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Entries from January 2010

GOP Purity Wars Not Over Yet

Tim Mak wrote on January 31st, 2010 at 11:52 pm

The purity test resolution was rejected at the RNC winter meeting, but Chairman Steele and those who want a more inclusive GOP will have to remain on guard against future moves to make the RNC more ideologically purist.  more

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Miracle in Jerusalem

Danielle Crittenden wrote on January 31st, 2010 at 9:07 am

It was only my first day in Jerusalem, but I witnessed a miracle. As the sun set over the golden Dome of the Rock, I watched an Arab Sheik and an Israeli Rabbi pray together. Sorry, make that two Rabbis.  more

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Yoo and Bybee Cleared

David Frum wrote on January 31st, 2010 at 8:28 am

John Yoo and Jay Bybee have been cleared of misconduct by the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility. The final report tags them instead with “poor judgment” for their finding that the president had the legal authority to order waterboarding of terrorist detainees.  more

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Kirk Ready for Primary

Jeb Golinkin wrote on January 31st, 2010 at 3:56 am

Congressman Mark Kirk is poised to become the Republican nominee for what is certain to become one of 2010’s most high profile Senate races.  more

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The Day the Purity Test Died

Tim Mak wrote on January 31st, 2010 at 2:30 am

On the final full day of the RNC winter meeting, James Bopp, the chief sponsor of the purity test and accountability resolutions withdrew them before the general members session.  more

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Don’t Blame GOP for Obamacare’s Demise

E. D. Kain wrote on January 30th, 2010 at 10:21 am

Liberals may blame Republicans for obstructionism but there is a valid argument for the minority taking an oppositional stance when the legislation in question is something they fundamentally disagree with.  more

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Still Waiting for the Obama Recovery

David Frum wrote on January 30th, 2010 at 9:30 am

The most important statement of the week was not President Obama’s State of the Union address, but rather the warning from Doug Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office that unemployment will hover around 10% through 2010, and only slowly decline thereafter.   more

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Liveblogging the RNC General Session

Tim Mak wrote on January 29th, 2010 at 6:20 pm

Updated: Jim Bopp, the chief sponsor of the Purity Test and Accountability resolutions, has withdrawn both proposals.  more

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Steele Slams Obama

Tim Mak wrote on January 29th, 2010 at 6:18 pm

RNC Chairman Michael Steele isn’t pulling any punches. In a speech to the RNC membership, the Chairman spent the bulk of a thirty minute speech criticizing the President for everything from speaking too often to insincere calls for bipartisanship.  more

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Steele to Colbert: It’s On

Tim Mak wrote on January 29th, 2010 at 4:01 pm

It might not happen in the next few months, he says, but sooner or later, Michael Steele is going to drop rhymes on Comedy Central with Stephen Colbert.   more

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Steele Rips Obama’s Fake Bipartisanship

Tim Mak wrote on January 29th, 2010 at 2:21 pm

FrumForum Exclusive: In a video interview with FrumForum, RNC Chairman Michael Steele slammed President Obama’s efforts for bipartisanship as “disingenuous” and argued that the GOP’s obstructionism was simply reflecting the will of the American people.  more

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A Liberal Lament: When Will Obama Do His Reagan?

Eugene Debs wrote on January 29th, 2010 at 12:42 pm

In his State of the Union speech, President Obama failed to do what Reagan did during his first address in 1982: make an argument not merely for discrete policies but on behalf of his worldview.  more

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Conservative Optimism

David Frum wrote on January 29th, 2010 at 12:40 pm

America’s Future has produced a new ad slamming Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson for extracting $100 million in additional federal Medicaid funds for his state. The ad drives the point relentlessly home: No other senator got such a good deal for his state! And it lasts forever! And this is supposed to make Nebraskans LESS likely to re-elect Nelson?  more

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Buckley Grew – Can Today’s GOP?

Daniel Webster wrote on January 29th, 2010 at 12:22 pm

When the time came to reconsider past positions, William F. Buckley was not afraid to publicly change his mind. Are any of our conservative leaders today willing to do the same?  more

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Debating Obama’s Supreme Court Diss

David Frum wrote on January 29th, 2010 at 9:41 am

Yesterday morning, I tweeted a link to a blogpost asking if any president had ever before so specifically criticized a Supreme Court decision in a SOTU? That tweet triggered a real-time debate between me and Glenn Greenwald.  more

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Obama Doubles Down

Gusher wrote on January 28th, 2010 at 11:16 pm

Well, one thing we can say for sure about President Obama after Wednesday’s State of the Union: Bill Clinton, he ain’t.  more

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Steele Hits Back at His Critics

Tim Mak wrote on January 28th, 2010 at 10:47 pm

At a press conference today at the RNC winter meeting in Hawaii, Republican Chairman Michael Steele took shots at his critics and defended his governing methods and fundraising efforts.  more

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Obama Lacking the “Vision Thing”

Steve Bell wrote on January 28th, 2010 at 10:31 pm

President Obama’s State of the Union Address last night may be the first sign that Americans may have begun to tune his words out.  more

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Obama & the Dems: Still in Retreat

John Guardiano wrote on January 28th, 2010 at 10:18 pm

The president’s State of the Union speech is unlikely to change anything. Indeed, the political dynamics that existed before he spoke remain intact; Obama did nothing to alter or arrest them.  more

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Purity Test Nears Death

Tim Mak wrote on January 28th, 2010 at 9:54 pm

FF Exclusive: A sponsor of Jim Bopp’s purity test resolution tells FrumForum that the purity test resolution could be discarded as early as this evening.  more

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