Smart Money

    I’ll be the first to tell you that at the statewide, Congressional and Presidential levels you can’t win as a candidate without airtime. You will need to spend, sometimes significant, money on TV ads, even radio ads. But at a certain point, there is a diminishing return on what TV ads will get a candidate, especially in the last few weeks when it seems every | Read More »

    Now Bleed Them Dry

    Note: This was co-written with my brother, Drew Ryun, president of American Majority Action. This week, America saw what real hope and change actually looks like.  The Wisconsin recall fight wasn’t about Republicans and Democrats.  It wasn’t about Obama.  It was about the power of the majority of taxpayers who stood up against being fleeced by the very public employee union bosses who have put | Read More »

    Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin

    On Saturday, standing on the state capitol steps in Madison, Wisconsin, I saw history. I saw the first public, physical manifestation of the great struggle between the tea party movement and the public sector unions. At stake: the future freedom and prosperity of this country. On one side of the debate, you have freedom loving Americans who are the taxpayers, the ones who fund our | Read More »