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nuncaquite
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Once again. That makes her different in what way?
Jeb Bush’s Rush to Make Money May Be Hurdle
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/21/us/politics/jeb-bushs-rush-to-make-money-may-be-hurdle.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/21/us/politics/jeb-bushs-rush-to-make-money-may-be-hurdle.html
Rick Perry's Getting A Visit From Key GOP Activists Ahead Of 2016
Rick Perry's Getting A Visit From Key GOP Activists Ahead Of 2016
Rick Perry's Getting A Visit From Key GOP Activists Ahead Of 2016
British Officials Portrayed Reagan as a “Bozo”
British Officials Portrayed Reagan as a “Bozo” - The Daily Beast
British Officials Portrayed Reagan as a “Bozo” - The Daily Beast
nuncaquite
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Lets hope its impossible for him to raise the funds. Im Bushed out.
Yes, I admit he would without a doubt be better than what we have at present.
But he would still suck.
nuncaquite
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If they can just find enough people to buy into the idea that its not important and a complete failure that Libs left Americans to die in Libya. The lack of forign policy, economic collapse, no direction, and only class/ race warfare to run on. If not for that, this kinda poop could keep more of them in office. But the Libs cant find enough dummies to purchase this crap. Much like obamacare-not enough dummies want it.
Man, the IRS scandal in itself should have and maybe still will sink this administration.
When are you going to start accepting aca at your practice? I forgot what date you said.
Borrowed time for the libs.
Man, the IRS scandal in itself should have and maybe still will sink this administration.
When are you going to start accepting aca at your practice? I forgot what date you said.
Borrowed time for the libs.
The Big Reason Republicans Should Hope Jeb Bush Runs
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/upshot/the-big-reason-republicans-should-hope-jeb-bush-runs.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/upshot/the-big-reason-republicans-should-hope-jeb-bush-runs.html
The Coming GOP Civil War Over Climate Change
Science, storms, and demographics are starting to change minds among the rank and file.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/the-coming-gop-civil-war-over-climate-change-20130509
Science, storms, and demographics are starting to change minds among the rank and file.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/the-coming-gop-civil-war-over-climate-change-20130509
11 political lessons from Eric Cantor’s loss
http://www.vox.com/2014/6/10/5798604/Eric-Cantor-David-Brat-loss-VA-politics/in/5562623
http://www.vox.com/2014/6/10/5798604/Eric-Cantor-David-Brat-loss-VA-politics/in/5562623
Eric Cantor Defeated by David Brat, Tea Party Challenger, in G.O.P. Primary Upset
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/11/us/politics/eric-cantor-loses-gop-primary.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/11/us/politics/eric-cantor-loses-gop-primary.html
With Eric Cantor's Loss, the Republican Civil War is About to Explode
http://www.businessweek.com/article...-the-republican-civil-war-is-about-to-explode
This in turn will affect the GOP presidential primary, because the candidates will have to take positions on whatever legislation the House is entertaining. Many commentators are already weighing in to predict that Cantor’s loss will spell doom for the GOP in 2016, and it may. But conservatives see it as a validation of their worldview and an opening to further assert their influence — which means there’s going to be an even bigger fight about that first.
http://www.businessweek.com/article...-the-republican-civil-war-is-about-to-explode
This in turn will affect the GOP presidential primary, because the candidates will have to take positions on whatever legislation the House is entertaining. Many commentators are already weighing in to predict that Cantor’s loss will spell doom for the GOP in 2016, and it may. But conservatives see it as a validation of their worldview and an opening to further assert their influence — which means there’s going to be an even bigger fight about that first.
David Brat to Bernanke: Don’t Underestimate the Value of Protestants
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014...-dont-underestimate-the-value-of-protestants/
Ben Bernanke got it wrong because he forgot to account for God, or at least for the Protestant way of worshiping him.
That’s the basic argument of David Brat, the Virginia Republican who toppled House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) Tuesday. Before his foray into politics, Mr. Brat has spent his career as an economics professor at Randolph Macon College in Ashland, Va., where he wrote about typical economists’ fare such as the determinants of long-term growth.
