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INTERNET Vs. THE MACHINE: Ron Paul’s Social Media Revolution Still Can’t Topple The Status Quo – Forbes
By MB Snow at May 15, 2012 | 1:00 pm
Ron Paul's social media revolution couldn't disrupt the two party status quo. Ron Paul has effectively suspended his presidential campaign due to a lack of funds. The Texas Republican will still hold campaign events but won’t compete in primaries going forward. Spreading his small government message was always Paul’s first priority, even if he had to run for ... Go To Article
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McGURN:: Jerry Brown vs. Chris Christie – WSJ
By MB Snow at May 15, 2012 | 12:45 am
By WILLIAM MCGURN In his January 2011 inaugural address, California Gov. Jerry Brown declared it a "time to honestly assess our financial condition and make the tough choices." Plainly the choices weren't tough enough: Mr. Brown has just announced that he faces a state budget deficit of $16 billion—nearly twice the $9.2 billion he predicted in January. In Sacramento ... Go To Article
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SALLY PIPES:: Not That the Obama Administration Has Noticed, But Drugs Are Expensive to Develop – Forbes
By MB Snow at May 15, 2012 | 12:40 am
Last week, pharmaceutical company Roche announced that it was scrapping work on a once-promising cholesterol medicine at the recommendation of its independent data and safety monitoring board. Had the drug proven successful, it would have likely delivered sales of a billion dollars a year. Instead, Roche lost millions researching something that will never reach ... Go To Article
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“The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House” – AmericanThinker
By MB Snow at May 15, 2012 | 12:35 am
By Ed Lasky, May 14, 2012, American Thinker - Edward Klein's new book on Barack Obama, The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, is a withering portrayal of a radical adrift, in over his head, drowning in his own incompetency -- while being weighed down by a small circle of "advisers" who are compounding the problem of the Amateur in the White House. Klein's ... Go To Article
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JONATHAN TOBIN:: Did Ron Paul Change the Republican Party? « Commentary Magazine
By MB Snow at May 15, 2012 | 12:30 am
Jonathan S. Tobin During the long winter nights when Ron Paul and his boisterous supporters were raising hell in caucus states, one of the regular themes sounded by many mainstream media political observers was the damage the libertarian outlier was doing to the Republican brand and ultimately the party’s chances of defeating Barack Obama. Paul’s cheering throngs ... Go To Article
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ROBERT COSTA:: Capitalizing on Bain – NRO
By MB Snow at May 15, 2012 | 12:25 am
Newt Gingrich’s barbs against Bain Capital, Mitt Romney’s old investment firm, during the Republican presidential-primary campaign were merely an appetizer. Months later, the Obama campaign is launching its own Bain blitz, releasing a maudlin, two-minute montage of disgruntled steelworkers who supposedly lost their jobs because of Romney’s ruthlessness. The ... Go To Article
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EXAMINER EDITORIAL:: Democratic strategy: Keep playing the race card | Washington Examiner
By MB Snow at May 15, 2012 | 12:20 am
Members of the House Democratic Caucus and their staff received training last week on how to inject the issue of race into nearly any political argument that takes place during the 2012 election season. Maya Wiley, a former adviser for George Soros' Open Society Institute and the founder of the Center for Social Inclusion, was invited to address the caucus on the issue of ... Go To Article
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REVIEW & OUTLOOK:: Obama’s ‘Vampire’ Capitalists – WSJ
By MB Snow at May 15, 2012 | 12:15 am
Maybe the Obama re-election campaign isn't the error-free juggernaut of media lore. Consider the puzzling decision to start trashing Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital on the same day that President Obama was hitting up private-equity grandees for campaign contributions. Did David Plouffe think no one would notice? On Monday night Mr. Obama spoke at a fund-raiser at ... Go To Article
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PETHOKOUKIS:: Is Romney now immune to Obama’s Bain attacks? « The Enterprise Blog
By MB Snow at May 14, 2012 | 2:00 pm
By James Pethokoukis Here’s former Obama car czar and private equity guy Steve Rattner on the Obama campaign’s attack ad on Mitt Romney and Bain Capital (via MSNBC): I think the ad is unfair. … Bain Capital’s responsibility was not to create 100,000 jobs … it was to make profits for its investors—most of whom were pension funds, and endowments and ... Go To Article
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MARK STEYN:: The Spirit of Geert Wilders – NRO
By MB Snow at May 14, 2012 | 1:56 pm
By Mark Steyn When I was asked to write a foreword to Geert Wilders’ new book, my first reaction, to be honest, was to pass. Mr. Wilders lives under 24/7 armed guard because significant numbers of motivated people wish to kill him, and it seemed to me, as someone who’s attracted more than enough homicidal attention over the years, that sharing space in these pages ... Go To Article
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