In the first part, I suggested that the GOP transform into and set forth the message that they are the party of individual opportunity and responsibility. Within those contexts, there can be room for disagreement. This part deals with the unfortunate herd mentality that defines politics today. Too often when a party fails, they look at which group or other where the message or the | Read More »
The recently released RNC report of what went wrong in 2012 has been met with diverse criticisms and analysis almost in keeping with the number of times the word “diversity” is mentioned or intimated in the actual report. This is the underlying theme of the report- that the Republican Party is viewed as a group of stodgy old white men, dominated by voices from a | Read More »
ALABAMA: Jeff Sessions is up for reelection and should easily win as the Democrats will likely field just token opposition. PREDICTION: Safe Republican MISSISSIPPI: In neighboring Mississippi, Republican incumbent Thad Cochran is also up for reelection. As of this writing, he has not indicated whether he will run again. Given his age, he will most likely seek retirement. At least, that is what the Mississippi | Read More »
One of my favorite conservative bloggers is John Hawkins who also writes an article on Townhall. Recently, however, he ran an article about immigration reform that, I believe, contained somewhat disingenuous arguments against comprehensive immigration reform. And many of these arguments I have heard and read in other venues, including here at Redstate. Specifically, he argues that granting any form of “amnesty” would be counterproductive | Read More »
One of the biggest fights in the Senate is reform of its own rules regarding the filibuster. This writer has written entries on Senatorial reform in the past, some of which has decried the use of holds and filibusters by both parties. However, a sober analysis of the entire issue clearly illustrates that the filibuster serves a very important purpose, namely guarding against the “tyranny | Read More »
This is not my title, but the title of a book I am currently reading minus the question mark at the end. This is a book that was on the New York Times best seller list by Thomas Mann (of the Brookings Institute) and Norman Ornstein (of the American Enterprise Institute). I really do not remember the motivation behind purchasing the book, but it has | Read More »
This year, there are 33 Senate seats up for election with 23 of them currently held by Democrats or independents who caucus with Democrats (Lieberman in Connecticut and Sanders in Vermont). Currently, the Democrats control the Senate by a 53-47 margin. Of the 23 Democratic seats, seven incumbents are not running while of the ten Republican held seats, four incumbents are not running. One of | Read More »
There was a time when the Republican Party was associated with civil rights for blacks in this country. Of course, the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, had fought a war over ending slavery and issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It was a Republican Administration that ruled over Reconstruction and passed the Civil War Amendments to the Constitution that granted ex-slaves citizenship and voting rights. Conversely, it | Read More »
Now that both conventions are completed and we have passed the magical date of Labor Day, the campaign for President begins in earnest with the next big dates coming in October with the debates. Before looking ahead, we should look at the recent past, specifically these conventions. One is left with the impression that when all is said and done despite the spin from both | Read More »
Although not officially completed, the news out of Tampa regarding the official platform of the Republican Party is making news already. This is an exercise in expressing the alleged values of the party which occurs every four years. In some instances, the Presidential candidate has explicitly rejected their party’s platform; they are not beholden to it. However, it does serve to guide those lower on | Read More »
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