NJ's gov speaks loudly and carries a big stick
Washington Examiner - 9hrs 33mins ago
** ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 27, 2011 AND THEREAFTER ** FILE - This Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 picture shows New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during a town hall meeting in Toms River, N.J. Christie is a phenomenon _ and not just in New Jersey. He's be…
Read more >>With the GOP on the rise, so is Texas' clout
Washington Examiner - 9hrs 34mins ago
When President George W. Bush left office in 2009, taking his Texas twang and sagging poll numbers with him, skeptics said he took something else: the state's political clout. Without a Texan in the White House, the logic went, and with Democrats …
Read more >>Doyle McManus: Helping the Arabs help themselves
Los Angeles Times - 9hrs 40mins agoA basic tenet of the U.S. war against Terrorism under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama has been the need to "drain the swamp" — to eliminate the conditions that drive young Muslims toward Extremism. Now, in much of the Arab World, the in…
Read more >>End Forced Unionism
American Thinker - 10hrs 18mins agoWhere would we be without labor Unions? We would be much better off. Americans do not understand what "labor unions" mean. Nothing prevents a group of workers at a plant or office from getting together, signing an agreement which delega…
Read more >>Lawmakers push to make "leaks" a felony: Jeopardizing citizen's right to know
Examiner.com - 11hrs 13mins agoThe language in each piece of proposed Legislation is very broad in scope and do not differentiate between leaks as damaging as the Wikileaks or what is known as "good leaks" in which the benefit to the nation outweighs the damage to National Secu…
Read more >>Virginia law could shut down most of state's abortion clinics
Examiner.com - 11hrs 13mins agoThe bill would reclassify these clinics as a kind of Hospital, which means clinics that perform first-trimester Abortions would be required to meet the specifications of hospitals rather than physicians' offices. That would require clinics to unde…
Read more >>The art of bipartisan behavior - Reagan and O'Neill
Examiner.com - 11hrs 13mins agoIt wasn't so long ago that Republicans and Democrats could find civility in their differences. There will always be vigorous debate over the role of government in our lives, but must it be so nasty? With the political environment more toxic …
Read more >>English-only: A solution in search of a problem?
Examiner.com - 11hrs 13mins agoThe debate over whether or not Minnesota should be an English-only state is heating up once again. A bill proposed in the state Senate (S.F. No. 175) would, if passed, put a stop to the translation of most government information. Opponents object …
Read more >>Analysis: Gov. using influence more for defense
Washington Examiner - 11hrs 24mins agoArkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has never been shy about flexing his muscle in the Legislature where he served two decades. This year, however, he's playing a lot more defense than offense. On issues from illegal Immigration to Tax Cuts, Beebe is steppin…
Read more >>Schapiro column: Kaine's midlife crisis
Richmond Times-Dispatch - 11hrs 56mins agoTim Kaine turned 53 Saturday. That alone may say a lot about his designs — actual, presumed, denied or reluctant — on the U.S. Senate seat of one-term wonder Jim Webb. For Kaine, his 50s are a moment of reckoning, an opportunity to wei…
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