The Daily Caller

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David Brooks: 'We have become over-addicted to scandal'

| Jeff Poor

NYT columnist fears GOP probe of lethal terrorist attack could cause Americans to lose trust in government

The Daily Caller grades this year's notable college commencement speakers [SLIDESHOW]

| Eric Owens

Bill Clinton yay! Arianna Huffington meh. Michael Bloomberg boo!

David Brooks rips Ted Cruz: 'A face that looks a little like Joe McCarthy'

| Jeff Poor
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New York Times columnist says junior Texas senator has overstepped as a freshman senator

Brooks: GOP 'likely loser' in sequestration, public reaction will lead party to cave [VIDEO]

| Jeff Poor

NY Times columnist says Republicans making a mistake focusing on discretionary spending

David Brooks: Tea party has lost the will to fight, establishment is taking over [VIDEO]

| Jeff Poor

New York Times columnist says tea party effort has lost Rush Limbaugh, who is ‘more an establishment Republican’

Paul Krugman criticizes NY Times colleagues Tom Friedman, David Brooks [VIDEO]

| Jeff Poor

Nobel Prize-winning economist accuses his two fellow columnists of being too close to ‘Beltway’ wisdom

David Brooks: Debating details of Senate immigration the 'moral capital of obtuseness' [VIDEO]

| Jeff Poor

New York Times columnist says immigration reform ‘really our only shot at getting a growing economy’

David Brooks: Obama gave 'one of the best inaugural speeches' in 50 years [VIDEO]

| Jeff Poor

‘The speeches that work are making an argument for something’

David Brooks: Country 'immeasurably worse off' after fiscal cliff deal [VIDEO]

| Jeff Poor

Message to Democrats: ‘If you don’t tackle Medicare, you are going to have less for all the stuff you want to do’

David Brooks calls for gun control, less media coverage in wake of Sandy Hook [VIDEO]

| Jeff Poor
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‘I think if we’re going to control guns, we really have to do it massive’

Brooks: If Susan Rice can't handle senators, how can she be secretary of state? [VIDEO]

| Jeff Poor
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‘If she couldn’t get somewhere with Susan Collins, then that is a little bit of a problem’

David Brooks: McCain opposition to Susan Rice based on history, loyalty to John Kerry [VIDEO]

| Jeff Poor
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New York Times columnist suggests Arizona senator not as upset about Rice’s Benghazi remarks as he claims

The GOP's problem is its focus on the size of government

| Jeb Golinkin

The Republican Party needs to focus less on abstractions and more on specifics.

Brooks: Obama's 'very clean administration,' scandal-free first term signs of what's to come - TheDC

| Jeff Poor

NYT columnist says Obama’s problem will be accomplishing anything within gridlocked federal government

Brooks: Romney shifted from 'individualist' to 'compassionate' - TheDC

| Jeff Poor

NYT columnist cites flexibility, willingness to talk about regulations and not promote tax cuts for wealthy

David Brooks takes swipe at 'loon' Michelle Malkin (Update: Malkin responds) - TheDC

| Jeff Poor
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Brooks defends his brand of conservatism to The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz and explains how he reacts to his detractors on the right

David Brooks: Obama gets a 'pass' for reacting with calmness on 'chaotic' Middle East policy - TheDC

| Jeff Poor

‘Romney is the one with the burden. … He has to say, listen, I haven’t been a great candidate’

David Brooks on Romney's ideology: 'He's faking it' - TheDC

| Jeff Poor

‘I think he’s a non-ideological guy running in an ideological age who is pretending to be way more ideological than he really is’

David Brooks warns Dems overplayed abortion, gay marriage on opening night of DNC - TheDC

| Jeff Poor

New York Times columnist: Convention should have greater emphasis on ‘economics, growth and debt’

David Brooks: 'Unknown' Romney has post-convention bounce potential - TheDC

| Jeff Poor

‘Maybe Obama is more likable. He’s not that much more likable. Romney is a pretty decent guy. So, I think there is some upside there’