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Ruffini: Kristol, Brooks, and Will Not Conservative Enough (flag)
yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Right-wing rising star Patrick Ruffini Twitters : How representative are Will, Kristol, and Brooks of conservative media? This strikes me as somewhat reminiscent of Erick Erickson’s planned “Operation Leper” targeted at right-wingers insufficiently wingnutty to recognize ...

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Face time with Obama
Political Animal — ... with leading conservative columnists/pundits, the conventional wisdom was that liberal bloggers would throw a fit. Not only did that not happen, but it seems conservative bloggers are the ones who are upset today. Patrick Ruffini, for example, doesn't believe Will, Bill Kristol, and David Brooks are " representative " of "conservative media." Power Line, while giving Obama credit for the outreach, also noted that some of the guests shouldn't necessarily count ...

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