Cheerleading Ryan

What's more fun to try and figure out: why Paul Ryan is not running for president or why the Weekly Standard and Bill Kristol are very sad that Ryan is not running for President? For the past week, the Weekly Standard has had Stephen Hayes wearing his reporting hat and his reporting-advoc…

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Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Monday August 22, 2011

Too Soon Old, Too Late Wise

I wish my defense hawk friends at the American Enterprise Institute and the Weekly Standard had discerned before it was too late that a budget framework that calls for: (1) no additional revenues and (2) big cuts in discretionary spending, is not a hospitable climate for a robust defense budget. …

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Written by David Frum on Monday August 1, 2011

Conservatives: Don't Doctor The Ryan Plan

The Weekly Standard editorial lines piece suggests that every Republican has to support the Ryan budget in its entirety and any qualm or qualification is unacceptable. How far will conservatives go to tell Republicans they  must support the Ryan budget in its entirety? A new Weekly Standard …

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Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Wednesday June 15, 2011