Our Republican Leadership in Washington, D.C. is extremely risk adverse. It is very clear the leadership has convinced itself, despite historic truth, that Newt Gingrich lost his job because of the government shutdown way back when. They do not want to have protracted fights. They want to appear reasonable. They crave the press’s adoration of “grown ups” and “reasonable men.” I expect Barack Obama to | Read More »
I have in my head an ad campaign I think the GOP should get ready to roll out for the general election, regardless of the nominee. In Idaho, a man saw a female grizzly bear enter his backyard while his kids were playing in the back yard. He did the only reasonable thing he could. He got a gun and killed the bear. Then he | Read More »
The GOP’s New Hampshire Primary debate begins tonight at 8 p.m. ET. CNN is hosting the debate and you can watch it live there. Beginning at 6pm, I’ll be doing a special debate preview on WSB Radio. At 7 p.m. tonight, I’ll be on CNN participating with CNN’s preview of the debate. WSB Radio will run with the CNN audio at that time. At 8 | Read More »
It would be unfair to say that the Republican Presidential candidates have not weighed in on the debt ceiling. Most, if not all, have in passing mentioned the issue. But the time for mentioning the issue in passing is over. The Dow Industrials have fallen. The Fed wants to print more money. Obama is gutting NASA’s space mission to socialize healthcare and fund global warming | Read More »
Much has been made of this story about Republicans attacking Sarah Palin and trying to stop her. There have been some ferocious denials today about it. Many would-be 2012 candidates have denounced it, etc. Here are the facts: there is a significant, though small contingent of heavily anti-Palin forces at the upper echelons of the Establishment GOP in Washington. A good number of them are | Read More »
I did not support Michael Steele for Chairman of the Republican Party, but was perfectly happy to give him a chance to prove himself. That all pretty much went out the window the moment he decided to start throwing the race card around against Republicans when feeling threatened. If Michael Steele left tomorrow, I would not cry. As it stands now, the RNC under Michael | Read More »
This afternoon Senator John Cornyn told the Huffington Post that he was not in favor of repeal, just nibbling at the edges of Obamacare. He later released a clarifying statement saying he did want to repeal the bill and replace it with something “bipartisan.” Yeah, just like the Democrats wanted. Then Sen. Mitch McConnell went on John King USA and told John King that conservative | Read More »
Every time I try to give Michael Steele the bnefit of the doubt, he opens his mouth again. “I don’t see stories about the internal operations of the DNC that I see about this operation,” Steele said. “Why? Is it because Michael Steele is the chairman, or is it because a black man is chairman?” Talking to ABC News later in the day, the Chairman | Read More »
I reject the premise of this article. From my vantage point, the GOP threw in the towel in the beginning. They chose to message, not to fight. And now they want to go home before Christmas. What they should do is stay until the final vote begins and walk out without a single vote cast. There is no reason for any Republican in the United | Read More »
The Republicans are going online for twelve hours to talk about 12 truths on health care. You can watch here.
Kudos to Michael Steele. The Politico is reporting what we said would happen some months ago. “Chairman Steele hasn’t put up a cent, not even the obligatory $5,000,” said a New York-based GOP operative. “There’s been no support from the RNC. Democrats are going all out for this race. Everyone’s in the same direction.” Here is what I have been able to confirm about NY-23 | Read More »
This is very well done. The South Carolina Republican Party has put together the video below. It launches tomorrow throughout the state. I know a lot of you have all sorts of ideas for advertising for the GOP. I know because many of you email these things to me. It looks like the South Carolina Republican Party has been getting the same stuff, because this | Read More »
The House Democrats tonight have denied Republicans the opportunity to offer any amendments at all on spending bills. Any. This is the first time in the history of our Republic that this has happened. Senate Republicans should stick up for their House brethren and shut down the Senate as the House GOP is now pretty much powerless.
One of our correspondents sent a link to this post on the DC voucher program with a very brilliant idea: if the Republican Party is serious about doing something to reach out to the black community by making a gesture on behalf of the 1,700 minority kids Obama has consigned to the worst public schools in America, they’d spearhead an effort to revive the DC | Read More »
Though I was told I could take credit for this, I really can’t. A friend put it together and I’m going to recirculate it. When you start vetting Republican candidates, you will inevitably hear some sweet nothing coming from the mouth of one of the candidates attempting to woo you over to side. That candidate might even sound conservative. Want to figure out if the | Read More »
There is a lot of angst in the land right now. Just a few days ago I asked a simple question: at what point do people revolt? I was not calling for a revolution. Being an elected official, I don’t much want one. But it is a simple question given the times we live in. LIberals are mad at conservatives. Conservatives are mad at liberals. | Read More »
With all the news about about the AIG bonuses, there are a couple of things worth remembering. First, the GOP voted against the stimulus. Why? Because it won’t stimulate anything and the Democrats decided to rush it through without letting anyone read it. This is what happens when you write legislation in secret then rush it through. Second, will federal prosecutors indict Chris Dodd? Dodd | Read More »
On Friday the Directors of this site called on the Republican Party of Virginia to boot RPV Chairman Jeff Frederick. We understand the reasons the conservative grassroots have stuck with Jeff. The moderates and liberals in the Virginia GOP have degraded the party, created internal infighting that has decimated the party’s power in the state, screwed the conservatives, raised taxes, collaborated and conspired with the | Read More »
The other day I wrote about Abraham Lincoln’s idea of what makes the United States great. His determination was that in this country “every man can make himself.” For that reason, we were and remain, in Lincoln’s words, “the wonder and admiration of the whole world.” As Barack Obama’s approval rating dips, the Republican Party’s approval rating is still in the gutter. We have no | Read More »
I have been digging some more on the RFP I wrote about last week. In fact, I think pretty much everyone with a blog has written about it. Well, there is a new RFP out now with a lot more detail. David All sent it around this morning. Speaking to people familiar with what went on, it appears this was a case of bad timing. | Read More »
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