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The $639 Million Loophole
We're fresh off the most expensive election cycle in history, in which the winning candidate raised record amounts of money while opting out of the campaign finance limits. With victory in hand, Barack Obama's allies now want to return to the alleged virtues of public money. If there was ever a ...
The Way to Five Million Activists
thenextright.com — A question I often get with Rebuild the Party is how we intend to get from Point A to Point B. That we have admirable and oftentimes lofty goals, and what we need is a roadmap for accomplishing them. Let me give a great example of how the bit about ... (more) The Way to Five Million Activists
The Next RNC Chair: Captain Of The GOP Titanic?
The Next RNC Chair: Captain Of The GOP Titanic?
huffingtonpost.com — The steadily growing number of prospective candidates for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee share a collective dream: that 2008 will be a repeat of 1992, when a newly-elected Democratic president, backed by strong majorities in ... (more) The Next RNC Chair: Captain Of The GOP Titanic?
Back to The Future.
redstate.com — Looking back in order to look forward. In the aftermath of the utter failure of the McCain campaign, and the Republicans in general, to come with and understandable and comprehensive plan of how we will govern, I decided to look back on to the ... (more) Back to The Future.
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Maggie's Farm — ... The $639 million loophole Paglia on Palin and the election The Iraq war is over. The good guys won. The UAW is the force behind the auto bailout. Related: The US Treasury's ATM is open for biz. Here's your bailout form. Insty: A LOOK AT subdivision wildlife. Interesting discussion in the comments. I see deer in my neighborhood pretty regularly, and saw an eagle the other day. Google Earth does ancient Rome in 3D ...

Dissecting Leftism — ... The $639 Million Loophole: "We're fresh off the most expensive election cycle in history, in which the winning candidate raised record amounts of money while opting out of the campaign finance limits. With victory in hand, Barack Obama's allies now want to return to the alleged virtues of public money. If there was ever a demonstration of the folly and hypocrisy of campaign finance reform, this would be it. The GOP is using this demonstration to make another constitutional challenge to McCain-Feingold" ...

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