Robert Bluey

The Murtha Bash: Pork Crash – Ed Frank, Americans for Prosperity
I’m happy to report that last night’s “Murtha Bash – Pork Crash” was a resounding success.
(tags: pork earmarks murtha democrats congress)

The False and the Absurd – Quin Hillyer, American Spectator
As if the liberal establishment media isn’t already embarrassed enough by the bizarrely thin New York Times hatchet job against John McCain, now 60 Minutes comes along.
(tags: karl_rove media)

Election Priorities: Latinos vs. Blacks – Matt Sanchez, Human Events
The multi-ethnic American unity that resulted from the “melting [...]

The Real McCain – David Brooks, New York Times
You wouldn’t know it to look at them, but political consultants are as faddish as anyone else.
(tags: mccain 2008)

Speaker Pelosi, Speaker O’Neill and the Censoring of Dissent – Newt Gingrich, Human Events
Speaker Pelosi and the House Democratic leadership must be feeling the heat.
(tags: pelosi pork earmarks congress)

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Obama’s Finance Ploy – Editorial, Wall Street Journal
Barack Obama is promising to end partisanship in Washington, and here’s a place to start: He could stop playing politics with the Federal Election Commission in a way that could hamper John McCain’s campaign against, well, Mr. Obama.
(tags: obama 2008)

Obama targets NAFTA but says supports free trade – [...]

Risky strategy that doomed Reagan in ‘76 could boost Democrats – Matt Negrin, Boston Globe
As the 1976 Republican National Convention approached, Ronald Reagan’s campaign was facing almost certain demise.
(tags: hillary_clinton obama 2008 reagan)

Two Winnable Wars – Anthony H. Cordesman, Washington Post
No one can return from the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, as I recently did, [...]