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May 20, 2010
On the primary elections
Karl Rove offers this takeaway: Democrats are increasingly likely to distance themselves from Mr. Obama, either ignoring him or running against him. Which brings us to Pennsylvania’s 12th District. Democrats are right to crow about keeping that seat, left vacant by the death of Jack Murtha. Murtha’s longtime aide, Mark Critz, won with a message that he was pro-life, pro-gun and anti-ObamaCare, while benefiting from a sympathy vote for Murtha’s
“Wall Street ‘Reform’ Just More Crony Capitalism”
Thus spake Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI): Financial regulatory reform, the thinking goes, provides Democrats an issue where the politics finally align with the Left’s policy preferences. Republicans, they believe, can be walked into a convenient political trap by opposing what Democrats call “Wall Street reform.” President Obama has mastered the art of bank populism, premised on class warfare, by tapping into powerful emotions of envy, anger, and fear. From an
"Wall Street 'Reform' Just More Crony Capitalism"
Thus spake Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI): Financial regulatory reform, the thinking goes, provides Democrats an issue where the politics finally align with the Left’s policy preferences. Republicans, they believe, can be walked into a convenient political trap by opposing what Democrats call “Wall Street reform.” President Obama has mastered the art of bank populism, premised on class warfare, by tapping into powerful emotions of envy, anger, and fear. From an