Sanford Steps Out, But The Battle Continues

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  June 25th at 11:49 AM  | 

Perhaps the most telling moment in the past few days’ controversy over South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s absence and subsequent revelation that he’d been visiting his mistress in Argentina came during the period when his staff was putting out the story that Sanford was hiking the Appalachian Trail, and the Democratic National Committee rushed out a press release blaring that the Trail had received stimulus | Read More »

Mark Sanford Takes The Heat

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  May 8th at 04:14 PM  | 

If the GOP is going to renew itself, Republican governors will need to play a major role. Fortunately, we have some good ones. Several of us from RedState participated in a blogger call with one of the best, South Carolina’s Mark Sanford. Gov. Sanford, best known as a critic of excessive government spending, is leaving office in 2010 due to term limits, and there is | Read More »

McCain Blasts “Stimulus” and Obama’s Phony Bipartisanship

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  February 6th at 04:20 PM  | 

If President Obama wants to do bipartisan legislation in the Senate, his best bet may be the co-sponsor of McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy, McCain-Lieberman, etc. If he wants sole Democratic ownership of the colossal stimulus bill, he can just say “I won” and leave ready-to-make-a-deal Republicans without a reason to make a deal. Looks like Senator McCain has figured out that the President has chosen Door #2: | Read More »