Previously, I had written a blog post “Three Reasons Santorum Will Lose Against Obama.” One of the interesting things about the comments in that post were the comments that seemed to suggest that I was supporting Mitt Romney by writing that post. That could not be further from the truth. Believe me, nothing makes me happier than watch a man who has rejected conservatives in | Read More »
Before we take this leap, we’ve got to consider what this means: The country is changing. Even younger conservatives are changing. Are we really going to nominate a man who makes issues like this and takes it even further than a lot of us currently do and support him winning election to the presidency and become the de facto leader of the conservative movement for potentially | Read More »
I wanted to turn this comment in RealQuiet’s diary about the underestimation of Rick Santorum into it’s own diary and expand on it because it’s very important GOP primary voters see this, because Newt and Mitt won’t attack Santorum from this end because they have their own problems with questions about their conservatism. The fact of the matter is, on many issues Rick Santorum is | Read More »
Last night was a huge night for Rick Santorum. He has now won 4 primaries/caucuses (3 non binding) winning the most states out of any of the candidates. Santorum has also not experienced the intense scrutiny of being a front runner that is not named Mitt Romney. He’s going to have a lot of the establishment on his tail, plus he’ll have the GOP Death | Read More »
When one looks at the current field of presidential candidates, one can’t help but wonder if former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is regretting her decision to not throw her hat into this nominating cycle. But chances are, Palin thought long and hard about a potential campaign, looked at all of the data and decided that it was not her time herself to be a candidate | Read More »
I want you to know, as I did in my post when I asked when it’s time for a third party, that under normal circumstances my response is “get in line” but I have been rethinking this lately. Let’s look at the post-WWII GOP nomination list and their affiliation on the political spectrum. 1952 – Eisenhower – moderate 1956 – Eisenhower – moderate 1960 – | Read More »
I’m thinking about going with Paul. I live in California. And I’ll tell you why – as much as I don’t like Paul’s foreign policy, and I really don’t, I think it’s absolutely naive and reckless, he’s right on the money on a lot of his domestic policies. He understands liberty (I don’t know about conservatism) and I think that’s a hell of lot better | Read More »
Generally, I believe that third parties ensure the re-election of Democrats. This was true in the 1990s when Ross Perot ran against George Bush and Bill Clinton, winning 20% of the votes and getting no electoral college votes. And while I am still strongly opposed to a third party this round, I can’t help but think of a scenario where we might be able to | Read More »
Talk about Astroturf. According to this video, the Romney campaign may (and I stress MAY as this has not been independently verified) be paying fake supporters. The video shows a Gingrich supporter and a Paul supporter admitting they are being paid by the Romney campaign to hold up campaign signs on a street corner. The man guesses the campaign found them through unemployment records. I | Read More »
I am so SICK and TIRED of so-called “conservative” blogs and news sites pulling left-wing media tactics against a candidate whom they have an obvious PERSONAL dislike. Is Newt Gingrich perfect? No. But for all intents and purposes where it counted, Newt Gingrich is a solid conservative. Mitt Romney is not. Mitt Romney has spent all of the last 6 years trying to run away | Read More »
I think he’s completely sincere and I would understand why, in Florida, he would want to highlight his plans on this, but in my opinion Newt shouldn’t make this a corner stone of his agenda or his platform. The fact of the matter is the Chinese and the Russians are trying to figure out ways to weaponize space and it’s the core reason for much | Read More »
Newt Gingrich needs to go sing this from the roof tops. Norm Coleman, a former Minnesota Senator and adviser to Mitt Romney, has declared that a Republican President will probably not completely repeal ObamaCare: “You will not repeal the act in its entirety, but you will see major changes, particularly if there is a Republican president,” Coleman told BioCentury This Week television in an interview that aired | Read More »
While Santorum’s commitment to conservatism and putting a conservative in the White House remain suspect at best in my opinion. I am going to go ahead and give him the benefit of the doubt and say he would rather Newt Gingrich be the nominee than Mitt Romney. While a close Romney victory could be laid at the feet of Santorum, there are reasons for him | Read More »
Following Romney’s proverbial “hiding” (as the Brits would say) by Newt Gingrich, It’s curious to me that we’ve been getting a slew of columns about how unelectable Newt supposedly is. But this is always the argument of the moderate wing of the party: conservatism is too extreme to win, they say. But let’s look at years where we won big: 1980 – Reagan 50.7% to 40.9% | Read More »
Following Romney’s proverbial “hiding” (as the Brits would say) by Newt Gingrich, It’s curious to me that we’ve been getting a slew of columns about how unelectable Newt supposedly is. But this is always the argument of the moderate wing of the party: conservatism is too extreme to win, they say. But let’s look at years where we won big: 1980 – Reagan 50.7% to 40.9% | Read More »
Last night at the debate Senator Santorum had an opportunity to show leadership when asked about Speaker Gingrich’s past indiscretions. He was asked by John King what he thought about the allegations made by Marianne Gingrich and Rick Perry’s thoughts on forgiveness. Santorum said: “…I am a Christian [like Perry], and I thank God for forgiveness. But you know, these these are issues of our | Read More »
If I were Newt Gingrich, I’d ring up Rick Perry and have him cut an ad where he talks about the power of redemption and being reconciled to God and the need for bold, conservative leadership in Washington. That was the absolute best, most genuine defense of Gingrich on his personal life I have heard. This would blunt ABC News’s interview with Marianne Gingrich. I | Read More »
Feigned outrage is not going to work on us. Having some inaccuracies about Mitt Romney’s career is not as bad as suggesting Newt supports China’s one child policy. And Newt repudiating his Super PAC DOES show tremendous leadership, not disorder or implosion. And I’m sorry, but conservative talk radio hosts blasting Perry and Gingrich or saying Gingrich has been making the arguments “King of Bain” | Read More »
While I do not agree with using left-wing socialist arguments against Mitt Romney, there’s something Newt Gingrich brought up that I think is an absolutely valid question: Not necessarily as conservative voters, but as Christian voters, do we really have to agree with and approve of some of what Mitt Romney did at Bain Capital? There are certainly instances and most of the instances where | Read More »
For all of you who are calling the race for Romney, let’s not forget that President Ford won 6 primary before President Reagan won 1. President Ford ended up winning in 1976 at a brokered convention, but it was very close. Let’s not give up! Also if polling out of SC is true, then it’s good news and if Perry and Santorum really care about | Read More »
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