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...dimensional chess is that no candidate seems to measure up to the cherished image of a foursquare Reagan Republican. The party is enduring a dark night of the soul, almost entirely self-inflicted. After the excesses of the recent Republican majority in Congress, the party no longer sees a fiscal conservative in the mirror, while the Bush Administration's chesty foreign policy and churchy personality have driven wedges between conservatives and neoconservatives, between Evangelicals and pragmatists. Trying to find a candidate to rally around is like asking a roomful of picky eaters to agree on a pizza...
...from federal lawmakers who have criticized universities for hoarding growing endowment funds while tuition rates continue to rise. Yale will increase its endowment spending by 37 percent for 2008-2009, a move likely to raise its spending rate significantly above the 3.7 percent the school has paid out this fiscal year. Harvard’s rate is now 4.3 percent. Though Yale’s $22.5 billion-endowment trails Harvard’s by more than $10 billion, the fund has outperformed its rival for more than a decade. In response to the ballooning size of university coffers, some legislators...
...night in my speech, a return to the principles and values that have made our party so important to what is happening to America, particularly in the 20th century - values, low taxes, less regulation, strong defense, less government is better government, emphasis on the rights of the individual, spending, fiscal responsibility. I think that I would believe that I would hope that I represent the hopes not just of mainstream republicans, but also other Americans as well...
...Commitments, Rudy not only emphasizes fiscal discipline, but also discusses several more fundamental challenges America faces today. These include energy independence, health care, the War on Terror, globalization, and immigration. He responds to each of these issues with innovative strategies...
...ride the goddess momentum all the way to New Hampshire. But what happens if you didn?t actually win? If possible, you declare victory anyway. The most famous example of the "declare victory" strategy was Bill Clinton in the 1992 New Hampshire primary. Many forget that Paul Tsongas - the lethargic, fiscal conservative from Massachusetts - actually won the '92 New Hampshire primary by 9 percentage points. But it was Bill Clinton who after staring down the media over an alleged affair with Gennifer Flowers and questions about his draft status during Vietnam turned a second-place finish into a triumph. "Tonight...