After Big Punt, Here’s How GOP Can Score
By: Ned Ryun (Diary) | January 24th at 01:23 PM |
As a conservative, I hate when Republicans constantly punt on spending. It’s annoying, and it keeps happening. We have no reason to think it won’t keep happening. American Majority Action opposed the House GOP leadership’s plan to suspend the debt ceiling for four months without spending cuts. We believe that the day to stop stealing from our children is today–not tomorrow, not four months from | Read More »
They’re Not Lions
By: Ned Ryun (Diary) | February 8th at 12:30 PM |
From the diaries by Erick When House Republicans rolled out the Pledge to Americalast fall, my first thought was, “Not exactly a roar here. More like a squeak.” Return spending back to 2008 levels? Ooohh, knock me over with a feather at the decisive nature of that one. Cut $100 billion from non-security discretionary spending in 2011? Wow. We’re how many trillions in debt and | Read More »
Utopian Statists vs. Optimistic Realists
By: Ned Ryun (Diary) | July 7th at 10:28 AM |
I’ve been studying the Progressives the last few months, and I think this post will be the beginning of a series, or at least a conversation starter for another post or two. It’s struck me in my studies that the Progressives and America’s Founding Fathers are on the polar extremes of two very important issues: the nature of man and the role of government. | Read More »
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The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado (and Why Republicans Everywhere Should Care)
By: Ned Ryun (Diary) | April 14th at 09:46 AM |
Note from Erick: Make this your must read of the day. I recently finished an early copy of a book called The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado (and Why Republicans Everywhere Should Care). It is a fascinating read about what took place in Colorado over the course of about 5 years, and how a group of very wealthy progressives changed the entire political landscape | Read More »
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