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thenextright.com - 1/16/2009

George W. Bush's Legacy

— thenextright.com — As a blog titled The Next Right, we have not featured much discussion of George W. Bush.... With tonight being the last night President Bush was able to command the nation's attention, it is worth trying to put a few words in on the conclusion of this ... (more) George W. Bush's Legacy

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George W. Bush

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debatableland.com - 1/9/2009

The Limits of Reaganism

— debatableland.com — At a recent debate, every single one of the candidates hoping to be the nest chairman of... the Republican National Committee named Ronald Reagan as their favourite Republican president. In one sense this is hardly surprising, given the extent to which ... (more) The Limits of Reaganism

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lynch.foreignpolicy.com - 1/18/2009

Bush's finest moment on Iraq: SOFA, not the surge

— lynch.foreignpolicy.com — Peter Beinart today bravely repeats the emerging would-be conventional wisdom . Rather than simply denounce everything Republican,... he argues, Democrats should admit that the "surge" worked and -- uniquely echoing a thousand recent ... (more) Bush's finest moment on Iraq: SOFA, not the surge

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Searching for Stimulus Opponents
Matthew Yglesias — The House GOP’s efforts to publicly solicit the names of economists opposed to the idea of an economic stimulus package is an interesting gambit. On the one hand, it reveals how crass and political John Boehner really is—he picked his policy position first, and then started looking for experts to back him second. Beyond that, it reveals how shallow the depth of opposition really is. Brad DeLong observes that “no current or former member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers–Democrat or Republican, living or dead, sane or insane–has signed up for the Republican House caucus’s list of economists ...

Credible economists can still apply
Political Animal — ... , Boehner "picked his policy position first, and then started looking for experts to back him second." And how's the initiative going so far? Brad DeLong took a closer look at some economists who chose not to endorse the House Republican caucus' opposition to a stimulus plan. In fact, no current or former member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers -- Democrat or Republican, living or dead, sane or insane -- has signed up for the Republican House caucus's list of economists opposed to the stimulus package. None. Zero. Nada. Sifr. Efes. Wala sero. Kosong sifar. ...

I was too late to be insulted
SCSUScholars — ... Unfortunately, he seems to have gone bonkers with this post, referring to people who disagree with the Obama stimulus package by way of responding to a request for comment by GOP House leader John Boehner as "ethics-free Republican hacks." I'm not sure what disappoints me more: that he called us that, or that he didn't even bother to list me among the people whose quotes he displayed. Yoohoo! Brad! ...