Let me speak more directly to the most troubling aspect of reform conservatism – the apparent disdain for traditional conservatives. Contrary to the implication drawn from David Brooks’ noxious homily, Darkness at Dusk, in the November 11, 2008 New York Times, traditional conservatives are not entrenched relics, hell bent on marching like lemmings to the political cliff – nor are we all in lock step | Read More »
“Kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.” As I stood there in the freezing cold of January 20, 1989, newly sworn-in President George H.W. Bush’s words echoed off the western face of the U.S. Capitol. At the time, I remember thinking “wow, I wonder how that’s sitting with President Reagan.” I wasn’t the only one. Within days, newspaper story | Read More »
What follows are my thoughts written since Wednesday morning. In the early hours of this morning, after tossing and turning most of the night, I got up and turned on our local television network. How bad was it? I knew, of course, that President-elect Barack Obama had handily defeated my candidate, John McCain. I, further, knew about the many Senate races and a few select | Read More »
Comically, Governor Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., has been named by President-Elect Barack Obama as part of his economic advisory team. With all due respect to the president-elect, this appointment is unbelievable and cause for great concern. In a word, Jennifer Granholm is incompetent. Further, if Jennifer Granholm is the excellence that he is surrounding himself with as we move into his administration, then America is in | Read More »
Prior to a review of what went wrong with the McCain campaign and prior to any lament over the drastic changes that an Obama administration will hoist on America, I offer my congratulations to Senator Obama. As someone who has been actively involved in politics for a long while, you learn to identify campaigns which have been masterfully run — most recently, Reagan’s 1980 campaign, | Read More »
John McCain will not win Michigan. So don’t hold your breath. But, if the race is six points or less — then we will be up late tonight. If it’s five points or less — start thinking upset. If it’s four points or less — John McCain will be our next president. Anecdotally and I will update throughout the day and early evening: 9:15 a.m. | Read More »
Here is my Monday update to my election analysis, using the most recent RCP information. Assuming BO overpolling 1 pt. New Hampshire – BO 52.8 and JM 42.0; Undecideds 5.2; BO will overpoll by 1 pt.; Undecideds, less 2.0, 3.2 will break 2/1 for JM. Prediction given these assumptions: BO 52.9 and JM 45.1. Obama wins New Hampshire. Pennsylvania – BO 51.3 and JM 43.7; | Read More »
Here is a Sunday update to my election analysis, using the most recent RCP information. Assuming BO overpolling 1 pt. New Hampshire – BO 52.7 and JM 42.0; Undecideds 5.3; BO will overpoll by 1 pt.; Undecideds, less 2.0, 3.3 will break 2/1 for JM. Prediction given these assumptions: BO 52.8 and JM 45.2. Obama wins New Hampshire. Pennsylvania – BO 51.3 and JM 44.0; | Read More »
I can’t believe that a national cable network is playing this taped conversation right now — the Palin prank call from Sarkozy.
Here is a Thursday update to my election analysis, using the most recent RCP information. Assuming BO overpolling 1 pt. Pennsylvania – BO 52.3 and JM 42.8; Undecideds 4.9; BO will overpoll by 1 pt.; Undecideds, less 2.0, 2.9 will break 5/7 for JM and 2/7 for BO – based on 2008 Democratic Primary Performance. Prediction given these assumptions: JM – 45.8 BO 52.2 Ohio | Read More »
Good morning, Last night, in Senator Obama’s infomercial, he made mention in his prepared remarks that “much of what’s wrong with America goes back much further than” the last eight years. To the American people, I say this is a very telling statement and is where these two campaigns radically differ. Senator Obama’s campaign seems more and more to be a campaign always looking backward | Read More »
One week out from an election that could affect the course and direction of America for the next thirty years — we have a real choice between two very different candidates. An aging war hero who has championed himself as the maverick, an unconventional legislator once loved by the media, now ridiculed as out of touch. A young, energetic first term senator, whose intellect is | Read More »
If the DailyKos and Moveon.org have their way, America’s dream team will not be the newest iteration of college and pro basketball stars taking on the world, but a frightening amalgamation of liberalism and incompetence. Get out of the way, Kobe and Dwayne — there’s a new group in town. Without further ado, here is your, YOUR democrat dream, DREAM, team, TEAM!! Starting at “Center | Read More »
John Zogby this morning has issued his daily tracking poll and it shows a 10 point Obama advantage nationwide. No way! If anyone had any doubt about the accuracy of the polls — the more I hear about a 10 or 11 or 12 point lead nationwide for The One, the more I discount all polls. (I am reminded that CBS News in the days | Read More »
God bless, Joe Biden. For all of his bluster, arrogance and miscalculation, he lets us know that the adage “even a broken clock is right twice a day” still holds true. On Sunday, October 19th, in words now causing apoplexy amongst Obama staffers from David Axelrod to the most recent Acorn hire, Joseph R. Biden, D-DE and the 2008 Democrat Vice Presidential Nominee, blurted a | Read More »
Later today, in Lake Worth, Florida, Senator Barack Obama is holding a jobs summit , with four democrat governors and others — including, prominently, Governor Jennifer Granholm from Michigan. Perhaps, only those of us in Michigan can find the twisted humor in such an invitation. After all, we’re still waiting for Governor Granholm’s economic and jobs plan she promised us years ago, while factory after | Read More »
With Democrat colleagues and friends, like Joseph Biden, John Kerry and John Murtha, who needs enemies? If you see Barack Obama running from hardware to hardware store, searching the aisles for duct tape, don’t be surprised. My mother used to call it diarrhea of the mouth. Why can’t these guys shut up? First, Joseph Biden steps on the weekend endorsement of General Colin Powell, which | Read More »
With just more than two weeks left before the November 4th presidential elections, political junkies are just entering their favorite time of year. The constant checks of the various polls, taken state by state, and website after website offering each of us an opportunity to create our own electoral map — establishing the permutations under which our candidate will reach that all-important 270 electoral votes. | Read More »
Last night, I listened to pundit after pundit give their post-debate analysis, from Bill Kristol to Keith Olbermann. The core of the reaction was that McCain did well, but he didn’t hit the homerun against Obama. All of that misses the point and I think you are seeing it in the various polls taken this morning. McCain was never going to beat Obama on style. | Read More »
On Wednesday, October 15, John McCain must bring his ‘A’ game — by that I mean, not his ‘best’ game, but his ‘American’ game. And, he must be willing to get tough — a notion which his intermittently effective and, then, dismal campaign seemingly hasn’t mastered. McCain will never win this presidential election by trying to match the quixotic campaign of Barack Obama — for | Read More »
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