“Richard Nixon” on The Daily Caller

Just when political pundits thought we’d seen every campaign trick in the book, this year’s mid-term election cycle once again proves us wrong.  Credit (or blame, depending on your viewpoint) for the newest fad in electoral tactics goes to an odd figure: former Virginia Senator George Allen. (more)

There hasn’t been much to cheer up the White House in recent weeks, but last night’s Tea Party upset in Delaware’s GOP Senate primary must have prompted some pretty big smiles in the West Wing. “Tea Party Scores Big” was the Washington Post headline this morning. But the headline could easily have been: “Big Night for the White House.” (more)

The following article originally appeared in City Journal. (more)

In the wake of last week’s 9/11 remembrances and looking to the upcoming Mideast talks, it is a good time to reflect on what we have learned — and lost — since we took that sucker punch from a small group of al-Qaeda cowards. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Already in distinctive company as an American president, George W. Bush seeks to join an even more select group: president and top-selling author. (more)

Coolidge did it, so did Truman, as did Johnson, and to some extent, Nixon sort of did it (“You won’t have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore,” Nixon said after losing a California gubernatorial bid in 1962, though he went on to be elected in near landslides in 1968 and 1972): quit politics. (more)

What are we to make of Congressman Charles Rangel now that even President Obama has thrown him “under the bus” (something Obama is expert at doing to anyone inconvenient, so look out Maxine), saying that Rangel should “end his career with dignity”? Perhaps we need to look back to whence Rangel came from, New York’s “Adam Clayton Powell, Junior” Congressional District. (more)

During the Bush years, when the Republicans controlled Congress, government spending soared, deficits increased, and the federal government grew. In fact, very few remember that the Tea Party movement started as a reaction to TARP—a Bush administration policy. Flash forward two years, and you’ll find dozens of GOP candidates that argue that their own party “lost its way” when it was last in power. As Democrat Steny Hoyer pointed out last April, “hypocrisy is difficult to deal with.” (more)

Editor’s note: Bloomberg reporter Ryan Donmoyer wanted readers to know the context in which he wondered whether tea party members “parallel” Nazis. Below is the full thread in which the quote occurred. (more)

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The .338 Lapua Mag: enough stopping power? – Jim Vinoski (more)

President Barack Obama should be worshiping at the grave of Richard Nixon. “Why,” you ask? (more)

It’s taken over 60 years, but someone has finally written a great book about Whittaker Chambers. Richard M. Reinsch’s “Whittaker Chambers: The Spirit of a Counterrevolutionary,” emphasizes a point that has eluded both liberals and conservatives. Chambers, a former Soviet spy, journalist, and author of the masterpiece “Witness,” was also a religious genius. His insights into the human person and the nature of life will far outlive him, and his critics—including his most recent, Glenn Beck. (more)

YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Bill Warner is hardly a naive man. He ran his own engineering firm for three decades, and sold the assets just before the economy tanked. He built his dream home on a majestic hill abutting a national park, back when the housing market was steady. While some neighbors have since been foreclosed upon, Warner is resurfacing his flagstone deck. (more)

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“There is a cancer on the presidency. It has been growing daily for the past three months. It’s compounding, it grows geometrically now because it compounds itself. And there is no assurance that it won’t bust.”  (more)

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His grandfather resigned in disgrace from the presidency, but Chris Nixon Cox says he doesn’t think his family history will be a hindrance in his race for a New York congressional seat. (more)

America’s financial mess and our festering trade crisis were both caused by bad policies that mainstream economics told us were OK. This has made the public cynical about economists, but has produced few specific suggestions on how to actually fix the discipline. So—what should we do to restore its ability to give sound advice? (more)

The Republican Party has traditionally been seen as a party of two parts: a moderate wing and a conservative wing. But that view has become less and less relevant as the moderate wing shrinks to a party of basically two people (Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins). (more)

It’s the year 2051 and an American history professor by the name of Robot Avatar at the orbiting campus of Space Cadet University is “wiring” his students about the 50^th anniversary of George W. Bush’s presidency. (more)