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Washington in 60 Seconds: Friendly Fire Roils Republicans
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning Capitolists! Did you feel that slight movement under your feet this morning? It might have been the early signs of a power shift in the country (not to mention the Senate). Read about that and what's happening in Washington in the next 60 seconds: - DeMint is Da Man. Every reporter loves the story of a kingmaker, and after Tuesday's eye-popping primary results, Washington's press corps has anointed South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint the man responsible for taking out eight of the national party's picks for Senate and replacing them on the ballot with Tea Party newcomers. ...
Twitter Spat: Robert Gibbs vs. Stephen Hayes
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyIn an unprecedented example of new-media outreach, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs spent about two hours Thursday night debating The Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes on Twitter about the small-business bill before Congress. The debate appeared to be spontaneous -- and even spilled over into Friday morning, as Gibbs Tweeted, @stephenfhayes I have enjoyed our tweets – shows that a good debate doesn't have to be a nasty debate The debate was heated but civil. Still, some on the left were not pleased by Gibbs' outreach to a conservative pundit. For example, The American Prospect's ...
Opinion: On Jobs, What's New Is New Again
By John Merline - AOL News(Dec. 8) -- Attention spans are notoriously short in Washington, but this is a bit ridiculous. "President Barack Obama will Tuesday lay out three new approaches to battling the U.S. jobs crisis," said one news account posted before Obama's speech later in the day. The "new" approaches he put forward: more money for roads and bridges, tax credits for energy-efficiency improvements in homes and more help for small businesses. Wait a moment. Didn't the stimulus bill passed just 10 months ago dedicate billions upon billions of dollars to those very areas? Turns out, it did. According to a ...
Opinion: What's Wrong With This Picture?
By not in system - AOL NewsErle Rawlins III (Nov. 23) - The dry cleaning discount sign in this store window violates a Dallas ordinance on proper window signage. When Charlie Patel decided to put a 30 percent off sign in the window of his Lakeside Cleaners business in Dallas, little did he realize he would run afoul of a city law, or that he would find himself at the center of a lawsuit that will help determine the limits of government-imposed restrictions on free speech. Patel's sign violated a Dallas ordinance, passed in June 2008, that prohibits companies from putting commercial signs in the "the upper two-thirds ...
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