latimesblogs.latimes.com - 2/7/2009
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Saturday has become quite the speechifying day.
It's the weekly time for the president's remarks and the other party's response. During the recent interregnum between election and inauguration days, we had the president's weekly speech and the president-elect's weekly speech.
This ...
politico.com - 2/6/2009
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politico.com —
A Republican source says newly-elected Republican National Committee
Chairman Michael Steele has requested the resignations of the...
entire RNC staff and signaled a dramatic turnover at the party organization. Some aides may be retained, though ...
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Resignations at the RNC
townhall.com - 2/2/2009
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townhall.com —
Michael Steele frequently reads blogs at 2 o'clock
in the morning. ... At least, that's what he...
told me a few months ago during our first (and only) blogger conference call conversation. His interest in blogs rings...
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Matt Lewis: Michael Steele and Bloggers: A Steele ...
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Fish Passage Barriers and Stimulus
Matthew Yglesias —
Let’s return to RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s efforts to destroy the economy:
Democrats in Congress want a one-trillion dollar spending bill. You’ve heard about the pork-barrel programs they want to fund… 45 million dollars for ATV trails and removal of fish passage barriers is one that caught my eye. Exactly what is a fish passage barrier and why does it cost 45 million dollars to stimulate the economy with it?
I don’t recognize the phrase off the top of my head, but common sense would indicate that you remove a fish ...
Michael Steele’s Bad Math
Matthew Yglesias —
... that are far outside the range of ordinary experience. Everyone’s very clear on the fact that 50 eggs is a lot more eggs than seven eggs. But the difference between a $50,000,000 budget item and a $7,000,000 budget item tends to get fuzzy. And it gets worse when you start using words in place of numerals. $5 billion is a lot more than $5 million—$4,995,000,000 more to be exact—but the two words sound similar and look similar on the page. Which brings us to things like this bit of rounding by Michael Steele: ...
Steele Laughs Off The Recession: ‘The Malls Are Just As Packed On Saturday’ As They Were Before
Think Progress —
... More puzzling, however, is the fact that Steele has previously tried to portray himself as taking the curent economic crisis seriously. He’s spoken often about the need to ...
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