Month: January 2014

Go Ahead and Nominate Huckabee

On Monday, Bill Kristol said that Mike Huckabee would beat Chris Christie in a race for the Republican nomination, and I don’t really doubt that that is true. But that’s not a good thing for the Republican Party. At...

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Casual Observation

From what I understand, Erick Erickson actually believes that Hell is a real place and that it isn’t located in Michigan. It’s hot and unpleasant and eternal. He better hope he’s wrong about that.

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Good Luck With That

First Read really doesn’t get it. Obviously, the Republican leadership in Congress does not want to have another fight over the debt ceiling. Yet, to a man, they all argue that they will not raise the debt ceiling unless...

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Dems Mobilizing Behind Populist Message

I see signs that the Democrats are getting organized and coalescing around a populist economic message. Sen. Chuck Schumer is taking a time-out from undermining the administration’s Iran policy to give a speech at the...

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People Got What They Deserved

Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell began his higher education in an admirable way. He received a B.B.A. in management from Notre Dame University and an M.B.A. from Boston University. In between he worked in the Army....

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