In a 2005 paper, which he presented at an economics conference in Myrtle Beach, S.C., he took on Mr. Bernanke, the former Fed chairman, Fed governor, and former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
In the paper, titled “Is Growth Exogenous? Taking Bernanke Seriously (But How Can a Fed Guy Forget the Institutions)”, Mr. Brat waded into a debate among economists over the determinants of long-term growth with this conclusion: Mr. Bernanke’s work on economic growth overlooked the role that religious institutions–particularly Protestant ones–play in driving a country’s growth rates.
In his argument against Mr. Bernanke, Mr. Brat draws on previous research titled “Economic Growth and Institutions: The Rise and Fall of the Protestant Ethic?” a 2004 paper in which he wrote that Protestantism “provides an efficient set of property rights and encourages a modern set of economic incentives” so “one might anticipate positive economic performance.”
“Give me a country in 1600 that had a Protestant led contest for religious and political power and I will show you a country that is rich today,” he wrote.
Mr. Brat reviewed a 2001 paper from Mr. Bernanke and co-author Refet Gurkaynak who argued that long-term growth is primarily determined by behavioral variables such as an economy’s savings rate.
Mr. Brat agreed that savings rates, population growth and human capital accumulation (that is, an increasingly educated populace) help drive economic growth. But the even larger factor, he said, is “the Protestant religious establishment.”
In support of his argument, Mr. Brat quotes Brad DeLong, an economist at the University of California-Berkeley, saying that “a nation’s dominant religious establishment” is a “striking” determinant of economic growth.
Countries with Protestant institutions have higher income levels and “it is this variable and not capital or education or democracy or OECD status which has been associated with economic growth over the long run,” writes Mr. Brat.
By forsaking Protestant institutions in his growth models, Mr. Bernanke made “no small omission.” Mr. Brat’s regressions show that “institutions such as religion, democracy” and government push back against corruption and incompetence “all significantly enhance a country’s long-run economic performance.”
Economic growth is a recurring area of interest in Mr. Brat’s research as an economist. While little of his research appears to have been published, a review of his writings shows him frequently returning to the determinants of growth with papers carrying such titles as “Long-Run Relationships Between GDP, Risk, Earnings and the Stock Market,” “Growth Diagnostics vs. The Washington Consensus,” and “Meta-Analyses of Cross Country Economic Growth and NAEP Test Scores: Do international NAEP scores measure Human Capital?”
The determinants of growth is a common area of interest for economists of Mr. Brat’s generation. The economist Robert Lucas Jr., who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1995 once quipped that long-run economic growth is so important that “the consequences for human welfare involved in questions like these are simply staggering” and once you start thinking about growth “it is hard to think about anything else.”
As an economics professor at Randolph Macon College, his course load has included standard professorial fare such as “Principles of Economics-Micro,” “Principles of Economics-Macro” and “International Economic Development.”
On the website ratemyprofessor.com, Mr. Brat holds a rating of 3.4 out of 5, wedged between average and good. He was also awarded one chili pepper for “hotness” with one anonymous student reviewer writing he “changes assignments all the time, but he is so charming, you forget to be mad at him” and another writing “At least he’s hot!!”
Mr. Brat has also written some things outside the typical scope of an economics professor, opining that Hitler’s rise “could all happen again, quite easily” in a 13-page essay titled “God and Advanced Mammon — Can Theological Types Handle Usury and Capitalism?”
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014...-dont-underestimate-the-value-of-protestants/
Ben Bernanke got it wrong because he forgot to account for God, or at least for the Protestant way of worshiping him.
That’s the basic argument of David Brat, the Virginia Republican who toppled House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) Tuesday. Before his foray into politics, Mr. Brat has spent his career as an economics professor at Randolph Macon College in Ashland, Va., where he wrote about typical economists’ fare such as the determinants of long-term growth.
