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Santorum’s Fidelity
Editorial of The New York Sun
January 27, 2012
One of the best questions in the Republican debate at Jacksonville will prove, we predict, to be the question about religious faith, and the best answer was the one of Senator Santorum. Ira Stoll at futureofcapitalism.com has a similar reaction. The…
Romney Readies Tax Reform Plan To Deal With Sub-Par Recovery
Aims To Broaden Base by Getting Rid of Deductions, Exemptions, Loopholes, Then Lower Rates
By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Special to the Sun
January 27, 2012
One would think that with one of the weakest economic recoveries on record, President Obama would be desperately searching for ways to promote economic growth. It is, after all, an election year. Most pundits and pollsters agree that it’s the economy…
Romney Resisting Reform
Editorial of The New York Sun
January 26, 2012
Governor Romney’s exchange with Lawrence Kudlow in which the governor resisted talk of a gold standard is an important moment in this campaign. It was aired on CNBC yeserday. It reminds us of an exchange we had some years ago with Milton Friedman. At…
Obama’s Tax Proposal Is ‘Designed To Come at Me,’ Romney Charges
By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Special to the Sun
January 25, 2012
President Obama's proposal to increase taxes on the rich is “designed to come at me,” GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney told me this morning. In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, Obama proposed a minimum 30% tax rate on Americans…
William Jefferson Gingrich
By R. EMMETT TYRRELL, Jr., Special to the Sun
January 25, 2012
How long have I been saying it? At least for 15 years, but in private I have been aware of it longer. Newt Gingrich is conservatism’s Bill Clinton, but without the charm. He has acquired wit but he has all the charm of barbed wire. Newt and Bill are…
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Karl Rove’s Next Move
Editorial of The New York Sun
January 25, 2012
An Elizabeth Warren fund-raising email has reached us outlining the pact she has struck with Scott Brown, her opponent in the senatorial race at Massachusetts. The deal is, she says, “aimed at keeping advertising by Wall Street, Karl Rove, and other…
The Gingrich-Paul Flirtation
Editorial of The New York Sun
January 24, 2012
The shrewdest question of at Tampa last night will, we predict, prove to be when Brian Williams turned to Congressman Ron Paul and asked him point blank: “Would you support a Newt Gingrich as nominee of the GOP?” The libertarian from Texas didn’t miss…
Santorum’s Sagacity
Editorial of The New York Sun
January 24, 2012
One of the best moments in the debate at Tampa came after a break, when Brian Williams of NBC turned to Senator Santorum and said he wanted to get him in on the question of Iran. “Specifically, as a last resort, as you said, taking out Iran's nuclear…
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CONRAD BLACK: A Comeback of Nixonian, If Not Lazarene, Proportions Warrants a Low Bow To Gingrich
Romney Could Hit Problems at Florida Over His Stand on Medicare
By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun
January 23, 2012
With the Republican presidential candidates headed to retiree-heavy Florida in advance of its January 31 primary, expect the debate about Medicare, the federal health care program for the elderly, to heat up. If voters start focusing on the issue…
Romney Offering the Right Stuff on Obama’s Crony Capitalism
By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Special to the Sun
January 20, 2012
Let me build on Charles Krauthammer’s great Friday column, “The GOP’s Suicide March.” Mr. Krauthammer argues that just as President Obama’s class-warfare, soak-the-rich mantra started lagging in the polls, some Republicans on the campaign trail…
