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The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... , Mike Huckabee , the Democratic convention and Sarah Palin ; there was an insane plot to dragoon Mark Steyn into court for the crime of having an opinion; I. F. Stone turned out to be a commie spy like we'd suspected all along; Chris Dodd still hasn't released his mortgage paperwork ; and I barely survived an attempt to watch Al Gore's Live Earth concert . And so much more . . . So a hearty...
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National Review Online (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
I f you’ve been reading the papers lately you’ve probably concluded that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s political future doesn’t look good. The headlines speak for themselves: “ Poll: Reid’s re-election numbers don’t add up ”; “ Harry Reid Seen Losing 2010 Reelection, Poll Shows ”; “ Senate Leader Harry Reid faces tough re-election...
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National Review Online (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... hopes of America’s most vulnerable students. Their response should be, well, educational. -- Mark Hemingway is an NRO staff reporter.
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The legislative text of the Buacus health care bill recently passed by the Senate Finance Committee is now online . (PDF link) It's a mere 1,502 pages. By comparison, the Clinton health care bil was only 1,342 pages. Also, be sure and check out Critical Condition for more updates on the health care debate.
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Last night I linked to an account by Weekly Standard reporter John McCormack. It seems McCormack was in New York reporting on the special election there. He asked some pointed questions of the liberal Republican congressional candidate Dede Scozzafava. Incredibly, Scozzafava's campaign called the cops on him in response. Overnight, I recieved this response from Matt Burns, spokesman for the Scozzafava...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Politico : That’s true even though the motivations of the White House are clear: Fire up a liberal base disillusioned with Obama by attacking the hated Fox. Try to keep a critical news outlet off-balance. Raise doubts about future Fox stories. But most of all, get other journalists to think twice before following the network’s stories in their own coverage. "We're doing what we think...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The Weekly Standard's John McCormack is reporting on the special congressional election in New York, where the Republican candidate is so liberal that the Club for Growth has been running ads against her. At a campaign event McCormack asked a few pointed questions about her positions and then this happened : Tonight, Dede Scozzafava, the Republican candidate for the November 3 special election in...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Sen. Grassley says that Democrats could gain some Republican support if a health care bill were to address tort reform and allow consumers to purchase insurance across state lines, provided the final bill doesn't contain mandates or a public option. That's very unlikely to happen, and I don't know if those few concessions would result in a piece of legislation that isn't bad on the whole. However,...
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National Review Online (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
... for less important political goals. They just do it at 2 a.m . and hope no one notices. -- Mark Hemingway is an NRO staff reporter.
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
I was at gas station yesterday and saw the Washington Post's had a big front page story -- " In Today's Viral World, Who Keeps a Civil Tongue? " Not a bad idea for a story in theory, but given that the article was accompanied by photos of, among others, Father Coughlin* and Glenn Beck -- my immediate thought was, "What do you want to bet that story is wildly unbalanced and unfair to...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Asked about the Nobel prize by CNN's Ed Henry, Rahm Emmanuel said "It's clear Oslo beats Copenhagen any day of the week." The economy may be the worst since the Great Depression, the situation in Afghanistan rapidly deteriorating, and a pyschotic regime in Iran on the brink of acquiring nuclear weapons -- but thank goodness the administration's self-regard is holding up.
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Via Twitter, even the AP's White House reporter, Phil Elliot, can't believe some of the things that come out of Joe Biden's mouth: "I hope to God you understand this race is winnable," Biden says re Virginia governor's race. That's literally the quote.
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
While there's a lot in the Baucus bill to pick apart, for now here's the Republican Policy Committee's take on what's notable about the CBO score: Re: Preliminary Analysis of CBO Score · The total cost of the revised bill is $829 billion over 10 years (compared to $738 billion for the original mark). o The bill spends nearly $100 billion more without any noticeable improvement in coverage....
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Who are the ad wizards who thought that Levi Johnston and a bad condom joke were a good way to sell pistachios , of all things? Also, the same "Wonderful Pistachio" people have another ad laden with sexual innuendo , featuring multiple children.