In a 2005 paper, which he presented at an economics conference in Myrtle Beach, S.C., he took on Mr. Bernanke, the former Fed chairman, Fed governor, and former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
In the paper, titled “Is Growth Exogenous? Taking Bernanke Seriously (But How Can a Fed Guy Forget the Institutions)”, Mr. Brat waded into a debate among economists over the determinants of long-term growth with this conclusion: Mr. Bernanke’s work on economic growth overlooked the role that religious institutions–particularly Protestant ones–play in driving a country’s growth rates.
In his argument against Mr. Bernanke, Mr. Brat draws on previous research titled “Economic Growth and Institutions: The Rise and Fall of the Protestant Ethic?” a 2004 paper in which he wrote that Protestantism “provides an efficient set of property rights and encourages a modern set of economic incentives” so “one might anticipate positive economic performance.”
“Give me a country in 1600 that had a Protestant led contest for religious and political power and I will show you a country that is rich today,” he wrote.
Mr. Brat reviewed a 2001 paper from Mr. Bernanke and co-author Refet Gurkaynak who argued that long-term growth is primarily determined by behavioral variables such as an economy’s savings rate.
Mr. Brat agreed that savings rates, population growth and human capital accumulation (that is, an increasingly educated populace) help drive economic growth. But the even larger factor, he said, is “the Protestant religious establishment.”
In support of his argument, Mr. Brat quotes Brad DeLong, an economist at the University of California-Berkeley, saying that “a nation’s dominant religious establishment” is a “striking” determinant of economic growth.
Countries with Protestant institutions have higher income levels and “it is this variable and not capital or education or democracy or OECD status which has been associated with economic growth over the long run,” writes Mr. Brat.
By forsaking Protestant institutions in his growth models, Mr. Bernanke made “no small omission.” Mr. Brat’s regressions show that “institutions such as religion, democracy” and government push back against corruption and incompetence “all significantly enhance a country’s long-run economic performance.”
Economic growth is a recurring area of interest in Mr. Brat’s research as an economist. While little of his research appears to have been published, a review of his writings shows him frequently returning to the determinants of growth with papers carrying such titles as “Long-Run Relationships Between GDP, Risk, Earnings and the Stock Market,” “Growth Diagnostics vs. The Washington Consensus,” and “Meta-Analyses of Cross Country Economic Growth and NAEP Test Scores: Do international NAEP scores measure Human Capital?”
The determinants of growth is a common area of interest for economists of Mr. Brat’s generation. The economist Robert Lucas Jr., who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1995 once quipped that long-run economic growth is so important that “the consequences for human welfare involved in questions like these are simply staggering” and once you start thinking about growth “it is hard to think about anything else.”
As an economics professor at Randolph Macon College, his course load has included standard professorial fare such as “Principles of Economics-Micro,” “Principles of Economics-Macro” and “International Economic Development.”
On the website ratemyprofessor.com, Mr. Brat holds a rating of 3.4 out of 5, wedged between average and good. He was also awarded one chili pepper for “hotness” with one anonymous student reviewer writing he “changes assignments all the time, but he is so charming, you forget to be mad at him” and another writing “At least he’s hot!!”
Mr. Brat has also written some things outside the typical scope of an economics professor, opining that Hitler’s rise “could all happen again, quite easily” in a 13-page essay titled “God and Advanced Mammon — Can Theological Types Handle Usury and Capitalism?”
Rick Perry says he’ll be ‘better prepared’ to run in 2016
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-says-hell-be-better-prepared-to-run-in-2016/
In 2012, Texas Gov. Rick Perry plunged from presidential front-runner to laughing-stock in what he now admits was a "painful" and "humbling" experience. Now, as Republicans begin looking for a standard-bearer in 2016, Perry's message is clear: Don't count me out.
