Archive for January 23rd, 2008

The Vice President Visits My Office

23, Jan 2008

The Heritage Foundation hosted Vice President Cheney today for a speech on FISA, the intelligence-gathering law that awaits congressional action before Feb. 1. The speech itself got mixed reviews, but topic couldn’t be more important to the debate on the war on terror. With Democrats threatening to delay action, Cheney sought to put pressure on [...]

Surviving Success in Washington and Beyond

23, Jan 2008

Seduced by Success

Originally uploaded by Rob Bluey

I had the good fortune of eating dinner with Bob Herbold last night. The former COO of Microsoft and senior VP for marketing at Procter & Gamble was in town for Heritage’s all-staff meeting, where he delivered a lunchtime [...]

Upstate New York Is Feeling Blue

23, Jan 2008

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Congressional District 25 – New York, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

Three congressional districts in Upstate New York switched from red to blue in 2006. You can add another to the list for 2008.
Rep. Jim Walsh [...]

links for 2008-01-23

23, Jan 2008

Abandon Mideast peace push – John Bolton, New York Daily News
President Bush’s just-concluded Middle East trip has sparked hope in several key areas, particularly confronting Iran’s bad behavior and making progress in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
(tags: bush middle_east)

Tax cuts are the best stimulus – Editorial, Washington Examiner
If somebody grabbed your wallet and then handed you back [...]