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links for 2008-05-01

• Cliffhanger: Wright and political wrongs - Peter Wehner, National Review Online

  The extraordinary public feud between Senator Barack Obama and the Reverend Jeremiah Wright Jr. would be an enormous threat to any candidate running for president, but it is particularly dangerous to Obama.

  (tags: obama 2008)

• Congress’ ethanol affair is cooling - Stephen Dinan, Washington Times

  Members of Congress say they overreached by pushing ethanol on consumers and will move to roll back federal supports for it — the latest sure signal that Congress’ appetite for corn-based ethanol has collapsed as food and gas prices have shot up.

  (tags: congress ethanol energy)

• Congress must restore culture of oversight - Sen. Tom Coburn, Washington Examiner

  For more than a decade, conventional wisdom in Washington has said that government spending can’t be reduced in any meaningful way. Congress’ reactions to our lagging economy have once again shown how quick fixes and the short-term politics of crisis rule

  (tags: congress spending earmarks)

• Patient-Centered Health Care Needed to Fix Broken System - Rep. Tim Walberg, Human Events

  For years, Americans have looked to Congress for answers about the way health care is delivered in our country.

  (tags: health_care congress)