What a Difference a Week Makes for Bill Kristol

One day out from Obama’s long-awaited announcement on troop deployments to Afghanistan the White House is getting plenty of criticism from both sides of the aisle. Democrats, including Rep. David Obey (D-WI), the influential chair of the House Appropriations...

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How Many Needles Can Obama Thread?

To answer Jim Bovard's earlier question -- will President Obama "out-BS" Bush? -- I think no, after watching Obama tonight, it seems that Bush set a perverse standard that even an over-achiever like Obama can't exceed. But that didn't seem to be Obama's goal tonight....

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All You Can Cheat

From Big O's speech: [W]e have made progress on some important objectives. …  In Afghanistan, we and our allies prevented the Taliban from stopping a presidential election and -- although it was marred by fraud -- that election produced a government that is...

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Until the King Speaks …

While we’re all waiting for the Dear Leader to come down from the mountain and deliver his address to the nation on his plans for Afghanistan, I thought I’d alert my readers to my blogging for The Hill – Capitol Hill’s newspaper of record – where I’ve been...

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Will Obama Out-BS Bush?

Obama’s speech from West Point tonight may drive the final wooden stake into liberals’ hope that their guy would create a Brave New Order in Washington and the world. The fact that Obama is following in Bush’s footsteps - talking to an audience of captive...

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