Afternoon update for October 27, 2011
Posted on 10/27/2011Ryan Streeter on The Republican: The college bubble is bursting, and Obama's plan may make things worse
LATEST NEWS
Occupy Wall Street update:
- Graphic showing where OWS and the Tea Party part ways. - Ricochet
- Protestors think that Rush Limbaugh is more dangerous than al Qaeda. - Beltway Confidential at the Examiner
2012 update:
- There’s a lot of George Romney in his son Mitt. - Ben Smith at Politico
- Only a matter of time: Rick Santorum goes after Herman Cain over the latter’s lack of clarity on abortion. - Politico
- Cain and Gingrich’s poll numbers have quadrupled since August. - Weekly Standard
- Unlike Obama, Hillary Clinton would crush Romney or Perry if she were the 2012 Democratic nominee. - TIME
- Boehner to Democrats: You can’t be serious - $1.3 trillion in new taxes is a non-starter. - The Hill
- Bipartisan ship wins the day on eliminating withholding taxes…for federal contractors. - Wall Street Journal
- Republican Scott Garrett has a new proposal for winding down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on the road to privatizing more of the housing market. - Reuters
- New ammo for opponents of ObamaCare: The law discourages marriage. - Washington Times
- Republicans ignore the prolonged housing crisis at their own peril. - Wall Street Journal
FEATURED OPINION
- Ross Douthat: The flat tax is political suicide, so the only way to sell it is the cynical way
- Fred & Kimberly Kagan: Iran has beaten us in Iraq
- Michael Barone: Public opinion in Wisconsin is trending toward Scott Walker, away from the Democrats
- Lanny Davis: Romney’s flip-flops hurt him – so much so that they’ll help Obama get re-elected