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openleft.com - 2/24/2009
David Brooks: Lobbyists Are Best Equipped to Fix the Economy
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The New York Times' David Brooks uses his column today to tell the country that K Street lobbyists are the most qualified people in America to fix the economy. I'm not making this up: I fear that in trying to do everything at once, [the Obama administration] will do nothing well. I fear that we ...
Brooks: Jindal's Do-Nothing Path "Insane" For GOP (video)
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youtube.com - 2/25/2009
Brooks: Jindal's Do-Nothing Path "Insane" For GOP (video)
— youtube.com — more at pbs.orgDavid Brooks on pbs, February 24, 2009Josh mentioned this last night. David Brooks has little... tolerance for the insanely nihilistic, to paraph... (more) Brooks: Jindal's Do-Nothing Path "Insane" For ...

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swampland.blogs.time.com - 3/3/2009
On Moderation
— swampland.blogs.time.com — David Brooks writes today as a moderate-conservative anguished by Barack Obama's budget. I've known David for almost... twenty years now. We've had many wonderful conversations, publicly and privately, over those years, and I value the quality of his ... (more) On Moderation

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thedemocraticstrategist.org - 3/3/2009
The Ultimate David Brooks Column
— thedemocraticstrategist.org — David Brooks penned a column for The New York Times today that is destined to become a... classic of its type. His editors seem to think so as well, titling his essay: "A Moderate Manifesto." Its main thrust is to... (more) The Ultimate David Brooks Column

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Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake — ... Prime time POTUS speech tonight. But...but...everyone hates the stimulus TEA PARTY! More socialism for everyone! Good news. Civil rights? You crazy?! McBobo sure loves him the Village. Glenzilla does not. He doesn't speak for me. No. This has been another...

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