Obama’s Nobel Speech: A More Muscular Moralism
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Obama’s Nobel Speech: A More Muscular Moralism
Robert Kagan, Politico
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An Unserious Afghan Approach
Monica Crowley, Washington Times
PoliticsObama accepts Nobel, says war has role in peaceSportsWill the Redskins keep Campbell?NationalHAYDEN: The free flow of secretsNationalCARAFANO: Oh Canada! Quelling cybersecurity threatsNationalCould 'good cry on Oprah' repair Tiger's image?WorldKey Shi'ite backs a democratic secular IraqPoliticsCatchall bill: Have guns, will travel on AmtrakWednesday, December 9, 2009Rate this storyAverage 5.00after 1 votes Login or register to rate this storyBy Monica Crowley Either a war has to be fought, or it doesn't. In his speech on Afghanistan last week,…
It Followed the Standard International Leftist Line
John Bolton, NRO
Thursday, December 10, 2009Bolton: Obama's 'Pedestrian, Turgid, and Uninspired' Address [Robert Costa]Earlier today, Pres. Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony in Oslo. Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton tells NRO that President Obama’s address in the Norwegian capital was “pedestrian, turgid, and uninspired.”“It followed the standard international leftist line,” says Bolton. “He played to the crowd and filled the speech with clichés from the…
Can the GOP Retake the Senate in 2010?
Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Democrats began the year as masters of the political universe, winning the White House and increasing their majorities in Congress. But the year is ending badly for them. Their top initiative, health care, is deeply unpopular. Congress's approval rating is 26%, Speaker Nancy Pelosi's is 28%, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's is an anemic 14%. Political currents are running against the party of Barack Obama. Democrats now trail Republicans by four points in Gallup's generic ballot poll. In 1994, the year the GOP took control of Congress, it wasn't until March…
The Senate’s Scary Health Care Deal
Tunku Varadarajan, The Daily Beast
Enter your email address:Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas:Message: J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo Harry Reid may have gotten a health-care deal, but he’s not doing his party—or the country—any favors. Tunku Varadarajan on the scary Medicare buy-in, and other goblins lurking within. Harry Reid, a small-state senator with all the allure of a small-town accountant, may offer unlikely echoes of the French monarchs of old; but one is still tempted to say this, after yesterday's…
