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Liberals Don’t Have a Monopoly on the Blogosphere

30, Jan 2007

The liberal media establishment is lavishing praise on Democrats for their embrace of bloggers and new-media tools. Within the past 24 hours, both the Associated Press and Los Angeles Times have written glowing reports about the wonderful things liberals are doing.
Conservatives, it seems, need to do a better job of getting the word out.
The AP’s [...]

John McCain Blows Off House Conservatives

30, Jan 2007

House conservatives will gather in Baltimore later this week to plot their course and hear from speakers ranging from Newt Gingrich to Mitt Romney. But one likely 2008 candidate, Sen. John McCain, has decided to skip the gathering.
McCain was invited to attend the annual House conservative retreat, sponsored by the Heritage Foundation, but he didn’t [...]

Mike Huckabee Won’t Rule Out Raising Taxes

28, Jan 2007

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee today announced he will file papers to create a presidential exploratory committee, declaring he is “an authentic conservative who has a proven record of results.” However, even before Huckabee kicks off his presidential bid, he’s already facing criticism for his record on taxes.
Minutes after announcing his plans on NBC’s “Meet [...]

Harry Reid Gets Schooled by Bloggers

18, Jan 2007

I have an article in the Washington Examiner today about last week’s earmark fight that turned bloggers against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) for his refusal to accept strong anti-earmark language.
The point I make is this: With a couple seasoned bloggers now working in Senate offices — Jon Henke in Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s [...]

Reid Again Stands in the Way of Reform

17, Jan 2007

After last week’s embarrassing defeat on the Senate floor, I figured Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) would’ve learned something valuable about earmark reform. Apparently not.
The Senate is embroiled in another fight this afternoon on the issue — this time involving an amendment offered by Sen. Judd Gregg (R.-N.H.). Gregg wants the Senate to have an [...]

Democrats Are About to Raise Your Taxes

16, Jan 2007

The U.S. House hasn’t voted to raise taxes for 13 years, but that streak is about to come to an end — less than three weeks after Democrats took control of Congress.
Dan Clifton of the American Shareholders Association reports that Democrats will bring an end to the “golden era” of taxpayer-friendly policies this Thursday.
It took [...]

President Bush’s Other Legacy

16, Jan 2007

Earlier today, the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives kicked off the first in a series of Compassion in Action Roundtables that will be held over the next year.
Today’s session, which drew more than 100 people to the White House, dealt with youth violence. The two-hour program featured about a dozen speakers, including [...]

Say It Ain’t So: Hill Tops Romney in Poll

16, Jan 2007

Rasmussen Reports has news Mitt Romney’s campaign doesn’t want to hear: Both Sen. Hillary Clinton and former VP Al Gore would defeat Romney in a head-to-head race in 2008.
To make matters worse for Romney, Sen. John McCain and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani would win in a head-to-head race against Hillary or Gore.

Bill Belichick, New England Patriots Have No Class

15, Jan 2007

Dean Barnett is dead wrong about his beloved New England Patriots. His team may have won yesterday, but they once again did so without any class.
A week after Barnett’s “greatest coach of the modern era” Bill Belichick bowled over photographers after a win against the New York Jets, Patriots players took the cake for their [...]

Romney Campaign Removes Hit Piece

15, Jan 2007

Mitt Romney’s campaign must have taken my criticism to heart. After calling the campaign “un-presidential” for its attack on conservative “gadfly” Brian Camenker last week, the Romney folks have removed the hit piece from the campaign website.
While I suppose this is an acknowledgement that the campaign erred by going after Camenker, it’s regrettable the whole [...]


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