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links for 2008-02-11

• Why Republicans Are So Darn Happy - Eric Weiner, Washington Post

  After virtually ignoring happiness for more than 100 years, social scientists are making up for lost time.

  (tags: republicans politics)

• The Road to a GOP Minority - George F. Will, Washington Post

  Coconut Road near Fort Myers looks like any other concrete ribbon near housing developments, golf courses and shopping malls in this state’s booming southwest.

  (tags: republicans earmarks pork congress spending)

• The 3.6 Percent Republicans - John J. Dilulio Jr., Weekly Standard

  Most leading conservative writers, radio hosts, and activists would probably concur that their liberal counterparts have never really connected with average Americans.

  (tags: republicans mccain 2008)

• Republicans Root for Obama - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard

  Republicans and Barack Obama are far apart ideologically, but they have a common enemy: Hillary Clinton.

  (tags: republicans obama 2008)

• Pros and Cons of Facebook activism - Ethan Zuckerman, My heart’s in Accra

  Imran Jamal is at the Berkman meeting in Istanbul as the “unofficial UK representative” of the Burma Global Action Network, a group that advocates for the monks and citizens who protested the Burmese junta during the “Saffron Revoluion”.

  (tags: facebook web2.0)