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In Honor of W.F.Buckley on the Fourth Anniversary of his Passing: 2-27-2008

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/11/2012 9:13 AM | Add Comment

"There's this to be said for the contempt the citizenry has for Congress: It's not only fully deserved but remarkably consistent."

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“Severely Conservative”

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"Start with this fact: The truest measure of a man, indeed of a person, is not whom he lies down with but what he stands up for."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/11/2012 8:19 AM | Add Comment

“We must transform our economy from one focused on speculating, spending and borrowing to one constructed on the solid foundation of educating, innovating, and building.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/11/2012 7:52 AM | Add Comment

For now, the Adelsons don’t plan to deliver another big check to float Gingrich’s campaign, according to a person familiar with their deliberations.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/11/2012 7:41 AM | Add Comment

The Goverment Bailout of Detroit Has been Magnifient! “Detroit’s showing us it can be done,” he said as the music swelled.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/10/2012 7:32 PM | Add Comment

"But the problems will fester and the housing market will continue to suffer."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/10/2012 7:26 PM | Add Comment

So we should reject the attempt to divert the national conversation away from soaring inequality toward the alleged moral failings of those Americans being left behind.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/10/2012 6:31 AM | Add Comment

In other words, Reagan wanted to be on the same team as the bishops.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/10/2012 6:31 AM | Add Comment

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index slid 0.4 percent to 262.56 at 8:12 a.m. in London.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/10/2012 6:19 AM | Add Comment

House Republican leaders eliminated a provision of the Senate-passed bill that would, for the first time, regulate firms that collect “political intelligence” for hedge funds, private equity funds and other investors.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/10/2012 6:16 AM | Add Comment

Rep. Nita Lowey, (D., N.Y.) voted Thursday for the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/10/2012 6:14 AM | Add Comment

Mitt Romney began Thursday with a new offensive to link Newt Gingrich and a resurgent Rick Santorum to the Washington establishment.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/9/2012 6:48 PM | Add Comment

Saying Jobs “possesses the qualities to assume a high level political position,” the FBI records say.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/9/2012 6:36 PM | Add Comment

"Greece Must Go Bankrupt"

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/9/2012 7:11 AM | Add Comment

King may announce today that he will pump another 50 billion pounds ($79 billion) into the U.K. economy as the central bank ramps up protection for a nascent recovery.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/9/2012 7:00 AM | Add Comment

Mr. Friess, 71, said that he liked Mr. Santorum for his faith, but that he also believed he was the best candidate to compete with President Obama

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/9/2012 6:56 AM | Add Comment

"The reality is that conservatives want an alternative, and Romney just isn't making the sale."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/9/2012 6:50 AM | Add Comment

“Mitt Romney is saying that I’m not a conservative. That’s almost laughable for a moderate Massachusetts governor who has been for big-government programs,” Mr. Santorum said on “Fox and Friends”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/8/2012 8:02 PM | Add Comment

"The other candidates are all piling on Romney," Heye said, "and that's going to have an effect."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/8/2012 7:25 AM | Add Comment

The Assad family has run Syria as an Alawite mafia syndicate since 1970.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/8/2012 7:20 AM | Add Comment

“Bottom line is we moved away from the disaster scenario and now it’s being endorsed or even underwritten by central bank activity in the U.S. and Europe.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/8/2012 7:17 AM | Add Comment

With unemployment at 19 percent, businesses closing, credit scarce and the proposed new wage cuts expected to further decimate the shrinking middle class, the hard left and extreme right are rising.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/8/2012 7:13 AM | Add Comment

“I’m pretty confident we’ll come in No. 1 or No. 2,” and acknowledging “a good night for Senator Santorum.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/8/2012 7:07 AM | Add Comment

“I’m not going to be able to raise the scale of money Governor Romney can,” Gingrich said. “I don’t have Goldman Sachs. And I don’t have all of his major donors from Wall Street.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/8/2012 7:05 AM | Add Comment

Obama & Citizens United: Surrendering principles, or living again to fight another day for those Principles?

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/8/2012 7:02 AM | Add Comment

Reagan had, to be fair, starred with Barbara Stanwyck in the 1954 Cattle Queen of Montana.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/7/2012 8:20 PM | Add Comment

Clint on Half Time in America

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/7/2012 8:16 PM | Add Comment

LIKE MANY FORMER REPUBLICANS: "Mr. Eastwood, a former mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif., who usually voted Republican, has acknowledged recently having a political change of heart."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/7/2012 7:04 AM | Add Comment

“But for 2012,” Mr. Messina said, “our campaign has to face the reality of the law as it currently stands.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/7/2012 7:01 AM | Add Comment

“The bill of rights of the former evil empire, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was much better than ours.” - Justice Antonin Scalia

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/7/2012 6:49 AM | Add Comment

The Cardona brothers, who have no prior history of political giving, appeared seemingly out of nowhere in the world of Democratic fund-raising, Democratic activists said.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/7/2012 6:45 AM | Add Comment