Weighing a second presidential campaign, Perry said he has devoted himself to boning up on policy matters and preparing both mentally and physically to make a better impression than he did in 2012. On Thursday, he sought to demonstrate to reporters in Washington that he has the discipline and intellectual vigor to give it another go, even as he said he has not decided whether to run again.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-says-hell-be-better-prepared-to-run-in-2016/
In 2012, Texas Gov. Rick Perry plunged from presidential front-runner to laughing-stock in what he now admits was a "painful" and "humbling" experience. Now, as Republicans begin looking for a standard-bearer in 2016, Perry's message is clear: Don't count me out.
Weighing a second presidential campaign, Perry said he has devoted himself to boning up on policy matters and preparing both mentally and physically to make a better impression than he did in 2012. On Thursday, he sought to demonstrate to reporters in Washington that he has the discipline and intellectual vigor to give it another go, even as he said he has not decided whether to run again.
John Doe prosecutors allege Scott Walker at center of 'criminal scheme'
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statep...-in-john-doe-probe-b99295017z1-263839791.html
Prosecutors allege that Gov. Scott Walker was at the center of an effort to illegally coordinate fundraising among conservative groups to help his campaign and those of Republican senators fend off recall elections during 2011 and '12, according to documents unsealed Thursday.
In the documents, prosecutors lay out what they call a "criminal scheme" to bypass state election laws by Walker, his campaign and two top deputies — R.J. Johnson and Deborah Jordahl. http://media.dhb.io/one-offs/2014/06/doe20/DoeExhibitC.pdf
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statep...-in-john-doe-probe-b99295017z1-263839791.html
Prosecutors allege that Gov. Scott Walker was at the center of an effort to illegally coordinate fundraising among conservative groups to help his campaign and those of Republican senators fend off recall elections during 2011 and '12, according to documents unsealed Thursday.
In the documents, prosecutors lay out what they call a "criminal scheme" to bypass state election laws by Walker, his campaign and two top deputies — R.J. Johnson and Deborah Jordahl. http://media.dhb.io/one-offs/2014/06/doe20/DoeExhibitC.pdf
EXCLUSIVE: PROSECUTOR IS CLOSING IN ON GOV. CHRISTIE
Indictments against four cronies are near certain, sources say. Only question is if David Samson, Christie's longtime crony, will flip.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/christie-investigation
Indictments against four cronies are near certain, sources say. Only question is if David Samson, Christie's longtime crony, will flip.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/christie-investigation
Chris Christie Still Won't Be President
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-07-17/chris-christie-still-won-t-be-president
Perhaps Professor Hale has his finger on the prosecutorial pulse of U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman in Newark, whose investigation into Christie's George Washington Bridge fiasco is sufficiently live that herecently asked the New Jersey Legislature not to call select witnesses until he is finished with them.
And perhaps the stories detailing how Christie brazenly exploited the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as a patronage mill and "a bank to be used when Mr. Christie sought to avoid raising taxes" were mercifully excluded from the front pages of newspapers in Iowa, where Christie visits today.
But the governor of New Jersey is not going to win the 2016 Republican primary, and he is not going to be elected president. The man got himself in a heap of trouble last year. And absolutely nothing has altered his precarious circumstances.
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-07-17/chris-christie-still-won-t-be-president
Perhaps Professor Hale has his finger on the prosecutorial pulse of U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman in Newark, whose investigation into Christie's George Washington Bridge fiasco is sufficiently live that herecently asked the New Jersey Legislature not to call select witnesses until he is finished with them.
And perhaps the stories detailing how Christie brazenly exploited the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as a patronage mill and "a bank to be used when Mr. Christie sought to avoid raising taxes" were mercifully excluded from the front pages of newspapers in Iowa, where Christie visits today.
But the governor of New Jersey is not going to win the 2016 Republican primary, and he is not going to be elected president. The man got himself in a heap of trouble last year. And absolutely nothing has altered his precarious circumstances.
Rand Paul 2016
THE NEW RICK PERRY
He's hardworking, he's bipartisan, he's recasting himself for 2016.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/the-new-rick-perry-20140801
He's hardworking, he's bipartisan, he's recasting himself for 2016.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/the-new-rick-perry-20140801
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