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Graham: GOP offered “capitulation … of dramatic proportions” in lame duck...
Or was it? Lindsey Graham … partisan tough guy? Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) lashed out at fellow Republicans Tuesday for a “capitulation … of dramatic proportions” to Democrats and Senate Majority...
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Mortgage applications fall again to year-long low
Moribund. Don’t look for any help to the economy from the housing markets. Demand for mortgages hit a year-long low last week, dropping 18.6%, pushing the four-week moving average to almost -10%. The...
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Time to abolish the FCC?
Archaic. So argues David Harsanyi today in his column (which is also at Reason), and Harsanyi gets a big boost from John Fund at the Wall Street Journal. We’ll start with Fund’s analysis of the...
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Ratification: Senate passes START, 71-26
Nuclear. So excited is The One by his big win that he’s called a presser at 4:15, presumably to spike the ball after a week filled with lame-duck legislative touchdowns. Maybe it’s a good thing that...
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Video: Shep Smith on passage of 9/11 health care bill
Aw. Two clips via Mediaite of him breaking the good news. I didn’t see his show today so I’ll leave it to commenters to fill me in, but did he happen to opine on whether he thinks the terms of the new...
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Rhetorical wars on Iran don’t solve anything
Just words? Our host, Ed Morrissey, has posted a rather puzzling endorsement of a USA Today op-ed by Sarah Palin on the subject of Iran. While each contain a number of glowing generalizations and hope...
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Obama: My view of gay marriage is still “evolving” or something
Nuance. The lowlight from this afternoon’s presser, which brought the expected hosannas to bipartisanship and boo-hooing over the failure of the DREAM Act. To clue you in on what he means by...
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Pelosi now seeking advice on liberal “branding” from … Steven Spielberg?
What could go wrong? If you’re thinking “that makes no sense,” remember that this is the same woman who calls our widely reviled new health-care bill her greatest achievement. “Branding” lesson number...
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Newest supporter of marijuana legalization: Pat Robertson?
"It's costing us a fortune and it's ruining young people." A remarkable catch by lefty site Raw Story. “It got to be a big deal in campaigns: ‘He’s tough on crime,’ and ‘lock ‘em up!’” the Christian...
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Barney Frank: Let’s calm down about straight and gay troops showering together
"What do you think happens in gyms all over America?" A fun exchange via CNS News. Like Frank, I don’t quite get the worry here. For one thing, as DADT supporters often point out, there are already...
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Bad news from freed detainee: The Jews used witchcraft on me at Gitmo
Bombshell. Tom Joscelyn has some brief biographical details on this guy in case you’re curious to know how he landed in U.S. military custody. He’s actually the less interesting of the two men onscreen...
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Alaska Supreme Court denies Miller appeal
Toast. The long fight over the Senate race in Alaska is over, at least as far as the state courts are concerned. The state Supreme Court told Joe Miller that it would not overturn the results of the...
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Video: The Grinch that stole …
A Tea Party Christmas. We’re just a couple of days from Christmas, so this is the time to watch all of the old classic Christmas specials we loved as children. There’s A Charlie Brown Christmas, where...
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Durable goods orders drop 1.3% in November, consumer spending up 0.4%
Mixed. Three economic indicators out today show more stagnation and uncertainty about the direction of the national economy. Consumer spending rose in November by 0.4%, not as good as October’s 0.7%,...
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Obama’s Gitmo-closing project “in shambles”
Wages of failure. Looks like Congress got its bipartisan word on Gitmo after all. Among the bills passed during Wednesday’s rush to close the 111th Session was the 2011 Defense Authorization Act, the...
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The Filibuster Briar Patch
Double dog dare ya'. I can still remember quite well the period in 2004 which spurred the feeling of deja vu that hit me this week. Republicans not only held the White House, but majorities in both...
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Most GOP 2012 hopefuls taking a pass on Hispanic Leadership Conference?
One exception so far. Does the 2012 primary campaign really start in January 2011? Perhaps not. Most of the presumed contenders for the Republican presidential nomination have apparently decided to...
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Obama: My singular focus from now on will be economic growth
Encore. Wasn’t the economy supposedly Barack Obama’s singular focus before now? Fox News asks the question after Obama’s presser yesterday, especially the notion that we need to “pivot” to job growth....
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TEMS: Guest hosting on the Hugh Hewitt show!
6-9 ET on the Salem Radio Network! Tonight, we’ll conduct a friendly takeover of the Hugh Hewitt Show on the Salem Radio network from 6-9 ET, live from AM 1280 The Patriot studios. Duane...
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Chicago elections board says Rahm a Windy City resident
"National service"? What a relief! The city where the dead vote now says a man who lived in Washington was actually living in Chicago, at least in his heart. The city’s Board of Election...
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