The Other McCain

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#OWS Protesters Attempt to Storm AFP Defending the American Dream Summit

WASHINGTON, D.C. “Occupy DC” protesters just attempted to force their way into the Washington Convention Center where the Americans for Prosperity Foundation is holding its Ronald Reagan tribute dinner for the “Defending the American Dream Summit.” I was in the middle of the scrum of smelly hippies when they stormed the doors and have multiple […]

ObamaCare Is The Issue Of Our Day, According To Cuccinelli

by Smitty Getting to hear my state’s rock star Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, at the Defending the American Dream Summit was every bit the treat that was expected. Leading off and actually upstaging him slightly however, was former NY LT Governor, Betsy McCaughey (pronounced like ‘McCoy’) who had the finest blend of passion and wonkery I’ve […]

Net Neutrality Or Poison In His Tea: Stacy Has To Ponder The Pros And Cons

by Smitty The Net Neutrality panel at the Defending the American Dream Summit was, oh, a little bit important, if you don’t want your country starting to resemble China, or Iran. What you need to know about Net Neutrality is that it is an un-Constitutional effort by the Executive branch to do Congress’ job. Congressman […]

Fear And Loathing In Room 302

by Smitty A fine day for technical challenges, where buying an all-day pass on the Metro does not mean ‘all day’. Rather, ‘all day’ starts at 0930, if you read the one yellow rectangle in the sea of hieroglyphics on the ticket gadget. The attendant at the turnstile blamed the victim in the most elegant […]

First Weekend In November:
Defending The American Dream Summit

by Smitty A few heads will be attending, among them are a few with whom I hope to score photos: Mark Levin, Radio Host Herman Cain, Businessman and GOP presidential hopeful Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst Jonah Goldberg, New York Times best selling author Andrew Breitbart Conservative commentator and author Ken Cuccinelli […]

Layover in Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif. The airport terminal here is a low-tech, low-budget affair — a single-story building with two large, bare waiting areas and a sort of vestibule where the TSA has its security-screening operation. The restrooms are located in a couple of temporary-looking out buildings. There are none of those covered gangways to or exit […]

Memo From the National Affairs Desk: Final Boarding at McCarran International

The National Affairs Desk, 5:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 McCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Las Vegas By the time I got to the taxi stand in front of the fabulous Venetian Resort Hotel, it was 4:30 p.m. and I only had until 5 p.m. to get checked in at the Jet Blue counter for my flight […]

Money Problems for Rick Perry? Also: Thoughts on the Logic of Strategy

Call this the “former front-runner” problem: Texas Gov. Rick Perry kicked off his presidential campaign with an aggressive fundraising schedule that quickly made him a front-runner for the Republican nomination. But reports his campaign filed with the Federal Election Commission show that his ability to attract big money fell off steeply in September — perhaps […]

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