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31 Oct 2009
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The Real Cost of Cash For Clunkers

By: Matt Margolis
So, how much longer will the Obama administration call the Cash For Clunkers program a success? Back in September I posted about an assessment of the program , which basically confirmed anything someone with basic understanding of economics should have been able to figure out before the program began. A new report this week gives us an interesting analysis in terms of how many new car sales the program...
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30 Oct 2009
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Poll of the Week: Is our country in "a negative mood"?

By: John Hanlon
Next week, there are going to be major gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia. Many political observers will look at these races and will try to understand how their results foreshadow what the national mood will be in the midterm elections next year. However, even before the election, one can get a sense of where the national mood might be heading by the results of a recent Wall Street...
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30 Oct 2009
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If You Can Dodge a Wrench, You Can Dodge an Ethics Investigation! Maybe.

By: Jimmie Bise
As if things weren't bad enough for House Democrats, what with the defections from Obamacare and the growing pressure on Speaker Pelosi to investigate Charlie Rangel's tax inconsistencies , Now, it looks like the Mother of All Ethics investigations is coming and, this time, the House leadership might not be able to turn it aside. Nearly half the members of a powerful House subcommittee in control...
29 Oct 2009
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Morning Conservative Reading List - October 30, 2009

By: Karen Untereker
Enjoy these conservative articles and blog posts from around the web: Charles Krauthammer considers President Obama's blame game in Afghanistan. Larry Kudlow demands we fight back against tax hiking Democrats. Megan McArdle wonders if GDP growth means we're okay. Thomas Sowell wants our President to earn our respect . Victor Davis Hanson sees President Obama's pattern of "voting present"...
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29 Oct 2009
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Now, more hatchet, less scalpel

By: Patrick Ishmael
When I blogged about Gov. Jay Nixon's nearly half-a-billion dollars in budget cuts back in June, I wrote that [a]lthough deeper cuts in government waste are always preferred, the Governor's reasonably modest cut backs are more than welcome. Almost half a year on, it looks like those cuts are getting a bit less modest. Gov. Jay Nixon cut an additional $204 million from Missouri's budget...
29 Oct 2009
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The Senate Split: Senators make their feelings clear about health care reform

By: John Hanlon
Now that the full Senate is close to having a debate about major health care reform, Senators now seem to be making their preferences undeniably clear about certain parts of such a plan. This week, for instance, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid went public with his preference for bringing a government option to the floor of the Senate and Senator Joe Lieberman went public with his opposition to that...
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28 Oct 2009
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New York Exodus

By: Matt Margolis
It was reported this week that from 2000-2008 New York lost more population than any other state. According to the report from the Empire Center for New York State Policy , New York experienced "a net domestic migration outflow of over 1.5 million, or 8 percent of its population at the start of the decade." The question that needs to be answered is "Why?" Well, it doesn't take...
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28 Oct 2009
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Morning Conservative Reading List - October 28, 2009

By: Karen Untereker
Enjoy these conservative articles and blog posts from around the web: Representative Paul Ryan delivers a powerful statement on health care reform . Charles Krauthammer calls President Obama "average." *** Morris details Senator Harry Reid's bait and switch tactics to advance the public option. The Editors of the National Review continue to oppose cap and trade -- this time in the form...
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