The Old Senate Versus the New Senate

    Suffice to say, for the second consecutive cycle, the Republicans blew gaining control of the Senate and deposing Harry Reid as Majority Leader and, thus, setting the legislative agenda in the upper chamber of Congress. Although the GOP gained a seat out of Nebraska, that was a foregone conclusion. Unfortunately, the Republican Party lost key races in Wisconsin and North Dakota and failed to defend | Read More »

    The Tenth Amendmenters

    There is much talk here on these pages and on other conservative sites that the Tenth Amendment is some broad grant of state’s rights. Many argue that because of the 10th Amendment, the federal government cannot wade into areas that traditionally have been the province of state governments. However, to assert that argument is to read way too much into the Amendment as stated. In | Read More »

    To Moderate or to Conserve: Republican chances in the Senate 2010

    Since January, I have been following polling data from a variety of sources in key Senate races.  Although the Republicans are on target to pick up 6-8 seats in the Senate, there are some trends that can be culled from these polls that indicate a path to success.  And that trend will become somewhat obvious as you look at the numbers thus far.  Two caveats | Read More »