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I think most people are aware that John McCain will not be a participating member of the Senate anymore. He is likely in Arizona to stay, as his disease is terminal. Why won’t this man help his own legacy by being a responsible person and resign the Senate, so that the Governor of Arizona can appoint another Republican who will vote to implement the Republican Agenda?

At Right Matters, Ramesh Ponnuru has posted a potential agenda for Republican congressional candidates running in 2010. I agree with Ross’s characterization of the proposals as “substantial, sensible and politically sale-able.” Below I offer some additional thoughts: Here, admittedly off the top of my head and in no particular order, are a few of the ideas I hope Republicans run on: 1) A tax reform that includes tax relief for parents, increased incentives to work and save, and considerable simplification of the tax code. (In other venues I have sketched out how taxes could be reformed in this way without...

National Policy Survey called ASK AMERICA. The Republican Party is conducting this nationwide grass-roots project as a critical part of our efforts to continue to strengthen our Party by getting more Americans involved. Please take a moment to complete the ASK AMERICA national survey online at http://web.nrcc.org/ask_america/ You can add your comments at end of survey. Give 'em an earful of constructive criticism and suggest what needs to be done!

Relationships Among Republicans Will Set Agenda for 108th It has been fascinating to watch the media fascination with Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the San Francisco Democrat who has succeeded Rep. Richard Gephardt (Mo.) as Minority Leader in the House of Representatives. For a couple of weeks, the main story in Washington was about this new Congressional leader, widely considered to have strong ideological views outside the mainstream, who will be a central player in policy and politics in the next two years, and whose success or failure managing rank-and-file Members, relations with the White House and the other side, and ability...

J.C. Watts, Jr. sent the following strategy memo to all Republicans in the House of Representatives. Please consider forwarding this email to your friends and family and encourage them to sign up for email updates: http://www.jcwatts.com/WattsTeam/emailupdates/MEMORANDUM FROM: J.C. Watts, Jr., Chairman, House Republican ConferenceTO: House Republican ColleaguesRE: Communications OutlookDATE: March 18, 2002 The declaration by the Federal Reserve chairman that the economy is beginning to recover is good news for the American people and bad news for Democrat leaders in Congress, who were counting on a bad economy to help their political fortunes. Tax relief has proven yet again that...