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Tea party power: Boehner to include freshman on House Republican leadership team
Hmmm. Smart move for him. Is it smart for the frosh? In a nod to the strength of their newest constituency, House Republican leaders will grant incoming freshmen more say in the party’s direction than...
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Quotes of the day
Decisions. “The Secret Service wanted to get me to Air Force One, and fast. As the motorcade charged down Florida Route 41, I called Condi from the secure phone in the limo. She told me there had been...
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Obamateurism of the Day
No shout-outs. A year ago, Barack Obama responded to the Fort Hood shooting by giving shout-outs to his friends before actually getting to the topic in his speech addressing the attack that killed 14...
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Obamateurism of the Day
How dare you quote me accurately? In an earlier OOTD, Barack Obama made an explicit call for Latinos to vote against Republicans as a means to “punish our enemies,” putting Obama in the same rhetorical...
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Palin: Do newspaper reporters read their own newspapers?
Delicious. Does the press ever tire of underestimating Sarah Palin? The latest to assume that Palin doesn’t research her topics is — surprisingly — the venerable Wall Street Journal, and on the...
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MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan, Ted Rall call for violent revolution?
Ethics. Yesterday, I was traveling to Washington DC, where I’ll speak at the Heritage Foundation about the impact and future of the Tea Party movement this morning. While waiting for my flight, a woman...
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Will GOP takeover in House mean an end to Gitmo closing?
Not that it was moving with alacrity anyway. On his first day in office, flush with as much political power as any President on his election since Bill Clinton, Barack Obama proclaimed closing the...
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Live: What comes next for the Tea Party?
Join us at 11 am ET! The Heritage Foundation hosts its Bloggers Briefing today on the future of the Tea Party after its midterm election successes. Will the movement survive and grow, and what form...
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Card Check checkmated in midterms?
Vox populi. Conservatives have warned that Democrats may use the lame-duck session that starts later this month to push through some remaining portions of the hard-left agenda that cost them their...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Guy Benson live from Heritage Foundation!
Dressing more conservatively today at 2 pm ET! The Ed Morrissey Show will start at a special time of 2 pm ET today, and broadcast from a very special place: The Heritage Foundation. We’ll get...
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Did Obama get a post-midterm bounce?
The Slurpee Bounce. Before the midterms, the White House insisted that they wouldn’t need any course corrections regardless of the outcome. By the end of last week, Barack Obama had begun openly...
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Wonderful: Military not sure yet who fired “big missile” off California...
What could go wrong? I’m at a loss. Three obvious possibilities: (1) It’s one of ours but is being officially denied because it’s part of some secret operation. If that’s true, though, why launch it so...
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Congressional Black Caucus: Yes, Allen West and Tim Scott are welcome to join
Inclusion. They can join. But should they? In an e-mail to The Daily Caller this morning, CBC Chairwoman Barbara Lee, California Democrat, wrote that both of the recently elected African-American...
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Showdown: McConnell quietly campaigning against DeMint’s earmark ban
Choices. I’m surprised. The usual argument against anti-earmark measures is that they’re essentially meaningless, which is true: Earmarks are a tiny percentage of the annual federal budget, a...
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DOJ report: Chris Christie repeatedly exceeded limits on travel expenses as...
Spendthrift. Fun dirt for his enemies to toss at him, meaningless ancient history to his fans. The public doesn’t much care about spending “scandals,” I think, unless they’re really egregious;...
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Romney tops Hotline’s inaugural list of GOP 2012 contenders
Oh my. Alternate headline: “Blogger panders shamelessly for 800-comment thread.” Seriously, Haley Barbour ahead of both Huckabee and Palin? C’mon. 1. MITT ROMNEY The GOP has a history of nominating the...
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NORAD: Er, we’re still not sure what the mystery missile is; Update: Looks...
Great. The good news: They don’t think it came from a foreign military. The bad news: That’s … about all they can tell us. I just asked on Twitter whether it’s normal for U.S. air defense specialists...
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NRSC hitting Manchin hard over ties to Reid
After the lovin'. Did you think that the campaign was over? Silly voters! Just a far after rumors began floating that the GOP would attempt to woo newly-elected Senator Joe Manchin to switch parties,...
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New Pelosi op-ed: I’m now ready to listen to Republican ideas
Productivity. In which Madam Speaker informs an electorate that just handed her the worst midterm beating in decades that the 111th Congress was actually pretty darned amazing. Among its amazing feats:...
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First absentees counted in Alaska: Joe Miller gains 900 votes
Hmmmm. A spark of hope, but not much more than a spark right now, alas: The Division of Elections has put out a big statewide update, which includes the districts reported already as well as new ones...
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