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It’s Tax Day, Tea Party Day…

…and my birthday.  So what do I think about that?  Well, you have to get older, so… Oh, the tea party thing.  Well, I haven’t been involved, but I think it’s great, for the following reasons: (1)...

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The Specter Switch

By now you’ve read 10,000 words on this topic, but let me put my two cents in: First, it’s a disaster for Republicans.  I don’t want to hear this RINO stuff – he just gave the 60th vote to the...

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Remembering Jack Kemp

Jack Kemp was a man who was easy to like.  Of course, I never met him personally, but his public persona was optimistic and he famously argued for the need for Republicans to have a ‘big tent’...

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Congressional Hypocrisy On “Torture”

UPDATE 05/15/09: I’m taking the rare step of bumping this post back up top, as there has been a lively give and take in the comments and the Nancy Pelosi angle has thrown this story into high relief…...

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What’s Another Trillion Between Broke Friends?

What do you suppose a responsible politician would do, in the face of a struggling economy reeling under massive amounts of personal debt and a government deficit running wildly out of control and...

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Am I ALWAYS A Partisan Hack?

Of course, I’d like to think not…so let me cross my party twice here: First, it’s about time Al Franken was seated. I don’t like him, and I don’t think he’ll add anything but rancor to the Senate...

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Hiatt: Obama Inherited a Nation Headed Towards Fiscal Disaster – and Made It...

See, here’s the deal – I will probably never convince those of you on the left that my opposition to Obama’s domestic agenda is not partisan (well, okay, partly partisan, but not in the main). I really...

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Big Night for the GOP…

…at least at the statehouse level.  The big statewide offices in Virginia have been swept by the Republicans, and it’s looking probable, though not declared yet, that Christie will win in New Jersey....

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The Shape Of Things To Come?

The Massachusetts Senate race is notable for many reasons, and the lesson seems hard to ignore: Riding a wave of opposition to Democratic health-care reform, GOP upstart Scott Brown is leading in the...

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Brown Victory Now A Very Real Possibility

It is now undeniable:  Scott Brown has the momentum in the Massachusetts Senate race, and the cause is health care.  That should be horrifying news to Democrats – and if they had any sanity, they would...

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