With all the chatter coming from Capitol Hill about the economic stimulus, it’s nice to see one member of Congress use his imagination to communicate with his constituents. Rep. Eric Cantor, the House GOP’s chief deputy whip, released a documentary-like video discussing job growth. It features interviews with Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute on [...]

Conservatives are angry; blame Dems for econ problems - Martin Kady II, Politico
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) thinks poor people shouldn’t get the tax rebate because they don’t pay income taxes in the first place.
(tags: economy taxes democrats congress)

Support for voter ID - Editorial, Washington Times
Democrats often claim that voter identification laws, including the Indiana statute [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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Michael Dukakis in Tank, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

Ben Shapiro’s new book, “Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House,” hits stores today. It looks like a great read at [...]

Generation Next moves beyond abortions - Daniel Allott, Washington Times
With little media fanfare, Hollywood is creating a new genre of films marketed to the prolific ticket buyers who make up its target demographic, teens and young adults.
(tags: abortion politics media)

Keystone state may be vital to candidates - Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Pennsylvania’s April 22 presidential primary, [...]

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2007 Chevrolet Volt Concept, originally uploaded by GM-Volt.

Last week during my interview with Rep. Mike Rogers about the Michigan Republican primary, we talked at length about his state’s economic problems. The recent national economic slowdown [...]

A Conservative Answer to MoveOn - Paul Kane & Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post
Freedom’s Watch has loudly announced that there will be no limits to what it might do.
(tags: republicans iraq immigration politics elections 2008)

What kind of stimulus package? - Editorial, Washington Times
As the U.S. economy has reeled from one setback after another during recent weeks, [...]