NRN - Must Reads for July 1, 2010

Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson's quote of the day urging Scott Brown to not support the Financial Takeover Bill: "Senator Brown withheld support for the Dodd-Frank financial takeover conference because of the $19 billion bank tax. Well, what about the unlimited bank tax that's still in the bill? In between eating hot dogs, Senator Brown should really check out pages 356 through 364 of the bill, where the real bank tax is. He should be familiar with it. The bank tax was in the bill the last time he voted for it, too. "

• Want worse Health Care? Try British model…
• Kagan should be filibustered
• Robert Chatigny: The wrong choice for the Second Circuit Court
• We're looking more like France…
• Obama and the fiscal 'road to hell'
• Temporary funding forever
• Chicago Gun Control: The Sequel
• Chris Christie: The Jersey Steamroller
• Obama's crusade against profits
• Democrats, the surge, and Petraeus: A metamorphosis
• Rep. Issa presses Rep. Towns for White House investigation…
• Red ink and green jobs
• Baucus questions Democrats grandstanding on BP…

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NRN - The Daily Wrap-Up June 30th

June 30, 2010
4:00 PM Eastern

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Robert Chatigny: The wrong choice for the Second Circuit Court of AppealsRobert Chatigny has been nominated to serve on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. For those unfamiliar with him need to be quick. He has already breezed through the Senate Judiciary Committee and faces a confirmation vote in front of the Senate at a time to be determined. The Senate can approve him at any time, so calls are needed to your Senator now (202.224.3121). Also check out: Harry Reid under fire over Chatigny.

Can Kagan get Borked? As the U.S. Senate continues hearings on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court this week, it is worth recalling how well-credentialed Judge Robert Bork was for the position that he was ultimately denied.

Kagan: That was them, this is me – The contrast between Elena Kagan's current stance regarding which questions a judicial nominee can safely answer and the views she expressed on the subject in a 1995 book review, highlighted on Monday by Radley Balko, has been widely noted in print and TV coverage.But the review (PDF), a 25-page essay published by The University of Chicago Law Review, is well worth reading in full, because it provides a cogent, thoughtful, and eloquent critique of the "vapid and hollow charade" in which Kagan is currently participating.

Kagan on ACOG memo: Did I do that? From Ed Morrisey: "If  the intent of Elena Kagan's testimony in the Senate Judiciary Committee is to build confidence in her competence, her answer to Orrin Hatch about a controversial memo has to be a huge step in the wrong direction."

Earth to Obama: "Stop the Spending!" From ALG President Bill Wilson, "CNBC commentator Rick Santelli has a very simple solution to the nation's fiscal and economic woes for Barack Obama and Congress: "Stop spending!" Speaking on Squawk Box on Monday, Santelli noted the cool reception that Obama received this past weekend at the G20 summit in Toronto that sought to address the sovereign debt crisis."

Reason: Spend, baby, spend – Not long ago, President Barack Obama ordered the creation of a commission that would report back to him with policy recommendations on cutting the federal deficit. And as great leaders throughout history have proved, the most effective way to tend to any intergenerational crisis is to create a bipartisan commission to study it—but only after midterm elections.

ObamaCare is bad for business – ObamaCare will cost our nation more than $1 trillion. However, as Obama's health care plan begins to unfold, it is clear it is going to cost our nation more than just red ink…

Daily Caller: Michael Mann says hockey stick should not have become climate change icon.

Politico: Oil spill visits get partisan – Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) wanted to fly 10 lawmakers down to the Gulf of Mexico to see the damage caused by BP's gigantic oil spill first hand. House Democrats said no.

Why isn't the largest oil skimmer in the world working in the Gulf???



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ALG - Gulf Coast Rebuilding Expert Paul Conway criticizes the Administration's inactions

Gulf Coast Rebuilding Expert Paul Conway criticizes the Administration's inactions on the Gulf oil spill in an exclusive interview with ALG.

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The former head of the office charged with rebuilding the Gulf Coast criticized Obama Administration efforts in the Gulf Coast oil spill in an exclusive interview with Americans for Limited Government (ALG).

 Paul Conway served two stints as acting federal coordinator for The Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, while retaining his role as chief of staff to the office from April 2007 to April 2009.

To read ALG's story about the Administration's lack of action towards the Gulf oil spill and disaster, and for additional comments from Paul Conway, click here.

 Who: Gulf Coast Rebuilding Expert Paul Conway and Americans for Limited Government (ALG) Communications Director Rick Manning.

What: Comments about the federal government's lack of knowledge and action to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Paul Conway video quote 1:

"This is a crisis this is not a political campaign.  Soundbites don't cut it.  Action on the ground and results on behalf of people, that's what matters right now.  America is watching; what are you going to do?"

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Rick Manning video quote 1:

"We can no longer excuse Obama's inactions as incompetence.  It's deliberate negligence."

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Paul Conway video quote 2:

"After two months I think the American people would say not good enough.  And I think the person who's accountable—there's one person in the country accountable for the crisis response and that's the President of the United States.  I think he needs to ask himself, have you done a great job?  Am I campaigning or am I managing?  I think most people would say, at this point he's not managing but he sure sounds a lot like campaigning."

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Paul Conway video quote 3:

"You have a federal workforce that's been engaged for four years after Katrina that's got expertise on how to help people on day one.  They exist at the Small Business Administration, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Labor, the Department of HHS.  All these folks could have been utilized and they haven't been. That's the failure of leadership from the President and his appointed staff."

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NRN - Must Reads for June 25, 2010

Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson's quote of the day in reference to House Democrats being unable to produce a budget: "Pelosi and Hoyer should be held accountable for the words of their own Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt who infamously stated in 2006, 'if you cannot budget, you cannot govern'… Their failure to produce a budget due to political concerns is a dereliction of duty at a time when our nation needs heroes to step up to meet this crisis, not wannabe leaders who cower in fear and hope it goes away."

• The Obama administration stops at nothing to ban oil drilling
• The best stimulus? Spend less, borrow less
• Wall Street reform hits Main Street
• Cartoon of the day, "At least Obama's consistent"
• Byron York: Obama and Dems heading for electoral disaster
• Business's buyer remorse
• Obama in crisis
• Economist: Doubts about Obama as a War President
• Washington Times: The case against Kagan
• Newsweek: Is Chris Christie the best Governor in America?
• If you love newspapers, let them go
• What about BP's victims?

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