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GLEN SAINT MARY, FL -- Brace yourselves. I’m about to launch into a tirade about why the Republican Party lost and what needs to be done to return to the forefront of American politics. In other words, it’s time to criticize the Party. More ... There are a lot of meetings going on among some Republicans trying to figure out what went wrong on Election Day and how the party needs to respond. None of them involve what the media like to call the base, the folks at the grass roots whose votes, after all, determine the outcome of elections. More ... Is the impending collapse of America's Big Three automakers the next "crisis" that must be solved by a massive federal bailout? Most politicians of a certain ideological or geographic bent think so. But Dan Ikenson, the associate director of the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies, believes GM, Ford and Chrysler need a shakeout, not a bailout. I talked to Ikenson Thursday, Nov. 13, by telephone from his office in Washington, D.C.: More ... There's an old saying, 'carrying someone else's water' that used to mean doing someone else's work. It was whipped out when a worker bee was wearing themselves out taking on things that didn't belong to them. It was also meant as a reminder to put down the water and let others take on their own consequences. Get back to your own life. More ... Attacks on Gov. Sarah Palin by McCain campaign staff at first appear to be a case of making her a convenient scapegoat, but the attacks have a more devious motive. This post-election barrage is the first volley of the campaign to choose the Republican nominee in 2012. The Washington, D.C. based establishment that rules the GOP wants her career over now. She threatens them. More ... |
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