NYT: Emotional President George W Bush thought Obama's election triumph was 'pretty cool.' The outgoing President sees the election of America's first black commander in chief as a "pretty cool" tribute to the strength of American democracy, and believes the image of his successor in charge will help spread freedom around the globe. More...The Hill: President Bush on Saturday used his first post-election radio address to praise Democratic President-elect Barack Obama, saying that he “represents a triumph of the American story.” Bush added that the Illinois senator’s victory is a “testament to hard work, optimism, and faith in the enduring promise of our nation.” More...
The Hill: White House press secretary Dana Perino said the president described his meeting with Obama as “good, constructive, relaxed and friendly,” adding that the two men discussed both domestic and international issues. More...
WSJ: President-elect Barack Obama met at the White House Monday with the man he will succeed in January, and pressed President George W. Bush to take immediate action to help stave off the collapse of the U.S. auto industry and to aid the economy more broadly. More...
Pearce: GM CEO and Duke Dad Rick Wagoner says GM is in dire need of federal aid. More...
The Hill: “If you look at the roiling global financial situation, if you look at the fact that much of this country distrusts its government, if you look at the fact that we’re still fighting in two wars, I think that the Republicans in Congress will stand ready to work with this new president,” Cantor said on “Fox News Sunday.” More...
CNN: Palin on running for president in 2012... "If there is an open door in '12 or four years later, and if it is something that is going to be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I'll plow through that door." More...
WSJ: What would Reagan do... "Our principles can flourish only if our policies resonate with average Americans who deal with concrete problems and who are resistant to radical change. One thing is certain: A conservatism that abandons freedom is not American; and a conservatism that ignores reality will not win." More...
Duke Chronicle Column: We lost an election, but there's another in two years, and you'll probably live to see it. Most of all, keep in mind the one advantage we have that neither speeches nor platitudes nor rabid fans will ever be able to take away: At the end of the day, we're the ones in the right. More...
Dome: The aftermath of last week's historic presidential election has led many national commentators to speculate that North Carolina and Virginia are no longer part of "the South." More...
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Ok, the inaugural comment - a few bones to pick with Oliver's chronicle column:
First, don't write an inspirational op-ed to conservatives about how they are suppose to convince others of their point of view and do it with PhD level vocabulary. Especially if you're writing to conservative 20-somethings in a college paper.
Let's rip on Obama for being elitist and then write the most blatantly elitist article possible.
The right lost because of an inability to capture the moderate / independent middle. So maybe it IS time to re-evaluate the tenets of the traditional conservative platform - pro-life, pro-guns, pro-America, pro-Team America, anti-gay marriage - into a new platform based on reforming institutions like health care and Social Security and shoring up the economy.
Also, two wonderful statements from the article to pull out:
“And then he'll get down to the task of governing the country-a task he has sought all his life but prepared for surprisingly little. The cultish enthusiasm will slowly fade as "Hope" and "Change" are translated into bills and budgets. And then America will realize again why it so rarely votes for the policies of the left: They do not work very well.”
Unsubstantiated garbage – they worked for FDR.
"And then we go on the offensive. In our classrooms, in our churches and clubs, on the bus, in the dorm common room, we must always be ready to explain what we believe and why we believe it, not to confront but to convince. We must never shrink from engaging when we hear that America is not a force for good in this world, or that corporations are evil and success is a crime or that morality is always relative and there is no such thing as truth."
Yes, because the left doesn’t believe in truth.
Somebody please tell me they thought this article was crap as well.
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