GOP Puts Principle Ahead of Politics and Backs President
According to the New York Times, the House of Representatives agreed on Tuesday to provide $37 billion to continue financing America’s two wars, but the vote showed deepening divisions and anxiety...
View ArticleObama: A Gift to the GOP That Keeps On Giving
Jonathan Rauch has written an interesting cover story in the National Journal on “The Tea Party Paradox.” He argues that the country has indeed moved to the right but it’s not clear whether this is...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Christians United for Israel catches its critics practicing willful ignorance: “Despite what readers may have been led to believe, the paper has not actually visited CUFI in some time. In fact, the...
View ArticleGalston: Can the Republicans Win Back the Senate?
William Galston is something of a rarity — a blogger at the New Republic who is both mature and worth reading. Professor Galston provides his analysis on whether the Republicans can win back the...
View ArticleThe New Republic’s Keith Olbermann
In a story in the Washington Examiner, Stephen Hess, an expert on the presidency at the Brookings Institution, said Robert Gibbs’ remarks attacking the “professional left” shows how “unprepared” many...
View ArticleBrutal for Obama and Joe Klein
According to Public Policy Polling (PPP), President Obama’s approval ratings in the key states of Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania are “brutal.” How brutal? In Florida, Obama’s approval-disapproval...
View ArticleLiberalism’s Existential Crisis
As the Obama presidency and the Democratic Party continue their journey into the Slough of Despond, it’s interesting to watch Obama’ supporters try to process the unfolding events. Some blame it on a...
View ArticleVast Right-Wing Conspiracy, Redux
Some liberals — including the New Republic’s Jonathan Chait, who insisted in late 2008 and early 2009 that ObamaCare would be a great political success for Obama and the Democrats — continue to claim...
View ArticleLIVE BLOG: False Hopes, False Fears
As I write, at 6:24 pm, one can feel the last-minute manic mood of the political class doing its standard final-hours shift. To wit, Democrats and liberals are experiencing a confusing giddiness from...
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You can’t make this up: Charles Rangel is now being investigated for improperly using PAC money to fund his legal defense during his recent ethics violation case. Cables show that cash is still flowing...
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It’s “back to reality” week at the White House, where the Obama administration has finally given up on asking Israelis to freeze settlement construction. And, in a Cheney-esque decision, a D.C. federal...
View ArticleThe Obama Primary Challenger Issue and Why It’s Misunderstood
With angry leftists starting to discuss the possibility of a primary challenge to Barack Obama, the general reaction from serious and clever political observers has been that the idea is a preposterous...
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Liberals may still be grumbling about Obama’s tax-cut deal with Republicans, but Charles Krauthammer argues that the president actually won the face-off with the GOP: “If Obama had asked for a second...
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Why Ron Paul’s new role as the head of the subcommittee that oversees the Federal Reserve is disconcerting (even to libertarians): “[W]hen you look at his speeches, he doesn’t understand anything about...
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Are Republicans coming around on New START? Eight GOP members voted to open debate on the treaty in the Senate last night, which some see as a “proxy” for the final vote. New START needs nine...
View ArticleWhat Audiences Applaud in the Arab World
Thanks to monitoring groups such as MEMRI.org, many in the West have become more aware of the tone of popular culture in the Arab and Islamic world. As a result, we have a better understanding of the...
View ArticleIran Nuclear Sabotage Helps Delay Inevitable
Outgoing Mossad chief Meir Dagan’s recent assessment that Iran won’t be able to build a bomb until 2015 appears to be further evidence that the sabotage campaign against the Iranian nuclear facilities...
View ArticleJudgment Calls and the Muslim Brotherhood
On Monday, White House press spokesman Robert Gibbs said that any new government in Egypt “has to include a whole host of important non-secular actors that give Egypt a strong chance to continue to be...
View ArticleSic Transit New Republic?
The news that The New Republic has been sold to Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has prompted some worries that the venerable publication may be heading in a new direction. While TNR remained...
View ArticleHagel Did the Smearing, Not His Critics
The fight over the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense is long over. The former Nebraska senator’s inept confirmation hearing and the uncovering of damning statements he made...
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