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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Democrats put their Representatives up for sale

(By Ed Morrissey, Hot Air) - How did Democrats manage to win a narrow 219-212 victory on cap-and-tax three weeks ago? According to Glenn Thrush at Politico, they did it the old-fashioned way — they bought the votes. Democratic leadership in the House dumped tens of thousands of dollars into the campaign coffers of Democratic waverers on the expansive and expensive energy-industry controls...

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