Entitlement reform will be the main prong in the Democratic attack on Romney and Republicans this year. Whenever the subject of Social Security reform is mentioned, I am always struck by these words: “We shall make the most orderly progress is we look upon Social Security as a development toward a goal rather than a finished product. We shall make the most lasting progress is | Read More »
How often have we heard that conservatives, or Republicans, are for the rich? To hear the Obama Administration speak, everything the Republican Party proposes is dictated by some secret cabal of rich businesspeople sitting in some oak boardroom somewhere. It borders on continuously discounted conspiracy theories. But, lets look at some facts from the past three years of the Obama Administration. In reality, it is | Read More »
In the aforementioned Luntz article in the Washington Post, the author noted that a popular myth regarding the conservative voter is that they all support the deportation of illegal immigrants. However, it is exactly that- a myth. There is a fundamental difference, however, when it comes to the proposed solutions to the problem. Illegal immigration affects border states more than other states, but every state | Read More »
Frank Luntz recently had an article in the Washington Post about five myths regarding conservative voters. This may very well be a starting point for a winning strategy for Romney in this year’s general election campaign if he can accurately and forcefully articulate the message. In short, he has to delineate a vision, based on pragmatic conservative ideology, that separates him and the Republican Party | Read More »
My favorite Democratic moonbat- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)- was recently on Fox News talking about the Ryan budget plan. Incidentally, liberals are now using the proposal by portraying it as a Republican “war on the poor.” Ed Schultz recently dedicated half his show to the idea and found an accepting voice in E.J. Dionne which is illustrative of MSNBC’s fair and balanced approach. It is | Read More »
The Supreme Court had their final oral arguments for this term yesterday when they heard the Arizona immigration law case. At this time, I would like to review some cases that they have yet to decide this term. In all, some 28 cases have yet to be decided. Several of them are statute interpretation cases or bankruptcy cases that would put one to sleep and | Read More »
The Congress is currently confronted with a difficult debate and vote regarding student loans and higher education funding. Unless Congress acts, interest rates on outstanding loans will double in July of this year. Democrats are already spinning this debate as a win-win situation. If the measure is voted down, it creates ammunition in the general election to be used against the GOP with young voters, | Read More »
Thus far, the Supreme Court has granted 11 cases for their next term and held over a case from this term for a total of 12 cases. A quick review of these granted/held over cases is in order. In Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States, the state of Arkansas is claiming that a decision to periodically release water from a dam upstream which | Read More »
There are currently 82 vacancies in the federal judiciary. A recent article in one of my favorite liberal rags- The Nation- states that the “obstructionist” Republicans in the Senate are holding up the judicial process in the US. This is part of an article by Ari Berman which addresses not only this issue, but the importance of the Supreme Court in relation to this year’s | Read More »
The question is whether to regulate or to tax. The answer from the Obama Administration is apparently both. Yesterday, as expected, the Senate failed to pass the so-called Buffett Rule. It became increasingly obvious as the debate unfolded and tough questions were asked and analysis revealed, this was nothing more than a populist election year gimmick that, in typical Obama fashion, fails to address the | Read More »
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