Politico Doesn’t Quite Get it Right with the Tea Party and the GOP

By: Ned Ryun (Diary)  |  April 30th at 10:24 AM  | 

The media’s wishful thinking about the demise of the Tea Party continues to drive coverage during the run-up to the election despite plenty of contrary facts.   Last week, Politico’s James Hohmann declared boldly that, “the Republican Party establishment has withstood the tea-party revolution.”   Hohmann’s analysis rests on the fact that he didn’t see many of the “Gadsden flag-waving insurgents” at the RNC’s recent spring meeting | Read More »

Pro-Life Statists

By: Ned Ryun (Diary)  |  May 18th at 06:10 PM  | 

From the diaries by Erick A paragraph in today’s Politico article detailing Mark Souder’s resignation over his affair struck me as odd: “A hard-line conservative, Souder recently survived a tough GOP primary in the Hoosier State, edging two opponents who held him under 50 percent. Souder’s Republican rivals criticized Souder over his support for the Troubled Asset Relief Program and Cash for Clunkers programs.” I | Read More »