Rubio Goes to Washington
Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review
‘You didn’t fly here to celebrate me,” Marco Rubio announced from the stage of the Ronald Reagan Building (naturally) in Washington, D.C. The comment could have been a bit jarring coming from Rubio. Hours after being sworn in as a United States senator, this former insurgent candidate who bucked his party’s establishment to challenge its minted candidate — a sitting governor — presented himself as nothing but a workman starting out in a new office, albeit something of an emergency room.
As Country Mourns, Media Plays Up Partisanship
Debra Saunders, SFC
How do we react to the horrific murders of Christina Green, 9; John Roll, 63; Gabe Zimmerman, 30; Dorothy Morris, 76; Dorwin Stoddard, 76; and Phyllis Schneck, 79; and the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and 13 others?For one thing, we can refuse to engage in political opportunism. There's been too much of that. Receive news alertsBefore any relevant facts about the alleged shooter were in, New York Times' columnist Paul Krugman posted a blog in which he admitted that he had no proof that the right was involved, but blamed Sarah Palin anyway for targeting the…
Massacre, Followed by Libel
Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
