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Opinion

Michael Barone

Entries for April 06, 2006

The K Street Project

April 06, 2006 04:01 PM ET |

In the wake of Tom DeLay's announcement that he will resign from Congress, commentators of all stripes have been close to unanimous in criticizing him for his lead role in the K Street Project. This was the attempt to get trade organizations and large corporations to hire Republicans as lobbyists. When Republicans took control of the House after the 1994 elections, DeLay and supporters like Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform noted that the lobbying community was heavily Democratic.

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NBC targets NASCAR

April 06, 2006 04:00 PM ET |

This is a perfectly wonderful story. NBC recruited Muslims to dress in Muslim garb at NASCAR events in order to film them being discriminated against. Michelle Malkin has the links here, via Instapundit.

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Michael Barone is a senior writer for U.S.News & World Report and principal coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics. He has written for many publications—including the Economist and the New York Times.

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