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Morning Briefing for July 19, 2010

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For July 19, 2010

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1. Senate Republicans to Tea Party Activists: Go To H - E - Double Hockeysticks

2. WH: Individual mandate now a tax.

3. Republicans "Make Their Stand On The Backs Of The Unemployed." Really??

4. Senator Lisa Murkowski Sells Out Conservatives — Again

5. It is time for conservatives to get off the fence in KS-01

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1. Senate...

Senate Republicans to Tea Party Activists: Go To H - E - Double Hockeysticks

I told you a while back about a small group of Republican Senators sitting down for drinks at the Capitol Hill Club. They'd been to a tea party rally that day and were opening mocking the tea partiers. One of them, a guy tea partiers adore, seemed to hold them in open contempt at this table.

Well, between the tea partiers and Jim DeMint, these Republican Senators are getting a lot of heartburn and are starting to speak out. One of the good old boys of the club who can speak freely because h...

It is time for conservatives to get off the fence in KS-01

Lots of conservatives have sat out KS-01 because we all like Rob Wassinger, who worked for Sam Brownback, but whose campaign is going nowhere.

But because of that, conservatives have let down Tim Huelskamp, a solidly pro-life, fiscal conservative that both I, Concerned Women of America, the Club for Growth have endorsed.

Surveys are coming out showing the most liberal man (big spending and pro-abortion) in the race is now pulling ahead in a race where a conservative should be winning.

This is...

Washington Post Plans to Out Companies and Individuals Doing Intelligence Work

This morning I received this memo from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

In it, the ODNI advises its "industry partners," that is those corporations and individuals who do work to assist the security of the country, that the Washington Post is planning on outing them.

Early next week, the Washington Post is expected to publish articles and an interactive website that will likely contain a compendium of government agencies and contractors allegedly conducting Top Secret work...

Morning Briefing for July 16, 2010

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For July 16, 2010

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1. The Democratic Governors Association Spent $800,000.00 Attacking Barack Obama

2. Deficits Are A Symptom. The Problem Is Spending.

3. They all look alike to Sheila Jackson-Lee (D, TX-18).

4. Poll: 72% Disagree With Obama Oil Spill Policy

5. Don't Blink-Democrats Aren't Done Killing Jobs Yet

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1. The Democratic Governors...

Ron Johnson Beating Russ Feingold

Okay, so it is within the margin of error and only one point ahead, but it is against Russ Feingold. That's great.

It is 47 to 46 in Ron Johnson's favor. More troubling for Feingold, the polling shows that 42% of Wisconsin voters strongly disapprove of Obama's handling of the economy with another 8% somewhat disapproving.

Johnson has been steadily going up in the poll while Feingold has been holding steady. Dave Westlake, by the way, trails Feingold 37% to 51%.

Tucker Carlson & Daily Caller Own Keith Olbermann

The folks at the Daily Caller have scored a most excellent coup. Today they own Keith Olbermann. Literally.

Okay . . . technically it is KeithOlbermann.com, but still. That is just awesome.

They've just set a very high bar for the rest of us to be Worst Person in the World this week. Sigh.

Frank Guinta the Grandstander

Those emails from the Attorney General's Office in New Hampshire haven't done a lot of damage to Kelly Ayotte — at least as much as people thought. IN fact, in a new poll, she's clobbering Paul Hodes, the run to Canada for money Democrat.

But one person who is getting hit Frank Guinta, running for Congress. Guinta is very adamant he opposed the stimulus and would never vote for the stimulus.

Internal emails from the Attorney General's Office suggest otherwise. In one email, Kelly Ayotte...

Morning Briefing for July 15, 2010

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For July 15, 2010

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1. This is Like Season 4 of 24, But With the Economy Instead of Terrorism

2. I have reservations with Paul Ryan's "Roadmap"

3. A Good Year to Die

4. Breaking Ranks When The Heat Is On: What Happens When Amateurs Go To War (With Each Other)

5. Remember when Stupak held out for that executive order against Fed abortion funding?

6. The NAACP vs. Black Americans

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This is Like Season 4 of 24, But With the Economy Instead of Terrorism

In Season 4 of the television show 24, President John Keeler is on Air Force One as it is blown out of the sky. Under the 25th amendment, power transfers to the Vice President, Charles Logan.

But Logan is unable to deal with the demands of national security, so his Chief of Staff convinces him to bring former President David Palmer back to handle all the national security issues.

Well, 24 has become reality. Except instead of terrorism and stray nukes we're talking the economy. Barack Obama...