Morning Briefing
For August 6, 2013
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1. The Conservatives
The old Buckley Rule is that we should back the most conservative candidate who can win the general election.
What I
find more and more is that the NRSC and others declare the person most
committed to the status quo the most conservative and work to convince
the rest of us that the others are too far right to get elected.
What I have decided is that the Buckley Rule is a stupid rule because . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. The Hillary Clinton conundrum
It
is widely assumed that Hillary Clinton is the front-runner for the 2016
Democrat nomination, if not a virtual lock on the candidacy. The
only real question is whether Joe Biden puts his boss in a tough spot
by launching a doomed campaign to wrestle the nomination away from
Hillary. Our
“objective” “news” media is already pumping up the Clinton candidacy by
scheduling glowing biographies of the new Dear Leader ahead of the
election, which takes the concept of media bias to delirious new
heights. The
chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus, fired off
letters to the brass at the two networks on Monday, demanding they
“cancel this political ad masquerading as an unbiased production,” or
else the RNC will freeze them out of the 2016 primary debates. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Reince Priebus to CNN, NBC: drop the Hillary propaganda films, or lose primary debate access.
You
may safely assume that I – and a lot of my compatriots – will not be
unhappy to see our 2016 debate calendar hacked down to something that’s
actually useful. By any means necessary. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. Ohio Newspapers Circle the Wagons for Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
Ohio’s
largest newspapers have refused to report on research that undermines
arguments for the Obamacare Medicaid expansion, which would make more
low-income Ohioans dependent on government without necessarily improving
their health.
The
Columbus Dispatch, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron
Beacon Journal, and Toledo Blade have circled their wagons around
several major studies contradicting Governor John Kasich’s pro-Obamacare
narrative.
For
instance, a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper
released in early July reviewed a 2005 Tennessee cut to Medicaid
eligibility. The authors concluded the Obamacare Medicaid expansion
could shift up to 4.2 million Americans from private health insurance
into Medicaid and cost 940,000 jobs by reducing incentives for
able-bodied childless adults to find work. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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Erick Erickson
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