Thomas Jefferson Street Blog
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Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who may or may not be running for president, is lately busy explaining to people that the Republicans' decisive win in 2010 is only the first step toward reclaiming liberty in America and that, to be successful, “the conservative movement must move from a rejection model of conservatism to a replacement model of conservatism.” As part of this he identifies five major goals, which he outlined in a speech he gave recently in Dallas to the Institute for Policy innovation. Reaching back to the American War for Independence, the setting of his latest series of books, Gingrich said, “Think of the Declaration of Independence as an act of rejection.”
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Coming into the majority on the heels of its successful “Pledge to America,” the new House Republican leadership is likely to consider making some major reforms to the way the chamber does its business. Incoming Speaker John Boehner has already indicated this is very much on his mind, though how deeply he wants those reforms to go has yet to be spelled out.
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It’s time to think globally and act locally. There’s something to be said for bumper sticker solutions to important national problems.
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I know Sarah Palin’s poll numbers are sagging, but I didn’t realize it was this bad. Not only do a majority of Americans view her negatively, but it seems that the Weekly Standard, one of Palin’s earliest promoters, may be turning on her as well.
The magazine posted a review of Palin’s reality show over the weekend that drips with entertainingly scathing condescension for the former half-term governor and her latest venture. Standard senior writer Matt Labash invests his not inconsiderable talents in mocking Palin, Palinisms, and Palin’s Alaska.[See a roundup of editorial cartoons about Sarah Palin.]
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U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, long rumored to be a "dark house" candidate for chairmanship of the House Committee on Appropriations, has official thrown his hat into the ring.
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Tea Party movement denizens point to their successes at the polls this month as a display of the will of the people—and they're right. But the same grassroots empowerment is also evident in the apparent loss by one of the movement's favorites, Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller.
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