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Happy Hour: Lowering Expectations

7:00 PM, Sep 2, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Seth Mandel: "Obama: I’m Done Working with Congress"

The Hill: "Obama shelves EPA smog rule in huge defeat for environmental groups"

Alex Beam: "Maybe instead of being driven to distraction by the Koch brothers, the left should embrace them"

Fox News: Obama begins lowering expectations for jobs speech

Mickey Kaus: "It's been a long time..."

National Review: "Paying for Irene Relief"

Defending Big Government, Badly

Defending Big Government, Badly

Bad weather is not an argument against the Tea Party.

1:25 PM, Aug 30, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Today, in the Post Dana Milbank makes a fairly bold assertion:

Don’t expect anybody to throw a tea party, but Big Government finally got one right.

Milbank is, of course, talking about how the the federal government's response to Hurricane Irene was a smashing success. The hurricane hit landfall just ten miles off from where NOAA had predicted, and Milbank notes that FEMA and NOAA both got "high marks" for their response to the hurricane.

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Standing Strong

5:56 PM, Aug 29, 2011 • By THERESA CIVANTOS

While most area residents escaped indoors to avoid Hurricane Irene this past weekend, a lone guard kept watch throughout the storm at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Photos of the guard appeared Saturday on a Facebook page managed by the 3rd U.S. INF Regiment, also known as the Old Guard. 

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The Daily Grind: A Perfect Storm of Hype

7:30 AM, Aug 29, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Toby Harnden: "Perfect Storm of Hype: Politicians, the media and the Hurricane Irene apocalypse that never was"

Dana Milbank: "Wanted: More bite from Obama the Great Nibbler"

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