Nor are today’s debates all that distinguishable from other kinds of “reality” television—the elaborate red-white-and-blue sets, the swooping cameras, the “new media” flourishes (questions from Twitter and YouTube), the howling studio audiences.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/6/2012 4:46 PM | Add Comment

In 1974, after the Watergate scandal, campaign-finance laws were dramatically reformed. In an attempt to curb corruption, Congress set contribution limits and established the public financing of Presidential campaigns. That year, Republicans were trounced

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/6/2012 4:43 PM | Add Comment

The banks — led by the five biggest mortgage servicers, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Ally Financial — want to settle an investigation into abuses set

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/6/2012 8:30 AM | Add Comment

Raising five sons born in the space of seven years, Howard and Margaret Paul worked every day but Christmas, spoke English at home but swore at their sons in German

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/6/2012 8:20 AM | Add Comment

“We are keeping our eyes on the prize.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/6/2012 8:18 AM | Add Comment

“So much for a ban on earmarks.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/6/2012 8:16 AM | Add Comment

“I’m Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and C.E.O. of Goldman Sachs, and I support marriage equality.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/6/2012 8:14 AM | Add Comment

“When a man marries his mistress, he creates a job opening.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/5/2012 8:54 AM | Add Comment

"Fannie and Freddie need to push lenders to agree to more principal reduction, and need to be pushed themselves, with legislation."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/5/2012 8:37 AM | Add Comment

Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Josef Ackermann said a collapse of Greece’s economy would open a “Pandora’s box” that would kill a euro-area recovery.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/5/2012 8:31 AM | Add Comment

The way these cases developed and made their way to the highest court also illustrates the reverse — how politics shape the court.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/5/2012 8:22 AM | Add Comment

"A national party in the American federal system ought to have a safe way to pick a strong candidate. The current system isn't it."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/5/2012 8:18 AM | Add Comment

LAS VEGAS

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/5/2012 8:07 AM | Add Comment

Mr. Romney and his top financial advisers have been pursuing a careful strategy of outreach to Mr. Adelson.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/5/2012 8:06 AM | Add Comment

“I am a candidate for president of the United States,” Mr. Gingrich said emphatically. “I will be a candidate of the president of the United States. I will go to Tampa.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/5/2012 8:04 AM | Add Comment

Stating that he isn't concerned about the plight of the very poor because they have a safety net came off as almost Dickensian: "Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?"

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/4/2012 9:01 AM | Add Comment

NO MORE CANDLES

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/4/2012 8:44 AM | Add Comment

"For a man who’s not worried about the rich, he sure seems to want them to rake in more cash."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/4/2012 8:35 AM | Add Comment

Fannie and Freddie each declined to comment on the companies’ relationships with Mr. Gingrich in the 1990s.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/4/2012 8:34 AM | Add Comment

The bill also banned bonuses for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac officials and required registration of the growing “political intelligence” industry

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/4/2012 8:32 AM | Add Comment

Being glitter-bombed — protesters showered Mr. Romney with cans full of glitter as he took the stage in Minnesota on Wednesday — might not have happened with the Secret Service on the job.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/4/2012 8:28 AM | Add Comment

Fannie and Freddie each declined to comment on the companies’ relationships with Mr. Gingrich in the 1990s.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/4/2012 8:26 AM | Add Comment

So Mr. Romney’s position seems to be that we need not worry about the poor thanks to programs that he insists, falsely, don’t actually help the needy, and which he intends, in any case, to destroy.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/3/2012 6:30 AM | Add Comment

‘Bottomless Pit’

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/3/2012 6:26 AM | Add Comment

“My fear is if there is another problem with a caucus you’re going to have more people say, ‘Why are we doing this?’ ”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/3/2012 6:15 AM | Add Comment

Ummm..... Wasn't Bernanke originally appointed by President Bush?

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/2/2012 7:21 PM | Add Comment

Bernanke said. “We’re always trying to bring inflation back to the target.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/2/2012 7:18 PM | Add Comment

“We have a huge opportunity, at this moment, to bring manufacturing back,” Mr. Obama said

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/2/2012 7:15 PM | Add Comment

William Koch, whose brothers Charles and David are among the country’s most prominent backers of conservative causes, gave $1 million personally or through Oxbow Carbon, the energy company he founded.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/2/2012 6:40 PM | Add Comment

Here, Mitt Romney demonstrates his capacity for empathy.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/2/2012 6:06 AM | Add Comment

"The downside of doing this is that the value of Facebook may be slightly lower than it would be if he were not retaining control."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/2/2012 6:06 AM | Add Comment

The contributions have already helped the Republican Party’s elite donor class, who increasingly favor Mr. Romney, regain some control over the party’s nominating process

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/2/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

“The nominee marginalizes the Ron Paul people at his own peril,” said Mr. Smack

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/2/2012 5:42 AM | Add Comment

If the 2012 contest were between Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Soros said that “there isn’t that much difference..."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/1/2012 7:18 PM | Add Comment

And who was it who argued that the government ought to let the carmakers fail? Mitt Romney.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/1/2012 7:05 PM | Add Comment

“Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/1/2012 6:59 AM | Add Comment

“The proportional nature of the upcoming contests essentially guarantees that no candidate will secure the nomination any time soon.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 2/1/2012 6:55 AM | Add Comment

Red State Socialism?

