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Let’s Honor, Not Stretch, the Buckley Rule 1.30.12

David Limbaugh — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:52:02 +0000

In the intense heat of the present, it is easy to forget even the relatively recent past, but it seems to me that this GOP primary season is more acrimonious than the past few, probably because the stakes are so high.
When I’ve noted that this is the most important presidential election of our lifetimes, a few excitability-resistant conservative friends have said, “They have been saying that about every election for more than a generation.” My response to that is:

GOP, What’s Your Hurry? Obama wants Republicans to give him an opponent as quickly as possible. 1.10.12

Jordan Gehrke — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:21:48 +0000

Republicans do not need to nominate a candidate anytime soon. On the contrary, if they want to beat President Obama, they should take their time before settling on a nominee.

In January of 2010, Harry Reid looked like a “dead man walking” politically. Fourteen percent of Nevadans were unemployed, and he was having a hard time getting above 43 percent in most polls. There was only one way he could win: destroy his Republican opponent before he or she ever got out of the blocks.

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10 Questions To Find Our Next President (Part 2) 1.9.12

Chuck Norris — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:46:13 +0000

Whom should we nominate to represent the GOP in a fight against President Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election?
I believe the name of the candidate that fills the majority of the answers in 10 particular questions deserves your vote.
Last week, I discussed the first five questions. (If you haven’t read those, please do so before proceeding.)

Palin: 5 Reasons She Will Remain Relevant 10.06.11

Investor's Business Daily — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:06:58 +0000

Politics: Sarah Palin’s decision not to run for president left many of her supporters dispirited. We’re more sanguine. Fact is, there are more than enough reasons why Palin will continue to lead and to matter.

Speaking on The Mark Levin Show Wednesday, Palin startled many by declaring: “After much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States.”

Her statement read: “As always, my family comes first and obviously Todd and I put great consideration into family life before making this decision.”

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Believing The Big Lie 9.26.11

Investor's Business Daily — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:57:47 +0000

Misplaced Blame: The Democrats are setting up the Republicans to be the party responsible for a federal shutdown, should one occur. Of course the media will go along for the ride, just as in 1995 and 1996.

In the fall of 1995, the GOP Congress passed a continuing resolution spending bill to keep the federal government open. Bill Clinton vetoed it.

Polls, in some cases more than 2-1, showed the public blamed the subsequent shutdowns — one in November 1995, the other from Dec. 16, 1995 to Jan. 6, 1996 — on the Republicans. The fact that the public believed as it did is nearly inexplicable, since it was the GOP that passed the spending bill and a Democrat who vetoed it.

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Run, Ryan, Run: The Wisconsin congressman should make a presidential bid. 8.5.11

Jeffrey Anderson — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:30:49 +0000

For the past several weeks, America was gripped by the question of whether Congress and the president would raise the debt ceiling. That debate has made even clearer the importance of, and the answer to, another question: Who should challenge Barack Obama in 2012?

The debate has highlighted how little the expected Republican presidential field has to offer in the important battles taking place in Washington. The GOP frontrunners didn’t provide any real leadership or even cogent advice from afar. They appeared at best uninvolved and at worst unserious.

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Editorial: Don’t Compromise With Bad Ideas 7.19.11

Investor's Business Daily — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:38:26 +0000

Debt: With “debtageddon” just two weeks away, the Democrats’ strategy is clear. Offer no concrete spending cuts, say no to all GOP ideas, and insist on higher taxes as part of any deal. Is that what’s meant by “compromise”?

As the phony Aug. 2 deadline ticks down, the House was expected to pass the Republicans’ “cut, cap and balance” plan Tuesday night and send it to the Senate for a possible vote.

That plan, it seems to us, has the greatest virtues of the three plans that have been put forward — all of them by Republicans, by the way.

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Boehner Briefs GOP on Debt Talks 7.13.11

Robert Costa — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:45:26 +0000

John Boehner told his conference this morning that he’ll head over for another round of debt-ceiling talks at the White House, but he’s not happy about it. “Am I angry about it? I sure as hell am,” he said this morning to members present in the closed-door meeting. “I believe we are missing a great opportunity . . . the agreement we talked about is no longer operative.”

For over an hour this morning, House Republicans discussed the ongoing debt-limit negotiations. Leaving the meeting, members were both exasperated and optimistic — frustrated with the lack of a bipartisan plan as the debt ceiling approaches, but pleased that GOP leaders are consulting with the entire conference.

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Rolling Downhill Since Jan. 20, ‘09 7.1.11

Investor's Business Daily — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 06:15:30 +0000

Election ‘12: Nearly half of Americans think they’re worse off now than they were when Barack Obama was inaugurated. Will GOP challengers start giving him the treatment Ronald Reagan gave Jimmy Carter?

‘Are you better off than you were four years ago?” Reagan asked in his closing statement in the only debate of the 1980 presidential election.

“Is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was four years ago? Is America as respected throughout the world as it was? Do you feel that our security is as safe, that we’re as strong as we were four years ago?”

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Don’t Let Liberal Establishment Choose Our Candidates 5.23.11

David Limbaugh — Tue, 24 May 2011 03:13:55 +0000

Conservatives are worried that an ideal Reagan conservative has yet to emerge and lead the 2012 GOP presidential field. But are we allowing the liberal media (and establishment Republicans) to manipulate the narrative to prevent such a result?
Obviously, the liberal media do not have the best interests of Reagan conservatives in mind when they do their “reporting.” So when they tell us certain GOP candidates are unelectable or electable, common sense would counsel us to take their advice with mounds of salt. But do we?