For the last few weeks, as I ride the express train to socialism we are all on, I’ve been thinking, what does it take to bring the electorate back to reality and get them to put adults back in charge of their government? I have an idea on a way to attack the situation politically. First an assumption. I believe that the majority of voters, | Read More »
In an interview that Kathryn Jean Lopez conducted with Caroline Glick of the Jerusalem Post, Ms. Glick pointed out the basic inconsistency of the media coverage and resultant public perception of the Gaza conflict. What is interesting about this latest round of fighting is that the world paid little attention to what was going on when it was only Hamas attacking Israel. People only started paying | Read More »
Asymmetrical warfare in the Internet era Here is something different for today. I’m going to put aside polls and political commentary to talk about something that I am an actual expert at (rather than a bloviating well informed amateur). On November 28th, the Los Angeles Times ran an article about the recent cyber attack against the DoD computer systems that possibly originated in Russia. While | Read More »
As a result of the 2008 election Florida is represented in congress by 15 Republican and 10 Democrat representatives, with 2 Republican and 1 Democrat seat changing parties. Bill Nelson-D and Mel Martinez-R are our Senators, neither of which were up for reelection in 2008. Our governor is Charlie Crist-R who was also not up for reelection. The highest profile non-politician is Jeb Bush-R who | Read More »
As a result of the 2008 election Florida is represented in congress by 15 Republican and 10 Democrat representatives, with 2 Republican and 1 Democrat seat changing parties. Bill Nelson-D and Mel Martinez-R are our Senators, neither of which were up for reelection in 2008. Our governor is Charlie Crist-R who was also not up for reelection. The highest profile non-politician is Jeb Bush-R who | Read More »
As a result of the 2008 election Florida is represented in congress by 15 Republican and 10 Democrat representatives, with 2 Republican and 1 Democrat seat changing parties. Bill Nelson-D and Mel Martinez-R are our Senators, neither of which were up for reelection in 2008. Our governor is Charlie Crist-R who was also not up for reelection. The highest profile non-politician is Jeb Bush-R who | Read More »
As a result of the 2008 election Florida is represented in congress by 15 Republican and 10 Democrat representatives, with 2 Republican and 1 Democrat seat changing parties. Bill Nelson-D and Mel Martinez-R are our Senators, neither of which were up for reelection in 2008. Our governor is Charlie Crist-R who was also not up for reelection. The highest profile non-politician is Jeb Bush-R who | Read More »
As a result of the 2008 election Florida is represented in congress by 15 Republican and 10 Democrat representatives, with 2 Republican and 1 Democrat seat changing parties. Bill Nelson-D and Mel Martinez-R are our Senators, neither of which were up for reelection in 2008. Our governor is Charlie Crist-R who was also not up for reelection. The highest profile non-politician is Jeb Bush-R who | Read More »
Promoted from diaries. Have fun. – Moe Lane Almost every state has a conservative policy organization, and if your state DOESN’T then that is a problem that Moe and the boys need to know about. I highly recommend that all district diaries be updated to include links to the applicable policy organizations in your state. These are the folks that get those tax relief and | Read More »
As a result of the 2008 election Florida is represented in congress by 15 Republican and 10 Democrat representatives, with 2 Republican and 1 Democrat seat changing parties. Bill Nelson-D and Mel Martinez-R are our Senators, neither of which were up for reelection in 2008. Our governor is Charlie Crist-R who was also not up for reelection. The highest profile non-politician is Jeb Bush-R who | Read More »
I’ll finish this series with some fun additional items, that didn’t really fit into the serious topics from the first 8 diaries, then a closing thought.
This is an except from Part 8 of my NR cruise summary. I suspect that after 8 installments, people are not looking inside them for the real gems that should be publicized. This point about the Goldwater Institute is very critical, and important for us here at RedState to utilize as we try to build a state electoral strategy. I believe it is worth its | Read More »
One of the last panel sessions was a discussion of the future of conservatism. Since our drubbing on November 4th, quite a few people have come to the fore to offer their assessment of what needs to be done to advance conservatism in the future. Of course, these “Wizards of Smart” (as Rush calls them) include people with questionable motives, and even dumber proposals. Kathleen | Read More »
(h/t to Club for Growth blog) According to John Boehner’s office, here’s the new leadership team for House Republicans. Republican Leader: John A. Boehner of Ohio Republican Whip: Eric Cantor of Virginia Republican Conference Chairman: Mike Pence of Indiana Republican Policy Committee Chairman: Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan Republican Conference Vice-Chair: Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington Republican Conference Secretary: John Carter of Texas National Republican Congressional | Read More »
Full disclosure, I have been a fan of George Bush for a long time, and I am reluctant to offer criticism of his presidency, even when deserved. I knew this particular session would be difficult for me to listen to personally, but I’m going to try and report in a balanced manner. We will see if I’m successful. The best way to sum up the | Read More »
Two sessions were held to look at the impact Obama will have (or not have) on foreign policy, and an assessment of our enemies. These sessions were very sobering in content and analysis, and caused me to realize that despite our angst and trepidation of the effect Obama will have on our domestic policies and institutions, his most lasting negative impact will likely be felt | Read More »
One of the early panel discussions took a frank look at the bailout and the state of the economy. The panel included Pat Toomey, President of the Club for Growth (and the most recent primary challenger to Arlen Specter) and Mitt Romney. Early in the discussion, Pat Toomey laid down a marker on where he stands on the economy and the bailout. He doesn’t think | Read More »
Mitt was adamant about the need to organize and recruit in order to be successful in 2010. But he was advocating a broader example of coordination between a range of Internet resources. Have you reached out to Mitt and others (e.g. RNC, Club for Growth) to coordinate activities? I’m all for this data collection concept, but I think we can do more. I talked with | Read More »
As you would expect, the role of the Media and Hollywood in this election was a significant topic of discussion. Brent Bozell, founder of the Media Research Center, was one of the panelists and had some interesting analysis of the role of the Media in the election. As you can guess, he was not very impressed:
Let’s take a look at the Election of 2008, why it happened, and what it means to conservatism. Fred Thompson told a joke as a warning to not learn the wrong lesson from this election:
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