Mitch McConnell

    Five Things You Need To Know About New Hampshire

    By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  November 29th at 05:11 PM  | 

    I was the sole general chairman of the New Hampshire campaign of Pat Buchanan in the winter of 1995-6. I was alone because my co-chairman, faced with unmoving single-digit poll numbers, had fled for the Dole campaign. I remember Pat’s consternation about our seemingly stagnant poll numbers.  And yet, when New Hampshire voters began focusing on the election, those polls became meaningless.  Just a few | Read More »

    ObamaCR

    By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  April 2nd at 09:35 PM  | 

    Consider this:  A monumental piece of legislation — affecting a sector spanning over one-sixth of the economy — is negotiated behind closed doors by legislators for the purpose of slamming through the finished product before anyone has an opportunity to figure out what’s in it. ObamaCare? No…  It’s the continuing resolution (CR) about to be sprung on Congress by the Democratic and Republican leadership.  And the | Read More »

    The Passion Deficit

    By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  March 2nd at 04:40 PM  | 

    From the diaries by Jeff. No “Mute” button here – this is very important. Now comes news that House Republican Leader Eric Cantor (R.-Va.) is refusing to commit that the Pence amendment to defund Planned Parenthood will be in the final version of the bill which will fund the government for the rest of the year -– the “long-term continuing resolution.” This, despite the fact | Read More »