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Where Are Palin's Clothes? The Rnc Won't Say

An enraged Republican donor called Republican National Committee officials "clueless" for their failure to donate or account for Gov. Sarah Palin's campaign wardrobe. Instead, as NewMajority revealed yesterday , the former GOP vice presidential candidate's expensive duds -- totalling $180,000 -- …

Written by Moira Bagley on Saturday January 24, 2009

Rnc Denials Don't Deny The Facts

When I hear Republican spinners call our NewMajority story on Governor Palin’s clothes “inaccurate, ” I am reminded of John Edwards’ denials in October 2007 of his then rumored extra-marital affair: “The story is false.” It’s an old press secretary’…

Written by David Frum on Friday January 23, 2009

The Right Time For The Right Books

From the spring of 2003 until the spring of 2007, I ran American Compass, a commercial book club that was part of the same company that operates Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Guild, the History Book Club, andÑat the timeÑmore than 30 others. I’d been a senior editor at Bantam Books and …

Written by Brad Miner on Friday January 23, 2009

Cultural Moderates And The Republican Coalition

Is it possible to be less than conservative on social issues and still be a part of the Republican coalition? Of course it is. Many voters, such as myself, vote GOP for the fiscal conservatism the party has traditionally espoused. The last several years has shaken that somewhat, but fiscal …

Written by David Kirkpatrick on Friday January 23, 2009

Palin's "donated" Clothes Stashed In Trash Bags At Rnc

Despite the Republican National Committee's promise to donate Sarah Palin's $180,000 campaign wardrobe to charity, word has it the Alaska governor's clothes remain stuffed in trash bags at RNC headquarters, NewMajority has learned. While Palin followed through on her promise to return her …

Written by Moira Bagley on Friday January 23, 2009

The Story Behind The Clothes-in-garbage-bags-story

This morning, FrumForum.com broke news that the Republican National Committee has been stashing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s campaign wardrobe in garbage bags. Our story has been widely picked up on the Web and has generated much controversy. Some further things need to be said: This story …

Written by David Frum on Friday January 23, 2009

Defining Torture Down

Newsweek 's Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball report on President Obama's first-week executive orders pertaining to the treatment of detainees. Writers notoriously don't get to write their own headlines, and it sometimes can be a problem. In this case, Isikoff and Hosenball have a real beef …

Written by Michael Anton on Friday January 23, 2009

Security Threat From Mexico Greater Than Iraq, Afghanistan

I believe we have to rethink our entire strategy for working with Mexico. The war that's underway in Mexico is an enormous national security threat to the United States. More people were killed in Mexico in 2008 than were killed in Iraq. There is a genuine civil war underway between drug dealers as …

Written by Newt Gingrich on Friday January 23, 2009

How (not) To Talk About Obama

FoxNews on MLK/inauguration weekend presented a contrast in styles. Mike Huckabee used the occasion to highlight the amazing legacy of King; have a civil conversation with the former New York governor Mario Cuomo on both Lincoln’s legacy and the relationship of religion to politics; and to …

Written by John Murdock on Friday January 23, 2009

My Son The Gun Designer, He Could Have Been A Doctor

As the Gaza War seems to be winding down with Hamâs in ruinsÑto no one’s sorrow but Iran’sÑI thought we could take a look at the rifle that the average Israeli soldier has carried over the years. In the Israeli War of Independence, Israeli fighters were armed quite haphazardly. …

Written by J. Moses Browning on Friday January 23, 2009

Blackberry 1, A "record" Player

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Written by FF Washington Insider on Friday January 23, 2009

The Republican Crisis In Texas: Houston, We Have A Problem

Texas – long a strong conservative state and a bastion for the GOP -- now faces a potential Republican collapse of its own. The Texas GOP is in danger of losing its mojo. We have gone from a party that pretty much owned the state’s political machinery - as much as any political party …

Written by Marshall Bowen on Friday January 23, 2009

Winning Back College Campuses--a New Strategy

The Obama Campaign dominated college campuses this fall. There is no way around that. At my own campus, the University of Virginia, seeing Obama paraphernalia on my way to class became as common as seeing North Face fleeces. Thus, it was no surprise that voters under the age of 30 voted …

Written by Karin Agness on Thursday January 22, 2009

When Public Schools Are Too Dangerous Even For Ex-Cons

Names are not used in this story out of respect for privacy. About twenty minutes after school one day last fall, one of my best and favorite students was angrily ripping down different posters in the halls. Not used to seeing him act like this, I stepped in asked what was going on. He …

Written by Thomas Gibbon on Thursday January 22, 2009

What Obama Should Have Said

I've been picking at Barack Obama's sad, flat inaugural address, and I will continue tomorrow. But maybe the thing that bugs me most about it is the squandered opportunity to say what he could have said - indeed what he was almost obliged to say. Imagine if instead of all that weary bumf about …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday January 21, 2009

Nm Events: Conservatives (and Others) Celebrate/commiserate At Counter-inaugural Party

Radio host Laura Ingraham, National Review's Byron York and his wife Marty, and NewMajority Editor David Frum and his wife Danielle invited friends to the Frums' Washington, D.C. home for cocktails on the evening of Inauguration Day. Blue and Red State drinks were served: "Blue …

Written by FF Events on Wednesday January 21, 2009

Reading Obama 2

And indeed the address itself delivers an ominous early warning of how wasteful Obama’s spending will likely be: "We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories." Obama wants to move away from coal-fired electricity on environmental grounds. …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday January 21, 2009

Reading Obama 1

Obama’s speech may not have been stirring, but it contains much valuable information about what the new president aspires to do and the assumptions he brings to his job. Let’s go to the highlights. "For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday January 21, 2009

The Gop's Winning Streak

It’s always possible to win a battle and lose a campaign. Or to win the battle in such a way that the victor ends up so badly hurt, or so narrowly in charge, that in the long run it scarcely counts as a victory. Think of Bunker Hill. Think of the Alamo. But does the same thing hold …

Written by Allen Guelzo on Wednesday January 21, 2009

Healthcare - A Line In The Sand

For the better part of 2 years, the Bush White House, fighting along side a small army of conservative activists and free-market-minded think tanks, battled Democrats over the State Children’s Health Initiative Program (SCHIP). Republicans tried to reshape the program, which they considered …

Written by David Gratzer on Wednesday January 21, 2009