http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/ en-us jiminturkey@gmail.com 2009-07-02T16:52:16-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjBkZWViMmU1NzFmOTMzOGRmNzk2MGRkYThmZjg2Nzk= Closing Velocity finds a bit of reason for good cheer this Fourth of July:amp;nbsp;Michael McFaul, special assistant to the president and senior White... . . . 2009-07-02T16:52:16-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzgyMDMxZTdjYzllYzg3OTg5Y2I0MDM3ZDY0ZDAwMmY= This Fourth of July, a lot of grassroots activists will be holding their second round of tea parties -- 612 at last count. If you attend one this week... . . . 2009-07-02T16:25:19-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MWQ2OTA2MDI5NjA0ODdjZTM2NzlhZDgzYWQxNmQxNGU= Hmmm. The New York Stock Exchange extends trading an extraamp;nbsp;15amp;nbsp;minutes in order to "execute customer orders impacted by system irregula... . . . 2009-07-02T16:06:23-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTAxOGI2ZDM5MmJhMzI5MDA0ZTU2NjBmOGYyNmM5MTE= Obama, moments ago, responding to unemployment hitting the highest it's been in 26 years: "It took us years to get into this mess, and it will take mo... . . . 2009-07-02T14:41:41-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MmIwM2VmYTNmY2EzMTM4ZWJmNTYwNzVjYmI0ZTg2MDg= I have yet to hear from anyone in South Carolina circles who strongly believes that Gov. Mark Sanford should not resign. With his latest round of comm... . . . 2009-07-02T13:33:38-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTI1NmM3MjYzNTZmOGEwNWYzODMyN2JhYTlhYzQwZDQ= Tuesday night on Hugh's program, we discussed the Vanity Fair article about Sarah Palin and why, eight months after the election, Palin still arouses ... . . . 2009-07-02T12:04:42-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDkxY2QzYTdiM2FiOTQwODZhMDMxYWE3ZGM2ZWJkZDU= Ordinarily, the fact that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton isn't joining President Obama on his trip to Moscow next week wouldn't be worth a second ... . . . 2009-07-02T10:57:07-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Yzk1MzNmMTQ2ZDJmMTM2MmQyMWQyNThlMjcxMDhjMDg= The good folks at Innocent Bystanders have updated their chart, comparing the administration's predictions on unemployment against the actual rate: By... . . . 2009-07-02T10:46:18-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzhkNTk1YTkyYjMyNWFlYzU3ZDM0ZmM2NWExNGVjNmU= The campaign of Meg Whitman,amp;nbsp; former CEO of eBay and Republican candidate for governor of California, announces thatamp;nbsp;"her exploratory ... . . . 2009-07-02T10:28:38-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTYwZGNlMmQxMzk1NDA0ZWIzYWRjMGUwYjU2MzY2MDE= . . . and we don't mean the Fourth of July holiday. From the Department of Labor's report: In June, the average workweek for production and nonsupervi... . . . 2009-07-02T09:55:19-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTk1OGY5ZjQ1YTFjMjVjOTk4ZGY5NzMzOGFkZDRlOGI= Over on the home page, I've written a review of President Obama's health care town hall in Annandale, and offered an open question of what, precisely,... . . . 2009-07-02T08:56:53-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZjQxNTQzZmQ0NWRhMzdkMDdhMzE2NWM4YzBiMTFlNmM= Stimulus! Unemployment hits 9.5 percent, a 26-year high, as the economy lost 467,000 jobs in June's initial estimate. In June, the economy lost 79,000... . . . 2009-07-02T08:51:13-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=N2UxMzgyYzBmMTg2ZjgwMDdjYmU0NGNlZDBkZTY3N2U= In a few moments, I'll be appearing on the Washington Times morning radio program. Likely topics: Mark Sanford, Helen Thomas, and perhaps Arlen Specte... . . . 2009-07-02T08:26:06-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzBjNTJmMWU1YmE4MzE3YWM4YjJhOGY2NzAwZTYzNWU= I'm pretty sure when Arlen Specter flipped parties, he didn't expect to see headlines like this on in the Christian Science Monitor as early as July: ... . . . 2009-07-01T16:57:29-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODQxMDBiMGM2MWVhYjY2ZmY2ZmIyMmQyYTBhMjc3OWY= Mark Hemingway goes deep, deep, deep into the fights within the McCain campaign last year. . . . 2009-07-01T16:41:27-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODQ2YjgzNzJhOWQ0NzBkZmIzNWQ2NjEwMGYyMzcyMTM= Chip Reid and Helen Thomas gave White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs a great deal of grief over the White House's methods of pre-selecting questio... . . . 2009-07-01T15:55:43-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YTA3OWMyNWIxOWMzMjc0MDIxYjExNGFmYmFjMTllNjI= A lovely detail in a recent article about Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, a Democrat who claims the Department of Justice is investigating ... . . . 2009-07-01T11:38:21-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NmE5MzUxMjk4OGNlNzQ3NzIzZTc5YWU5NWE3NjJhZjg= The New York Daily News: Rep. Carolyn Maloneyamp;nbsp;has decided to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the 2010 Democratic primary. That primary will... . . . 2009-07-01T09:44:56-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDM5MDk3NWRiOGU3ODgyOWE4YWI3NmY1ZGM4YzQ3ZTk= I'm sure this was on the up-and-up: Sen. Daniel K. Inouye's staff contacted federal regulators last fall to ask about the bailout application of an ai... . . . 2009-07-01T09:41:23-05:00 http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTY2OWVkYjViMDYzYWUwOGNiYjU4ZmZlNjJkYjYxYTg= The NRCC sees Alan Grayson of Florida as one of the more vulnerable Democratic congressmen heading into the 2010 cycle. Usually when a member of the H... . . . 2009-07-01T09:04:09-05:00