It is not the first attack on Christians in this country, and I am sure it will not be the last. As a Catholic, I have heard for the past two weekends pastoral letters from my Bishop stating unequivocally “we cannot comply, we will not comply.” Some here have criticized the Church for not doing more – http://www.redstate.com/csbadeaux/2012/02/04/excommunicate-the-bishops/ At times in my life where my | Read More »
Disappointment, tensions, accusations, and name-calling all seem to be running unhealthily high around here lately. To all who are frustrated with their candidate’s lack of success, the seeming irrationality of a voting block within our coalition, incredulity with how well a particular candidate does, I can identify with all those sentiments. But, please, please, please, for the sake of beating Barack Obama and putting the | Read More »
I know – a brokered convention has historically not ended well. But I am starting to wonder if it would not increase our chances in 2012. Here’s what I’m looking at: 1. We have a field that nobody is rallying around. The Dem division between Clinton and Obama in 2008 was really all about excitement. Our division now is not going to have the same | Read More »
Gingrich’s grasp of issues, record of successful implementation of conservative principles, and ability to present well rivals or exceeds the entire field. I recommend these two clips to those open to considering him: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/11/09/newt_rebukes_piers_morgan_for_trying_to_educate_him_on_politics.html And: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/11/09/special_report_center_seat_panel_with_newt_gingrich.html Here is a candidate well-versed in just about any issue that is raised. He handles the hard questions in stride. He looks Presidential. I’ll say that again – more | Read More »
Every debate, it seems everyone agrees about a few things – Romney is the most polished debater. Gingrich is the smartest one in the room. Perry has a better record as a governor than he does skills as a debater. Everyone knows Gingrich’s personal history has some baggage. He was dismissed early as “unelectable” because of that and his corresponding unfavorable rating. But, in 2011, | Read More »
Two articles I saw today I thought highlighted the incredibly pro-abortion stance this administration has taken. One was an act by an Obama appointee at HHS to deny a $16 million dollar grant to the Catholic Church because the Church refuses to refer sex trafficking victims for abortions. This was done despite an independent review rating the Church’s provision of services as the best among | Read More »
Putting aside the fact that 9-9-9 does sound suspiciously like a pizza slogan from our Godfather’s Pizza candidate, it has several big problems in my mind. First, I don’t even count the Bloomberg projection of lost revenue. I would be willing to concede the plan has the potential to create growth, which over 2-3 years, would aggregate past the needed 10% growth to cover the | Read More »
President Obama has proposed to spend $446,000,000 more dollars on stimulus. We can be sure he intends to earmark funds for political benefactors and continue the same type of crony capitalism we have seen him repeatedly engage in with big labor, big green, and other liberal constituencies. He thinks any opposition can be painted as an indifference to job creation. To that end, conservative alternatives | Read More »
In negotiations, the experts say it is critical to know your BATNA (Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement), and it is also important to have a good feel for your counterpart’s BATNA. Right now, the trajectory we are on is unsustainable. The rate of new spending and entitlement programs is out of control. Right now, we can get X amount in cuts. If the U.S. | Read More »
Perhaps the most disappointing thing to me about the recent budget deal was the fact PP remains funded. While DC abortions will no longer be funded, which is a major plus, I had high hopes that we would be able to hold fast on this point. In the end, the defections of Brown and Murkowski meant we needed to peel off 5 Democrats to make | Read More »
Saw this today off the Governor’s facebook page, a truly remarkable achievement. See http://www.governor.virginia.gov/news/viewRelease.cfm?id=610. A balanced budget, 12.6% growth, a strong social conservative, and great pro-growth policies. If he keeps this up, I say he’s Presidential or Veep material.
1. Stop all government funding of Planned Parenthood. It makes no sense for conservatives to allow funding of an organization who uses the fungible public funds to pay for abortions and sex ed programs far above their marginal costs. Stop their leaching off the public fisc should save $3.5 billion over 10 years. See http://www.stopp.org/pdfs/forms/STOPP_petition.pdf 2. Use the VA model for cutting government costs. Governor | Read More »
The first primaries are some 14 months away, and over the next six months, many heavyweights, dark horses, and others will announce they are running for President of the United States. I am at this stage by no means committed to favoring any particular candidate, but I think the GOP frontrunners as posited by the media are way off base. It’s not going to be | Read More »
Sneeringly, Chris Coons repeatedly made a donkey’s behind of himself in the Delaware Senate debate. Even some pundits afterwards marveled that Christine O’Donnell didn’t know about the separation of church and state because she, (correctly), stated that those words do not appear in the Constitution. Coons condescendingly (and erroneously) lectured that the establishment clause is where it is to be found. In pertinent part, the | Read More »
She is currently running ads recycling Blumenthal’s lies about military service. This is not good strategy. In a blue state, Dems and independents are willing to overlook that to a large degree. There is not a huge veteran vote in CT. She did not serve at all, so its not as thought veterans are going to just go for because Blumenthal exaggerated/lied. More importantly, such | Read More »
Since December, I have been calling a likely 8 or 9 seat pick up, plus or minus two seats, for the GOP. At that time, it looked extremely unlikely to most people and most folks did not agree with me. This will be my penultimate installation in the look at Senate seats: SAFE GOP PICK UPS: 1. ND – Gov. Hoeven is so far ahead | Read More »
Our 2009 crop of new conservative governors have already made huge differences in their states. Gov. McDonnell did the unthinkable and turned a multi-billion dollar deficit into a huge surplus with deep budget cuts and brilliant cost saving measures. One I would like to highlight is the way he incentivized public employees to save taxpayer dollars. Usually, public employees in leadership positions are pressured to | Read More »
Union households are probably the largest single contingent in the Democratic caucus. They still make up over a quarter of all Democrats, and are more likely to vote than your average Democrat, so their strength is even greater than that. More importantly, they make up a huge percentage of the ground game, financial backing, and organized grassroots. But in recent victories for the GOP in | Read More »
Its still 69 days until election day, but with primary season by and large over for most of the races, it may be a good time to take a T minus 10 weeks snapshot of where things stand. In the primaries, there have been winners and losers on both sides: Winners: 1. Tea party activists. The success of the fledgling tea party at the November | Read More »
My current projection of Senate seats suggests the GOP has to pick up another couple of points in the polls and a better campaigning job in Nevada. I’m projecting that the GOP will pick up 8-14 seats. This may be a best case scenario, but it is entirely possible. Contrary to the pundit’s popular point that everything must break the GOP’s way, the GOP has | Read More »
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