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30, Jun 2008

Very Retiring Republicans – Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
Democrats John Conyers, John Dingell, and Charles Rangel were in the wilderness from 1994 to 2006, the years of Republican rule of the House of Representatives. They endured the shame of being in the minority.
(tags: congress republicans)

PG’s Male Athlete of 2007-08: Terrelle Pryor – Mike White, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Maybe [...]

The Week in Blog: Obama vs. the Netroots

29, Jun 2008

My colleague Conn Carroll was away at the beach last week for a much deserved semi-vacation. (I say that because he still managed to work each day, producing the Morning Bell and other posts for The Foundry.) However, it gave my friend Bill Beutler of New Media Strategies and Blog P.I. another opportunity to show [...]

Why Does It Rain Every Time I Go to a Nats Game?

29, Jun 2008

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Markakis, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

For the second straight week and for at least the fourth time this season, I got rained on at Nationals Park last night. And let me tell you, it came [...]

links for 2008-06-28

28, Jun 2008

Barack Zelig – Peter Wehner, Commentary
Charles Krauthammer has a typically insightful column on “the ever-malleable Mr. Obama.” The earth’s landscape is now littered with former Obama commitments and his embrace of the conservative court’s views on the child rape and second amendment c
(tags: obama 2008 conservatism)

Housing bill provision rattles privacy groups – Linda Rosencrance, IDG [...]

links for 2008-06-27

27, Jun 2008

Obama: Change agent goes conventional – Kenneth P. Vogel, Politico
Barack Obama has crafted an image as an unconventional candidate, a change agent and a post-partisan politician who represents a dramatic break from the status quo.
(tags: obama 2008)

Dumb Laws – Andrew Roth, Club For Growth
We’re launching a new blog series today that is plainly, but appropriately, [...]

A Motivational Speech for Bloggers

26, Jun 2008

Courtesy of Izzy Santa of the Sam Adams Alliance.

Moving Forward at the Baseball Hall of Fame

26, Jun 2008

A couple of days ago after reading an excellent Tom Verducci column about the Baseball Hall of Fame Game, I didn’t hold back my displeasure with President Jeff Idelson for comments he made about the game’s cancellation. My criticism centered on Idelson’s apparent unwillingness to fight Major League Baseball and the players’ union on their [...]

links for 2008-06-26

26, Jun 2008

Proliferation of New Media, Not Obama and McCain Campaigns, Is Engaging Young Internet Voters
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide (WE) today released groundbreaking research on how young Internet voters (those 18 to 25 years old) are using digital communications to gather information on the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
(tags: internet politics technology)

Fighting Al Qaeda With YouTube – Daniel Kimmage, [...]

Best Campaign Ad of 2008

25, Jun 2008

Kudos to conservative Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) for this wonderful campaign ad.

links for 2008-06-25

25, Jun 2008

N.Y. Senate Majority Leader Bruno to Retire – Reid Wilson, RealClearPolitics
Joseph Bruno is not a household name anywhere outside political circles in New York, but the Senate Majority Leader, seemingly the last barrier standing in the way of total Democratic control, has been a major factor for more than three decades.
(tags: new_york republicans)

‘Deficit hawks’ revive [...]


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