With Kagan Vote, Graham Ensures Primary Challenge

July 20, 2010

“Graham’s apostasy on Kagan comes after other high profile breaks with conservatives in his state (and nationally) over climate change and immigration reform and will likely make him a central target of those tea party Republicans who helped oust Utah Sen. Bob Bennett in his bid for renomination earlier this year.” But not til 2014.

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Lessons From Journolist: Why Ross Douthat is Useful

July 20, 2010

[tweetmeme] The Daily Caller offers another round of Journolist archival material on Jeremiah Wright, revealing the degree to which self-styled journalists think of themselves as activists whenever their ideological framework is challenged by actual news. The content wouldn’t surprise if the list merely featured writers for the Huffington Post, American Prospect, Salon etc. — but […]

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The Berwick Renomination: Just a Formality

July 20, 2010

[tweetmeme] Allahpundit and others have reacted with surprise to this Senateus post quoting a Roll Call story (subscription only) about President Obama resubmitting Donald Berwick’s name to the Senate. Allahpundit asks, understandably: why in the world the White House would resubmit Berwick’s name to the Senate after already enduring the political hit for recess appointing […]

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Why Obama Loses by Winning

July 15, 2010

“Obama and his West Wing turn out to be not especially good at politics, or communications — in other words, largely ineffective at the very things on which their campaign reputation was built. And the promises he made in two years of campaigning turn out to be much less appealing as actual policies.”

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Why Are Companies Hoarding Cash? The Chamber Blames the White House

July 15, 2010

The Chamber of Commerce “held a jobs summit Wednesday and accused the Obama administration of dumping onerous regulations on businesses. That has created an environment of ‘uncertainty,’ which is causing firms to hold back on hiring as the unemployment rate has hovered near 10 percent, the Chamber said.”

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Robert Gates and His Enemies

July 14, 2010

Babbin cannot deny that soldiers on the ground genuinely like, trust, and respect Robert Gates. I happen to think it’s them he cares about the most. And that fact, not Washington whispering or the Cold War era water carriers, will determine the timing of his departure — a time of his own choosing.

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Al Gore is Merely Pining for the Fjords

July 13, 2010

[tweetmeme] A minor point about the exaggerated political demise of Al Gore, inspired by two very different sources — first, echoing what’s become a dominant meme over the past few months, the always hilarious Walter Russell Mead: Here in the US, Al Gore has unaccountably disappeared from the leadership of the climate change movement; John […]

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The Che Guevara of American Health Care

July 13, 2010

[tweetmeme] On this week’s Health Care News podcast, Avik Roy, one of the most insightful writers about health care policy today, took the time to discuss with me the White House’s decision to bypass the nomination process of the U.S. Senate to recess appoint Donald Berwick as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid […]

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Optimism, America, and the Welfare State

July 13, 2010

Destroying leviathan will take time and effort. The welfare state will not die quietly. But if there is a positive outcome to the current downturn, it’s that it has given those Americans who still desire success new levels of clarity in viewing what stands in the way of a prosperous future for themselves and their family. And that is, unquestionably, a good thing.

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BP Attaches New Sealing Cap to Leaking Well

July 13, 2010

BP takes one more run at it, but won’t know if it worked for at least 48 hours. “Concerns have been raised that the well could be even more damaged than previously known and that another uncontrolled leak could occur at any time. The sealing-cap system hasn’t been used before at these depths or conditions.”

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