Category Archives: NYT

Democrat in Missouri to Oppose Health Care Law

Posted on April 23rd, 2011

By A. G. SULZBERGER and KEVIN SACK KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s Democratic attorney general broke with his party on Monday and urged a federal judge to invalidate the central provision of the new health care law. The filing of the brief by Attorney General Chris Koster, a onetime Republican state legislator who switched to [...]

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The ‘Your Money Is Not Yours’ Crowd

Posted on January 29th, 2011

By:  Bill Costello Paul Krugman, columnist for the New York Times, recently criticized those who “see taxes and regulation as tyrannical impositions on their liberty” and who believe “that people have a right to keep what they earn.” One branch of American politics shares Krugman’s view that the money you earn — the material manifestation [...]

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G.O.P. Newcomers Set Out to Undo Obama Victories

Posted on January 3rd, 2011

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and ROBERT PEAR New York Times Soon after the 112th Congress convenes Wednesday, Republicans in the House plan to make good on a campaign promise that helped vault many new members to victory: voting to repeal President Obama’s health care overhaul. The vote, which Republican leaders pledged would occur before the president’s [...]

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Forget the liberal hype about a comeback: 2010 was a stunningly bad year for Barack Obama, and 2011 could be even worse

Posted on December 31st, 2010

By Nile Gardiner gnore the revisionist hype in sections of the liberal media about President Obama staging a (mythical) political comeback – this is a presidency with an approval rating of 45 percent (according to the RealClear Politics poll of polls), that presides over a nation where just 27 percent of voters think the country [...]

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Palin’s reality: Rivals in need of some TLC

Posted on November 29th, 2010

The Concord Monitor By: The Editorial Staff In a sober examination of the latest trends in political campaign financing, the New York Times recently described how Mitt Romney is taking advantage of state-level political action committees in New Hampshire and beyond to help finance his expected run for president in 2012. Romney’s maneuvering was portrayed [...]

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Respectable Conservatives Still Don’t Get Obama

Posted on November 22nd, 2010

By Jack Cashill If United States Senator Al Franken — it hurts to say that — ever had a redeeming moment, it was in the role of Stuart Smalley, a character he created for “Saturday Night Live.” In the most memorable of Smalley’s “Daily Affirmations,” the lisping, wildly insecure psycho-babbler hosts Michael Jordan. After explaining [...]

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NYT’s Michael Luo Talks about Romney & Pawlenty’s PACs

Posted on November 14th, 2010

The New York Time’s Michael Luo discusses the role of PACs (political action committees) in Presidential politics, how they allow likely Presidential candidates like Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty to build organizations at the state level, in anticipation of a run for the White House. Looking at the buzzsaw the feckless Democrat Party ran into [...]

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NYT: Obama Wrong About People Being Able To Keep Existing Health Coverage

Posted on July 18th, 2010

Remember all those promises President Obama made assuring Americans that they’d be able to keep their current healthcare plans under reform legislation he was championing? Well, the New York Times reported Sunday that could come at a huge additional cost to many that may be impractical. Much more surprising is the Times pointed out that [...]

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Romney Blasts New Start Treaty

Posted on July 7th, 2010

Until now, Republicans have been relatively muted in their assessments of President Obama’s arms control treaty with Russia. But former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, the once and likely future presidential candidate, came out Tuesday with a blistering assault on the treaty and called on his fellow Republicans to block its ratification. Mr. Romney said [...]

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U.S.’s Toughest Immigration Law Is Signed in Arizona

Posted on April 24th, 2010

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona signed the nation’s toughest bill on illegal immigration into law on Friday. Its aim is to identify, prosecute and deport illegal immigrants. The move unleashed immediate protests and reignited the divisive battle over immigration reform nationally. Even before she signed the bill at an [...]

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