It appears that the grandfather of Obamacare is slated to become the Republican nominee for president. There’s not much we can do in the realm of presidential politics except hope that the new page on the Etch A Sketch will be better than the old one. At present, the most consequential thing we can do as conservatives is to follow the congressional elections in every | Read More »
Around election time, conservatives are always confronted with the arduous task of sifting through candidates who propagate meretricious right wing talking points in an effort to conceal their faux conservative record. Thankfully, this election cycle, to a certain extent, has given rise to an anomalous level of veracity. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are unambiguously communicating to conservatives that they are not ‘one of the | Read More »
Gallup has collected the data from their daily tracking polls throughout 2010 and contrasted the results to the same information from 2009. Not surprisingly, their findings show that Obama has suffered a decline in every state since 2009. His unpopularity is now ubiquitous. Overall, Obama’s national approval rating has dropped 11% from 58% to 47%. Furthermore, the polling data collected from nearly 180,000 interviews shows | Read More »
Farm subsidies are the most popular form of corporate cronyism among many Republicans. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, this regressive form of ‘progressive’ market intervention garners enthusiastic support from Republican presidential contenders, especially preceding the Iowa Caucuses. Haley Barbour is the latest potential presidential candidate to prostrate on the altar of the farm lobby and support the $20 billion fleecing of the taxpayer. Even with the | Read More »
Haley Barbour has been under fire for his stance on immigration after Time Magazine published a Justice Department filing showing that Barbour lobbied for amnesty. The filings show that Barbour was part of a lobbying team that was commissioned by the Mexican embassy to lobby for a pathway to citizenship for illegals in 2001. Here are some of the details about the amnesty provisions that | Read More »
In light of Jon Kyl’s surprise retirement announcement last week, conservatives are presented with a unique opportunity to elect an unabashed conservative from the deep red state of Arizona. The Republicans have super majorities in both houses of the legislature and control every statewide elected office. As Arizona becomes more conservative, there is a plethora of solid candidates, which if elected, would serve as an | Read More »
Any conservative who is flirting with the idea of supporting Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels for President should read this Politico puff piece on the potential presidential aspirant. Jonathan Martin of Politico, in a piece titled, “Mitch Daniels: Heartthrob of the Elites”, cites elitist columnists and publications that heap praise upon Mitch Daniels for his “gold-plated resume”. After discerning the type of pundits who admire Mitch | Read More »
Thankfully, the Republican controlled House just passed the repeal of Obamacare by a 245-189 margin. Three Democrats; Mike Ross (AR), Dan Boren (OK), and Mike McIntyre (NC), joined every Republican in support of repeal. This means that 10 of the remaining 13 Democrats who voted against Obama Care to win reelection last year, showed their true colors by opposing repeal. Here are the ten Democrat | Read More »
Back in 2005, when Republicans controlled the House, Senate, and presidency, they were contemplating a “nuclear option” to end the filibuster on judicial nominees. We were all aghast at the unprecedented number of filibusters that were mounted by Democrats to block highly qualified nominees to Federal Appellate courts. At the time, the ever perspicacious George Will warned conservatives of the counter-intuitive consequences of squelching the | Read More »
Roll Call reports today that the DCCC is already formulating a strategy to target the most vulnerable Republicans in the upcoming election cycle. The DCCC is defining a “marginal Republican district” as one in which Obama carried in 2008, or a seat that the Republican won with less than 55% of the vote. According to Roll Call, the GOP holds 61 seats won by Obama, | Read More »
It is widely being reported that the data from the new decennial census provides us with good news. The new reapportionment based upon the population shifts will have ramifications on the presidential election and on House seats. We’ll start with this article by analyzing how reapportionment affects our prospects to win the presidency in 2012. The New Reapportionment States gaining Congressional seats: Arizona (1), Florida | Read More »
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