NRO Digest: Chris Christie makes the case for touching the third rail

- August 29, 2012

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August 29, 2012

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ROBERT COSTA: Chris Christie makes the case for touching the third rail. Chris Christie: The Statesman.

JAY NORDLINGER: For the New Jersey governor's speech, I stopped taking notes and simply listened. Chris Christie.

JONAH GOLDBERG: Last night's speeches succeeded more at selling the party than the nominee -- and that's good. Ann Romney, Chris Christie, & the Republican Brand.

NORDLINGER: Everyone said Ann Romney is an exceptionally good speaker; everyone was right. Ann Romney.

KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON: Optimism is in surprisingly healthy supply in Tampa. A Few Thoughts about the Convention So Far.

THE EDITORS: The best Democrats can do about swelling welfare rolls is to shout "racist!" Who Racializes Welfare Reform?

JONAH GOLDBERG: Even Romney's lame birth-certificate joke provokes charges of racism. Post-Racial Politics?

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Virtually every left-wing attack on Bush can legitimately be turned against Obama. Liberal Chickens.

KATRINA TRINKO: GOP delegates from Massachusetts reflect on the Republican nominee. Meet the Bay State Delegates.

MICHAEL TANNER: Todd Akin's messianic ego is all too typical of the political class. Immodest Government.

MICHELLE MALKIN: Mindlessly imposed fuel-efficiency standards aren't just costly, they're deadly. CAFE Kills.

STANLEY KURTZ: We now have a "race, gender, class" election. 2012: Campus PC Goes National.

GOLDBERG: Obama's defense of their campaign-spending burn rate is just spin. The Obama Campaign's 'Investments.'

VERONIQUE DE RUGY: Teachers' unions continue trying to undermine parents' rights. The Parent-Trigger War Continues.

JOHN FUND: Whither the Missouri Republican Senate candidate? Akin's Options.

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