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Krauthammer: Obama’s Debt Fraud
The more you learn, the more galling it becomes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/17/AR2011021705270.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

Noonan: Governors Lead the Way
Read the second half of this piece and what Chris Christie said to the NJ firefighters. Worth reading on the air.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704657704576150651387759930.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

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WSJ: Ahmadinejad Makes Mubarak Look Like Boy Scout
Pro American autocrats are much easier to topple than anti-American autocrats.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704409004576146450737466420.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

Budget Blob Gets Bigger
The numbers are staggering.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704409004576146403950507220.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion

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President Ignores Debt Payment in “Balanced Budget” Statements
Just what David Malpass told you yesterday. And your response was appropriate. “That’s a joke.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/16/white-house-stretches-truth-national-debt-claim/

NYT: Every Cut Is a Lost Job
Deficit? What deficit?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/opinion/17thu1.html?hp

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Stephens: Moderate Muslim Brotherhood?
Many pundits thought Khomeni was moderate, too.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703584804576143933682956332.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_BelowLEFTSecond

More Optimistic Predictions
Re: the Iranian Revolution.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/259512/re-re-willful-blindness-etc-cliff-may

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Military Now in Complete Control
They say they’re going to hold elections in six months.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/world/middleeast/14egypt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Henninger: Can Egypt Turn Out Well?
Probably not given how much the populace has become dependent on the government.
http://topics.wsj.com/person/h/daniel-henninger/5468

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SOTU
Back to the “We aren’t red states, we aren’t blue states; we’re the United States” style rhetoric. Lofty, but a lot empty calories. Main theme: we can’t do it without more government.  Almost nothing on foreign policy. By the way, didn’t see any “In God We Trust” shots, per usual. Be sure to send your highlights to Sean, so that he has them in the morning when he gets in.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/us/politics/26obama-text.html?_r=1

Paul Ryan Answers
I thought this was the best rebuttal I’ve seen. He stated the Republican position very clearly: less government, less taxes. Let the American people figure it out for themselves.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/48200.html

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Your Column

A very worthy topic for second hour.

Hour 3:

Obama Will Tack to Center for State of Union
Doesn’t this support the idea that the country is center-right?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/us/politics/23obama.html?hp

WSJ: Ruling by Regulations
The President says he wants to cut the red tape. We applaud the rhetoric, but the reality is much more grim.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704881304576094132896862582.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_opinion

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Krauthammer: Repeal Is Crucial

He explains what Paul Ryan explains in the video I sent you earlier in the week, only more clearly. Once you understand this, you understand what a fraud ObamaCare is, a massive con job, even by Washington’s high standards.

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House Repeals ObamaCare

If only it were a done deal. 3 Dems joined them.