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CBS: Democrats Joining Republicans In Criticizing ObamaCare
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Mitch and his wife are still waiting for you, Mr. President!
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White House Dodges Question On Baucus’ ObamaCare “Train Wreck” Comment
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If it can’t win the 2016 contest, and unless it has bolstered its congressional presence beyond the benefits of gerrymandered redistricting—which is to say not only retaking the Senate but polling more votes than the opposition nationally—the party will die. It will die not for reasons of “branding” or marketing or electoral cosmetics but because the party is at odds with the inevitable American trajectory in the direction of liberty, and with its own nature; paradoxically the party of Abraham Lincoln, which once saved the Union and which gives such passionate lip service to constitutionality, has come to embody the values of the Confederacy in its hostility to constitutional federalism and the civil bonds that the founding document codifies. The Republican Party will vanish not because of what its says but because of what it believes, not because of how it presents itself but because of who it is when it thinks no one is looking.
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Later that evening at a hotel bar, Anderson pored over her notes. She seemed morbidly entranced, like a homicide detective gazing into a pool of freshly spilled blood…“There is a brand,” the 28-year-old pollster concluded of her party with clinical finality. “And it’s that we’re not in the 21st century.
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From Robert Draper’s long (and well worth it) piece in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine entitled “Can the Republicans be Saved From Obsolescence?” The piece covers the many areas where the G.O.P. needs to do serious rethinking, including messaging, technology, party organization and more. It was intimidating to moderate focus groups with a journalist behind the glass, but I’m proud to have been a part of the story and hope it inspires more people to commit to the hard work of rebuilding the party so we can compete - and win! - in future elections. (via kristensoltisanderson) We have not yet begun to succeed - http://RonaldGrey.com/JoinMe |
The sermon, delivered day after day to fellow conservatives in the form of a 61-point presentation, is a pitiless we-told-you-so elucidation of the ways in which Democrats have overwhelmed Republicans with their technological superiority.
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Big reason Republicans lost in the 2012 election: failure to use political keywords effectively.
Left: Barack Obama’s SOTU word cloud; Right: Marco Rubio’s rebuttal word cloud. (Source/Government Executive)
Word clouds I made (and discarded) of respective acceptance speeches by Obama and Romney from the 2012 nominating conventions revealed similar results.
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Peter Beinart: “hagel’s making biden look rhetorically sure-footed.” (Peter Beinart, Twitter Feed, 1/31/13)
The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza: “Hagel has been pretty shaky thus far, right?” (Chris Cilizza, Twitter Feed, 1/31/13)
BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski: “This Hagel…
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So Diverse!
JUST ONE WOMAN MADE THE CUT FOR OBAMA’S PERSONNEL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND): We’ve Lost Focus On Jobs And The Economy
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Robert Costa, 27, is Washington Editor of The National Review, which bills itself as “America’s most widely read magazine” for “Republican/conservative news.” He shares a look at how conservatives are gearing up for inauguration and President Obama’s second term.
“The real story of 2013 is the disarray in the Republican Party.Reagan said it was a time for choosing in the 1960s. You’re going to hear that thought a lot in 2013. For Republicans, it’s a time to ask: ‘Who are we? What’s our message? What matters?’
Covering Capitol Hill after the election, it was really startling to me see how much dissent is brewing in House Republican Caucus towards House leadership. I’ve spent a lot of time hanging out outside these closed-door caucus meetings. What you hear from members coming out of there, usually ‘on background,’ is that Boehner is able to hold power, but always looking over his shoulder and wondering whether Republicans are going to back a deal with the President, or any kind of legislation.The tension within the Republican caucus – not animus, not personal – but political tension is very real, and it’s the thread that runs through many discussions among Republicans.
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