But here's what Obama should be blamed for, and severely: Virtually every fact about Afghanistan that is discouraging him now was known to him (or anyway, told to him) 15 months ago. He extended the commitment anyway, repeatedly and emphatically.

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Amid a rebirth of conservative activism that could help Republicans win elections next year, some party insiders now fear that extreme rhetoric and conspiracy theories coming from the angry reaches of the conservative base are undermining the GOP's broader credibility and casting …

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excerpt: ""Paul Krugman and Robert Reich both made some really great points during the panel discussion on This Week on the reasons for some real reform of the insurance industry, the mistakes made by the President in negotiating with the Senate, and the notion that there is a n …

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This is a clip where Kurtz is discussing poll results of Fox viewers to see whether they are informed or misinformed. An outstanding 75% are deathers and believe that there are death panels.

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David Frum, a columnist and the speechwriter widely credited with coining the "axis of evil" phrase, says Palin is a polarizing figure both within and without the Republican party.

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Right-wing radio host screams at a female caller and says that her husband should "put a gun to his temple". David Frum says this is why people turn away from the Republican Party.

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It's not pointless to lock the barn door after the horse has gone—if, that is, you still happen to have some horses remaining in the barn.

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Neoconservative David Frum criticiizes Limbaugh and Republicans of that ilk. "There are voices in the Republican Party who say it's not important to win elections; it's important to stand up for principle," he observes.

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David Frum domain-squatted

David Frum recently left NRO (see New York Times story, seeded here, and Frum's NRO blog), not long after Chris Buckley's departure and endorsement of Barack Obama. He announced the upcoming group blog New Majority, which is scheduled to go online over Inauguration Weekend:

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Now David Frum, a prominent conservative writer who enmeshed himself in a minor dustup during the campaign by turning negative on Governor Palin, is leaving, too.

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After seeing a fellow National Review columnist told off by her editor ("embarrassing and outrageous") and readers ("my mother should have aborted me ...

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The party is set to lose not just the presidency, but see its representation in Congress plunge to levels not seen in decades, as votes are also being held for all 435 House of Representative seats and 35 out of 100 Senate seats.

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Last night on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow hosted David Frum, former speechwriter to President Bush, to discuss the increasingly nasty — and sometimes racist — tone among some of the attendees at McCain-Palin rallies.

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Last week, Tony Blankley published and Rush Limbaugh publicized what may prove one of the most important articles of 2008. I don't mean that the article was good - very much the contrary.

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So by the standards we apply to others, Iran is now allowed to say Clinton has promised to "obliterate" them whether or not they attack anyone. And, since this demonstrates we're madmen who must be destroyed, they therefore are allowed to invade America.

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Frank Rich writes:

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A one-time Pentagon adviser, staunch neoconservative and one of the original architects of the war on Iraq, admitted that the Bush administration has turned the situation in the war-ravaged country and U.S. policy on Iraq into a disaster.

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Hands up, everybody who believes that the "hundreds" of troops that the Pentagon plans to move from the rest of Iraq into Baghdad will suffice to secure the capital against the sectarian militias now waging war upon the civilian populations of the city? Anybody? No, I didn't thi …

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