diller approach to the Democratic defense of Porkulus...
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The Next Best Political Upset?
Pallone wants credit for Obamacare. Let's give it to him. Another Dark Horse Race to Watch: New Jersey race for Congress Another day, another dark horse race in the making. This is one of those years...
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Ballot box revolt: It’s the power the people have to use
Voting -- and thinking -- for ourselves. I’ll issue one more caveat about liking the heck out of Karl Rove. I think his expertise is not as applicable as it has sometimes been to the predicament...
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Quotes of the day
Agendas. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton told CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday that one thing bothering him about the Tea Party movement is that he can’t figure out where they stand on issues. “Do they...
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Obamateurism of the Day
Creative. If a President wants to quote from the Declaration of Independence in order to make a point about diversity and liberty, it’s probably a good idea to write the actual language from the...
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Minnesota: Not As Rich As They Thought
Can't Mark do math? Mark Dayton, former Senator and scion of the Dayton’s department store fortune, is running for governor in Minnesota. For months, he attacked his GOP-endorsed opponent, the...
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Clinton to Dems: Hey, my bad on that ObamaCare advice
Bad advice. Over a year ago, Bill Clinton offered Democrats at the Netroots Nation a Nancy Pelosi take on their political prospects by advising them to pass ObamaCare and see all the popularity that...
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NYT shocked, shocked to see Wall Street declining
Wreckovery summer. For some, this will look more like a feature than a bug. For those who know that Wall Street firms provide key capital for economic expansion, however, the massive slowdown in...
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GOP takes lead in WI governor race, unions hardest hit; Update: PPP poll...
Unions conspiring with Dems, media for attack ad campaign? Russ Feingold isn’t the only Democrat in Wisconsin with big problems. The latest Rasmussen poll shows Republican Scott Walker taking an...
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A little pay-for-play in Harry Reid’s earmarks?
Plus, the pork-barrel/endorsement complex in Bob Etheridge's campaign. At Liberty Central, Melissa Clouthier finds some highly coincidental spending requests in Harry Reid’s earmark requests for...
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Report: Sink sunk Florida and shirked responsibility for it
Along with Crist and McCollum. Democrats thought they dodged a bullet when billionaire and real-estate speculator Jeff Green flamed out in the Florida Senate primary, as they worried about being able...
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Rasmussen: Voters feel closer to Palin than Obama, 52/40
Trump card. And it’s not even particularly close. In a revealing portrait of likely voters in this midterm cycle, a majority of respondents to Rasmussen’s survey say that Sarah Palin more closely...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Kevin McCullough, Pat Toomey; Update: Toomey up by 9
3 pm ET! Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Kevin McCullough joins us again to discuss the intersection of faith and politics. Kevin and I will talk about the outcome in Delaware and the...
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Video: Recession over?
Recovery Summer was actually ... 2009. Maybe Joe Biden just got his calendar wrong. The National Bureau of Economic Research has declared that the “Great Recession” ended in June 2009 after an...
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