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23 Oct 2009
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Can Towns Hold Off a "Friends of Angelo" Investigation Now?

By: Jimmie Bise
All is not sweetness and light in Rep. Edolphus Towns' House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The New York Democrat who chairs the committee received a letter from two of his fellow Democrats asking him to convene a formal hearing on Countywide Financial's "Friends of Angelo" VIP loan program. Towns has been getting considerable pressure from Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) to hold...
23 Oct 2009
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The Historic Approval Drop For Obama and What It Means

By: Matt Margolis
So, how's this for change? Barack Obama's popularity since July has seen the steepest decline of any president at the same stage of his first term in over 50 years . Gallup recorded an average daily approval rating of 53 per cent for Mr Obama for the third quarter of the year, a sharp drop from the 62 per cent he recorded from April. His current approval rating – hovering just above the...
23 Oct 2009
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Morning Conservative Reading List - October 23, 2009

By: Karen Untereker
Enjoy these conservative articles and blog posts from around the web: Must read: Peggy Noonan explains that President Obama owns our country's problems and needs to start fixing them. Former Vice President Cheney spoke at the Center for Security Policy. Conservative flashback : William F. Buckley on Mao's influence in 1989 China. Jennifer Rubin explores the Left's hatred for Liz Cheney...
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23 Oct 2009
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Poll of the Week: Obama's Popularity Sinks

By: John Hanlon
This week has not been a good one for advocates of massive health care reform. The Majority Leader of the United States Senate Harry Reid suffered a legislative defeat earlier this week when a health care bill he advocated that would have spent approximately 250 billion dollars to prevent Medicare cuts was stopped by those on the right side of the aisle and by some of Reid's own political allies...
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22 Oct 2009
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Sitting Down With Rick Lazio, Candidate for Governor of New York

By: Matt Margolis
As a NEw York resident and voter, i've occasionally provided updates on the state's gubernatorial race. Much has been focused around speculation over Rudy Giuliani's intentions. Will he run or not? I don't have an answer to that yet. But, as the media waits to find out what Rudy plan to do, it should be noted that there is another candidate not he Republican side who is actually a declared...
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22 Oct 2009
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An executive in government with bipartisan appeal? You don't say.

By: Patrick Ishmael
And I don't mean Barack Obama. While the "post-partisan President" has described his political opposition to be on the same intellectual level as worker drones and told legislators opposed to his radical overhauls to " get out of the way, " there are still politicians in executive positions garnering support from across the aisle. Among them: Steve Ehlmann. Unlike the spirited...
22 Oct 2009
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Senator Reid's $247 billion dollar mistake

By: John Hanlon
It looks like Senator Harry Reid of Nevada has suffered a major legislative defeat on the issue of health care with only a few weeks to go before the Senate is expected to vote on massive reform. As I wrote about earlier this week, some in Congress have been pushing for a doctor fix that would cost the taxpayers approximately $247 billion dollars and stop Medicare cuts from going through in the near...
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21 Oct 2009
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Morning Conservative Reading List - October 21, 2009

By: Karen Untereker
Enjoy these conservative articles and blog posts from around the web: Frank J. Fleming comments on all these conservatives crazy for freedom . Keith Hennessey summarizes the intersection of the economics, policy, and politics behind "the jobs battle." James Carville thinks conservatives are different from everyone else. John Hinderaker hopes President Obama makes the right choice when it...
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