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Brooks on Jindal’s rebuttal: ‘It’s just a disaster for the Republican Party’

By Paul Demko | 02.25.09 | 10:44 am

New York Times columnist David Brooks was on PBS last night to analyze Barack Obama’s speech to both houses of Congress, as well as the rejoinder from Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Giving the opposition rebuttal is never an easy task,…

The 2012 express: Whither Sarah Palin after next Tuesday?

By David Noon | 10.29.08 | 11:56 am

Most of the chatter about Sarah Palin’s political future rests on the optimistic premise that Palin, as a presidential candidate, would at last be capable of energizing social conservatives while drawing independent voters in ways that she’s been unable to do as a vice presidential pick. This tableau further assumes that Palin, having taken four years to mature as a national candidate, would carry none of the baggage she’s accumulated — quite literally — over the past two months. Barring a massive swing in the nation’s political climate, Palin will likely be a worse candidate in 2012 than she is at the moment.

Righty pundits express growing reservations about prisoner-of-words Palin

By Steve Perry | 09.29.08 | 11:05 am

George Will (pictured), David Brooks, David Frum, Charles Krauthammer, Ross Douthat, National Review’s Kathleen Parker: The LA Times runs down the growing roster of pro-GOP pundits making discouraging sounds about Sarah Palin following her tongue-tied performance in…

VP or not VP: ‘the godfather of Sam’s Club conservatism’

By Paul Demko | 05.27.08 | 11:10 am

Tim Pawlenty might not have made it to John McCain’s weekend veep-vetting barbeque. But New York Times columnist David Brooks analyzes the sweepstakes in today’s paper and finds former Ohio Congressman

Video: Echoing NYT’s Brooks, Obama Girl asks Clinton to drop out

By Paul Schmelzer | 03.25.08 | 1:47 pm

Not sure if Obama Girl’s neologism “Obama Nation” (which sounds a lot like “abomination”) is a keeper, but the message of her latest video seems to have some traction. Urging Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race — and…