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On Solution to Jobs Crisis, Left and Right Agree to Disagree

By | 02.23.10 | 6:15 pm

The American Action Forum — the right’s answer to the Center for American Progress — launched itself into the public consciousness Tuesday in Washington with a debate on Congress’ efforts to tackle the jobs crisis, which has left nearly one in five Americans without work or underemployed.

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Poll: George Allen Could Make Comeback in Virginia

By | 09.02.09 | 3:30 pm

Public Policy Polling releases a fascinating survey of the Virginia electorate, one that gives former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), defeated in a razor-thin 2006 re-election bid, a solid 50 percent approval rating, with 38 percent disapproving. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) is at 47-40.

Bad News for Marco Rubio

By | 08.20.09 | 4:27 pm

He’s made the cover of National Review. Why worry about that? Well …

Because the People Demanded It

By | 07.07.09 | 3:35 pm

I don’t know what there is to this story apart from the obvious fact: Former Virginia Gov. George Allen must have a good literary agent. Not a fantastic agent, who could have gotten him a deal with Sentinel or Crown. But a good one. Regnery, after all, published Mitt More…

George Allen Returns, Bearing Drills

By | 06.10.09 | 1:13 pm

The former Republican governor of and senator from Virginia is making the rounds among Washington conservative groups pushing his new organization, the American Energy Freedom Center — a flashy part of the movement to rebrand deregulation and increased oil exploration as a search for “American energy.”

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The Loser Now Will Be Later to Win

By | 04.28.09 | 11:24 am

Mike Allen has the scoop on ResurgentRepublic, a GOP rebranding project launched by Ed Gillespie and Whit Ayres that will conduct polls and hold forums on the future of America’s other, less election-winning party. This part jumps out at me:

ResurgentRepublic’s Advisory Board includes Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, George

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