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/31/2012 7:12 PM | Add Comment

“The bottom line is this: the more voters learn about Romney, the more unfavorably they view him.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/31/2012 6:57 PM | Add Comment

“Send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress,” Mr. Obama said. “I will sign it.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/31/2012 6:51 AM | Add Comment

"The long series of debates are an open window onto the failed policies and dubious values of the Republican Party. No wonder some people want to close it."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/31/2012 6:49 AM | Add Comment

On Tuesday, a coalition of big American labor unions, Democratic politicians and trade advocacy groups plans to start campaigning for the Obama administration to file a series of trade cases against China in the auto industry.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/31/2012 6:33 AM | Add Comment

The Democrats also suggested that Arizona-based A.T.F. officials developed the tactic out of frustration because prosecutors refused to charge gun cases, even when they had a level of evidence that would have satisfied prosecutors in other jurisdictions.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/31/2012 6:31 AM | Add Comment

"It's not that I'm a good debater," he said, "it's that I articulate the deepest-felt values of the American people."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/30/2012 7:06 PM | Add Comment

“Many people now say that it will never work to push all the Southern European countries into austerity, hoping that, one day, they will pay back what they owe.”’

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/30/2012 6:12 PM | Add Comment

Ms. Lagarde said: “No one is immune. It’s not just a euro zone crisis. It’s a crisis that could have collateral effects, spillover effects around the world.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/30/2012 6:09 PM | Add Comment

And we’re quite fortunate that Mr. Obama did not, in fact, do a Cameron.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/30/2012 6:48 AM | Add Comment

The anticipated agreement on private sector involvement, or PSI, will open the way to a 130 billion- euro second bailout from Greece’s European partners and the International Monetary Fund for the country

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/30/2012 6:45 AM | Add Comment

We know that it is politically easier to continue programs that outlive their usefulness or outrun their cost estimates — especially when Republican politicians are so eager to promise the Pentagon a blank check.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/30/2012 6:32 AM | Add Comment

“I am in fact the legitimate heir to the Reagan movement, not some liberal from Massachusetts,” Mr. Gingrich declared heatedly.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/30/2012 6:27 AM | Add Comment

“But in all honesty, this was probably the right time for me, in terms of my age and just the opportunity that existed, but there are personal and family reasons that made that impossible.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/30/2012 6:25 AM | Add Comment

"Romney was tutored in Florida by Brett O’Donnell, a new debate coach. Too bad he can’t find a conviction coach."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/29/2012 9:19 AM | Add Comment

Romney has moved ahead of Gingrich in several Florida polls

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/29/2012 9:06 AM | Add Comment

Tuesday 31: Florida Republicans select their nominee for the presidency; Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney running virtually neck-and-neck.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/29/2012 9:05 AM | Add Comment

Critics say a territorial tax would create an even bigger incentive to locate factories overseas.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/29/2012 8:58 AM | Add Comment

The NBC News legal department wrote a letter to Romney’s campaign asking for the removal of all NBC News material from their political ads.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/29/2012 8:53 AM | Add Comment

“Have courage!” he told the crowd here of about 150 people who were at the golf course.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/29/2012 8:51 AM | Add Comment

As Mr. Adelson was experiencing his awakening on Israel, Mr. Gingrich was ascending the Republican ranks.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/29/2012 8:47 AM | Add Comment

“Gingrich is Goldwater.” He continued, “In the general election, Gingrich not only takes down his ship, he takes down the whole flotilla.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/28/2012 7:07 AM | Add Comment

“We’re going to push hard for the Buffett rule,” Obama told Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/28/2012 7:06 AM | Add Comment

Simpson also said the Republican presidential candidates are “almost like robots” in their aversion to any taxes as a way to help shrink the government’s $1.3 trillion deficit.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/28/2012 7:04 AM | Add Comment

Mr. Gingrich’s outspokenness was on full display here, linking Mr. Romney to a Washington-Wall Street axis of money and power — he dropped the name “Goldman Sachs” several times

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/28/2012 6:58 AM | Add Comment

“If a man’s dishonest to get a job, he’ll be dishonest on the job,” Mr. Huckabee says.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/28/2012 6:56 AM | Add Comment

"And then, GOP, watch out! Sure, it appears Paul is unlikely to mount a third-party campaign — he’s said so himself."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 6:57 PM | Add Comment

Silicon Valley has also become a lucrative trough for political campaigns, with President Obama’s re-election campaign frequently taking him to California for fund-raising events

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:09 AM | Add Comment

Mr. Gingrich has embraced his newfound outsider’s status, and to the degree that attacks from Republican figures of the past several decades filter through to conservative voters, they could help Mr. Gingrich as much as hurt him.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:08 AM | Add Comment

The Original Tea- Partier!

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 1/27/2012 5:05 AM | Add Comment

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