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To be a conservative in the age of Obama is to be thinking, deeply, about the movement’s future. >
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Newt goes off-message
Political Animal —
NEWT GOES OFF-MESSAGE.... Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich received a hero's welcome at the Conservative Political Action Conference in D.C. yesterday, and proceeded to blast " the Bush-Obama big spending program ." It's a phrase Gingrich is clearly very fond of. Indeed, the ethically-challenged former Speaker seems really intent on connecting President Obama's economic policies to George W. Bush's. Two weeks ago, Gingrich had an op-ed in the Washington Times in which ...
The Saturday Word: A Way Out
The Caucus —
... in a speech on Friday. And Republicans are trying to find their way out of the wilderness. The Times’s Sheryl Gay Stolberg was at the conservatives’ campfire meeting in Washington this week: Conservatives here agreed that redefinition would come with new leaders, and new messengers. Yet the search for new leadership occurs as the movement is undergoing a generational shift, a point that was underscored Friday by the announcement that the prominent Christian conservative James C. Dobson, 72, was stepping down as chairman of Focus on the Family. Many here said ...
The dreaded 'Bush-Obama' economic agenda
Political Animal —
... of financial regulations hits. "The financial crisis of 2008 had its roots primarily in ill-conceived government policies," reads the memo. It was prepared by Republican staffers to advise GOP members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on how to handle a recent hearing on the government's role in Bank of America's purchase of Merrill Lynch. If complaints about "Bush-Obama" economic policies sounds at all familiar, there's a good reason. Starting in February, Newt Gingrich started complaining bitterly about "Bush-Obama" economic ideas. ...
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Some Didn't Get The Memo
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 1/14/2009 — Pissed that Obama sat down with several conservatives last night? Paul Hinderaker demurs:
Brooks arguably is no longer a conservative, and may well have voted
for Obama, while Will has bashed President Bush and John McCain for
years. Heh.
Obama: My budget represents change —
CNN Political Ticker 2/28/2009
Barack Obama presented his budget summary on Thursday.
(CNN) – President Obama said the budget he presented to Congress this week represents “the change the American people voted for in November.”
In his weekly address on Saturday, Obama ...
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