Kyle Smith from the New York Post gives a look into key players from last week's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), where South Dakotans Kristi Noem and John Thune both spoke. I watched some of this on C-SPAN. I don't agree with the majority of folks at this event, but they sure were entertaining, especially the Donald's speech.
Michael Gerson wrote early last week in The Washington Post about Catholic Republicans. Gerson, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, is probably my favorite conservative commentator. His pieces are always thoughtful, and this one is no exception.
Josh Verges of the local Argus Leader wrote in today's newspaper about the possibility of a (gasp) tax increase to get more revenue rather than extreme budget cuts in areas like education and social services.
Thomas Friedman looks back at the revolution in Egypt, and forward to the democracy movement's "Where do we go from here?" moment. "Here, the movement's strength- the fact that it represented every political strain, every segment and class in Egyptian society- is also its weakness" Friedman writes. "It still has no accepted political platform or leadership." I'm interested to see what happens, or doesn't happen, in Egypt in the coming days, weeks, and months.
Friedman is also right to underline the importance of Egyptian people undertaking the 18 day revolution themselves, without enough help from areas like the US State Department.
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