By: lexington_concord (Diary)  |  September 28th at 01:00 PM  | 

And now a message from Barack Obama and the Democrats to America: Five weeks. Open thread.

By: lexington_concord (Diary)  |  September 21st at 08:55 PM  | 

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story yesterday which asked the provocative question, “Is Illinois Turning Purple?”  The article noted the following: • Obama’s job-approval rating in Illinois, according to a Chicago Tribune poll taken earlier this month, hovers just over the halfway mark, at 51 percent — still well above some of the numbers he’s seeing nationally, but more than 10 points down from | Read More »

By: lexington_concord (Diary)  |  September 20th at 10:30 PM  | 

At RedState, we are generally loath to involve ourselves in the various internecine wars that tend to arise among the Rightosphere. After all, there are Democrats afoot who are busy guiding the country into an epic nosedive, and that’s generally more important than picking nits about the blog posts of others.  This is doubly true of any fracas that involves David Frum.  See, Frum used | Read More »

By: lexington_concord (Diary)  |  September 17th at 04:28 PM  | 

Conservative Patrick Hughes lost to establishment moderate Mark Kirk in the primary for the Illinois Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama.  Hughes is not running as a third-party candidate.  Conservative Chuck Devore lost to moderate establishment candidate Carly Fiorina in the California GOP Primary for Barbara Boxer’s seat; he did not then seek out a spot on the Libertarian or Constitution Party tickets.  When conservative | Read More »

By: lexington_concord (Diary)  |  September 14th at 10:04 PM  | 

CEOs of large, high profile companies like Intel tend to be averse to making strong political stands, especially during election season.  They understand that their companies can quickly become targets for regulation that can end up costing shareholders millions (or billions of dollars).  Most CEOs tend to throw some money at candidates who are expected to win and keep their heads down. Which is why | Read More »

By: lexington_concord (Diary)  |  September 14th at 10:01 AM  | 

Some mood music to set the tone: Open thread.

By: lexington_concord (Diary)  |  September 7th at 08:44 PM  | 

According to CNN, two American soldiers apparently fell on some bullets today in Iraq. I say “fell on some bullets” because it’s not possible that the bullets which killed them were shot out of a gun at them on purpose, because that would indicate they died in combat. And as we all know, combat in Iraq is over because Obama said so. As CNN clearly indicates | Read More »

By: lexington_concord (Diary)  |  September 6th at 09:30 AM  | 

This post is not about crime, or violence, or racism, or even race. This is a post about the ridiculous subconscious biases that permeate the way the media covers news. Although this exact sort of absurdity has been pointed out again and again, the purveyors of the sort of obliviousness displayed below still are afforded positions of respect among too much of the voting populace. | Read More »

By: lexington_concord (Diary)  |  August 30th at 09:54 PM  | 

Yesterday over at NewsRealBlog, Jenn Q. Public and our own Lori Ziganto posted this humorous piece, lampooning the inevitable trainwreck that is Meghan McCain’s forthcoming book.  It’s definitely worth the few minutes it will take you to read it, especially if you like a good laugh.  In response, some jackass writing at a site called politicalbyline.com felt that an appropriate response would be to call | Read More »

By: lexington_concord (Diary)  |  August 24th at 09:45 PM  | 

An untrained observer, looking at the RCP Average of polling conducted in the Florida Senate race, might conclude that Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist are in a virtual tie.  A fool might look at these numbers and conclude Charlie Crist is more likely to win.  However, a person with an even casual understanding of how polls are conducted will understand that this polling shows Marco Rubio | Read More »