theweek.com - 1/15/2009
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Shrum s advice for Republicans is half right. It s true, for example, that the tactics that worked for the GOP in 1993 won t work in 2009. Back then, Republicans faced a new but already scandal-battered president who had recklessly outraced his weak, 43-percent mandate. In 1993, the new ...
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/21/2009
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President Obama reported to work at 8:35 a.m.
on Wednesday, walking into the Oval Office for the...
first time as the nation's chief executive. Jeff Zeleny is live blogging Mr. Obama's first day on the job.
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Reporting for Duty
gop.com - 1/23/2009
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gop.com —
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 RNC Announces 2009 Winter
Meeting Schedule WASHINGTON – The Republican National Committee’s 2009...
Winter Meeting, themed “Republican For A Reason,” will take place Wednesday, January 28 through Saturday, January 31 at the ...
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balloon-juice.com - 1/14/2009
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If true, this is too rich : The
Republicans—who had just finally won control of the State...
House for the first time in 40+ years – were suppose to elect their Speaker of the House today. And failed! Anaxamander has the details in ...
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Huckleberry Makes Nice? It’s All Sweet, Except for the Prickles.
Firedoglake —
... Oh, good lord. I think I may barf.
Let's look at one of our chummy new "post-partisan" pals, David Frum: ...
A pathetic recap from Bush and more of the same
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... populated libertarian wing -- then I further submit we're about to see more of the same. Frum, as you'll recall, is a former Bush II speechwriter, prolific author and member of what the right considers its intellectual elite. He both molds and reflects current thinking of the reactionary sort, and it's for those reasons I like to keep in touch, readingwise. What lesson has Frum learned from Bush's tenure? By way of an answer, here are selections from what he wrote, recently, in The Week : Republicans can plainly see that in the name of "fiscal stimulus" Barack Obama is ...
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