Impacting the Debate - The American Spectator

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Impacting the Debate

by Ross Kaminsky

July 20, 2012, 12:00 AM

I’m feeling slightly proud of myself and pleased for AmSpec this morning.

Yesterday evening, the Wall Street Journal reported that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell used the phrase “Thelma and Louise economics,” with the Journal attributing the re-injection of that phrase into the public debate to my Thursday article for The American Spectator.

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