By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  April 29th at 12:36 PM  | 

  A top liquor distributor (Major Brands) is attempting to obtain near monopoly status for its Missouri operations courtesy of its allies in the state legislature. Such a status not only erodes economic freedom; the resulting loss of efficiency resulting from the change will result in higher liquor prices for the millions of Missouri residents who consume adult beverages. Because this attempt at ultimate crony | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  April 2nd at 11:21 PM  | 

Demands for the resignation of Michigan’s Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema may be far less spontaneous than initially portrayed. Last week, Agema waded into the gay marriage debate with a controversial Facebook post opposing legalization. Almost immediately thereafter, aspiring political consultant Dennis Lennox has been loudly leading the assault on Dave Agema. In repeated written outbursts, Lennox proclaimed there is “no room for Agema in the GOP”, accused Agema of being | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  November 14th at 10:01 AM  | 

House Republicans decide November 14 who will be the next chair of the House Republican Conference. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) faces off against Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), chairman of the Policy Committee.  Both Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and former Vice President Dick Cheney (R-WY) once held this important position. Whoever wins stands to play a significant role in setting the ideological agenda of the | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  October 17th at 10:52 PM  | 

In an effort to be as unbiased as possible in evaluating who won this evening’s debate, I have assigned weights to the major topics covered at Tuesday night’s second presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. In addition, a number based on a 1-10 scale has been assigned to each candidate for each topic. Romney clearly edged out the president on Tuesday on the | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  May 11th at 12:50 AM  | 

The National Republican Congressional Committee supported Bob Dold’s 2010 campaign as one of its ostensibly conservative “Young Guns” candidates.   With this help from the NRCC, Bob Dold was elected to Congress. On May 9, less than two years after this inflow of funds from the Republican Party, Representative Bob Dold (R-IL) introduced legislation protecting funding of Planned Parenthood.  This stands in stark contrast to legislation | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  May 8th at 08:50 PM  | 

Is Republican senatorial candidate Mark Neumann attempting to stack this upcoming weekend’s Wisconsin Republican state convention with delegates?  Or is the “Establishment” attempting to freeze out grassroots activists from the state convention?  A close look at the facts suggests both accusations might be true.   During the state convention, candidates vie for official Republican Party of Wisconsin endorsements leading to the August 14 congressional primary.  | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  May 3rd at 05:18 PM  | 

The Dick Lugar campaign recently trumpeted its endorsement from the Lunch Pail Republicans, expressing “gratitude”  to the new organization for it support.  The Lunch Pail Republicans committee claims to be comprised of “Indiana Republicans” striving to return Indiana to “traditional core Republican values that used to define who we are.”   Extensive research suggests both claims are a distortion of the truth! According to the organization’s | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  April 20th at 09:58 AM  | 

The Center for Media and Democracy proudly leads the charge against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization dedicated to advancing limited government, free markets, federalism, and individual liberty.  Several leading corporations have announced plans to withdraw membership contributions from ALEC following this outcry. Who funds the Center for Media and Democracy?  The website proclaims, “We accept no funding from for-profit corporations or grants | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  March 26th at 08:52 PM  | 

According to Rebel Pundit, Alex Hayes, director of Mainstream Republicans of Washington State, distributed a list of preferred delegates to Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich supporters at this convention. The vast majority of these slates of delegates consisted of Romney supporters. This fact was not disclosed on the slate. Most disturbing was the letterhead on the slate–which prominently claimed the endorsements of the Santorum and Gingrich campaigns. In addition, Hayes verbally claimed | Read More »

By: Joel Griffith (Diary)  |  March 25th at 06:42 AM  | 

Rick Santorum appears to have dealt Mitt Romney a surprising setback at the Pierce County Republican Convention yesterday.  Although Romney won the county caucuses by 12%, Santorum appears to have tied Romney for delegates according to unofficial results early this morning. Below is a district by district breakdown based on delegate counting inside the convention.  While conventional wisdom has Romney winning a vast majority of | Read More »