Browsing Month December, 2011
Happy New Year from PNN The Snow Report
By MB Snow at December 31, 2011 | 11:50 pm
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ELECTION 2012:: The Case for Gingrich’s Electability – The Weekly Standard
By MB Snow at December 31, 2011 | 2:32 pm
It’s an article of faith among many Republicans that Mitt Romney is the most electable candidate in the GOP field. But it’s not clear that this assertion is actually true. In fact, if one were going to design a Republican opponent tailor-made to President Obama’s liking, that opponent would be uniquely vulnerable to Obama’s main rhetorical thrust (making ... Go To Article
Commentary , Election 2012 , Featured , General , Newt Gingrich , Politics
STEPHEN MOORE: Weekend Interview with Jalen Rose: From the Fab Five to the Three Rs
By MB Snow at December 31, 2011 | 2:25 pm
The 40-minute cab ride from the airport to the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy in Northwest Detroit isn't pleasant. Nearly every other home is boarded up, abandoned, dilapidated, with rusted-out cars in the front lawn on sale for as little as $300. Some of the houses can be snatched up for as little as $5,000, and the main commerce visible are liquor stores, auto-repair ... Go To Article
Commentary , Education , Featured , General , Politics
ANDREW C. McCARTHY:: Obama Recruits Qaradawi – NRO
By MB Snow at December 31, 2011 | 11:42 am
The surrender is complete now. The Hindu reports that the Obama administration has turned to Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s leading jurist, to mediate secret negotiations between the United States and the Taliban. I wrote about Qaradawi at length in The Grand Jihad and, here at NRO, have regularly catalogued his activities (see, e.g., here, here, ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Commentary , Featured , General , Middle East , Politics
MILITARY:: Changed by Iraq, Military Asks What Will Stick – WSJ
By MB Snow at December 31, 2011 | 11:40 am
WASHINGTON—The U.S. military left Iraq in December with new technologies that are likely to change the shape of future wars. But some of the skills developed alongside are in danger of falling away, several people throughout the ranks worry. Ten years ago, the U.S. military was firmly under the control of the generals. It was steeply hierarchical, slow to evolve and ... Go To Article
General , Middle East , Military , News , Politics
RICK PERRY campaign plays blame game – POLITICO
By MB Snow at December 31, 2011 | 11:35 am
DES MOINES — With a revamped message and a significant TV presence here, Rick Perry is hoping to revive his disappointing presidential campaign with a surprise finish Tuesday. But even as they hold out hope that Perry can find a way back into contention, some of his advisers have begun laying the groundwork to explain how the Texas governor bombed so dramatically in ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , News , Politics , Rick Perry
ELECTION 2012:: Ads and 30-Minute Special Will Promote Gingrich -NYTimes
By MB Snow at December 31, 2011 | 11:27 am
10:03 p.m. | Updated DES MOINES — His cash-short campaign unable to buy much advertising of its own, Newt Gingrich’s well-financed allies are coming to his rescue in Iowa, securing large chunks of airtime across the state. Newsmax, the conservative magazine and Web site, will show a 30-minute special on Mr. Gingrich throughout the weekend in all of Iowa’s major ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , News , Newt Gingrich , Politics
GEORGE WILL: Ringing in a conservative year – WaPo
By MB Snow at December 31, 2011 | 1:15 am
Although they have become prone to apocalyptic forebodings about the fragility of the nation’s institutions and traditions under the current president, conservatives should stride confidently into 2012. This is not because they are certain, or even likely, to defeat President Obama this year. Rather, it is because, if they emancipate themselves from their unconservative ... Go To Article
Commentary , Election 2012 , Featured , General , Politics
JONAH GOLDBERG: 2011: You Can’t Win for Losing – NRO
By MB Snow at December 31, 2011 | 1:10 am
You’ll recall that 2011 began with the oafish actor celebrating his own narcotic and sexual crapulence like a victorious gladiator working the crowds. He was egged on by a media with as much decency as the cons on the top tiers of the prison who chant “fresh fish” as the new inmates walk into general pop, their eyes stinging from delousing powder. Sheen succeeded ... Go To Article
Commentary , Featured , General , Politics
ELECTION 2012:: Five myths about the Iowa caucuses
By MB Snow at December 31, 2011 | 1:07 am
In the past seven months of the Republican presidential campaign, there have been more than a dozen debates and countless polls. Nearly every candidate has enjoyed the spotlight as a front-runner. But Tuesday, the nominating process kicks off in earnest as Iowans gather in schools, churches and neighbors’ homes to vote. Having covered caucus campaigns since 1976 for the ... Go To Article
Commentary , Election 2012 , Featured , General , Politics
