http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:19:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over the past week or two, we political junkies have seen a lot of comments from the pundits agreeing that Bob McDonnell won in VA because he ran as a moderate in a purple state, and asserting that his moderate approach should be the template for conservatives across the country.  (Translation:  ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/11/14/10-lessons-from-the-va-gop-victories/ I cannot think of a more poignant argument for returning power of Congress to the GOP than the data below. When Pelosi and crew took over power from the GOP in January 2007, we were riding a 12 year GOP streak of controlling the Congress with an average unemployment rate ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/11/01/how-unemployment-numbers-are-directly-impacted-by-who-controls-congress/ First, before getting into the analysis of how the White House are miscounting job numbers, a few brief observations are in order: One, approximately 80% of the stimulus money that was an "emergency" to pass 9 months ago has still not come to term and been spent.  Since they apparently have ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/10/31/measuring-jobs-created-or-saved-by-porkulus/ I read an article the other day which revived my interest in an idea I had a few months ago, where the article noted a rise in conservative blogs and books since this administration took power.  My idea was to see if there are other conservative bloggers who might be interested ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/09/06/book-collaboration-idea/ Okay, not likely.  Maybe impossible.  But though very improbable, there are at least 10 seats we could take back to even this out: 1.  NV - Even the liberal Daily Kos polling outfit notes Reid as trailing both of his challengers - Danny Tarkanian, son of Jerry Tarkanian by 45-40, and Sue ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/09/04/recapture-senate-in-2010/ Our hypocritical President rode to power on a white horse, promising transparency, ethics, and bipartisanship / postpartisanship.  He took on the mantle most importantly of an economic expert, promising to turn around the economy.  Some points to consider and discuss with anyone who says the Democrats know better how to ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/08/13/more-evidence-of-dems-mismanagement-of-the-economy/ Since the #1 issue on nearly every poll is "the economy" and perhaps the leading indicator, or at least one of the top few indicators, of how well the economy is doing is the unemployment rate, I believe a historical analysis of which party and which policies have led to ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/07/03/gop-congressional-majority-historically-leads-to-lower-unemployment/ The journalistic integrity of the Washington Post has been suspect at best through the election cycles of late, offering frequent puff pieces for Obama, hit pieces on Republicans, and generally echoing in lockstep Democrat party talking points while ignoring newsworthy matters that would benefit the GOP. It is a blatantly ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/07/03/washington-post-sells-out-literally/ [Pigs fly: Someone on RedState says "Well done, Helen Thomas." - Moe Lane] h/t Drudge, Breitbart: http://www.breitbart.tv/white-house-reporters-grill-gibbs-over-selected-questions-for-obama/ See the attached video with CBS news and Helen Thomas taking Robert Gibbs to the woodshed on Obama and co.'s attempts to control the press. Thomas called this a pattern of planting questions ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/07/01/press-finally-calls-obama-out-on-attempts-to-control-press/ Okay, not a very innovate title for a post, but sometimes going into detail on every single abysmal failure and bad judgment is not enough, (although it is necessary to do that as well).  But sometimes, taking stock and stepping back a pace or two to see the whole landscape ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/06/13/how-the-dems-have-most-pissed-me-off-so-far/ Let's take this tax season as an opportunity to introduce a "Taxpayer Protection Bill."  This would be very newsworthy at this time of year, and would help the GOP image as a party who cares more than the Democrats.  Let's draft up a five or six point plan designed to ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/04/13/a-second-legislative-proposal-to-help-generate-more-republicans/ Rasmussen's recently released poll on top issues to voters, http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/trust_on_issues/trust_on_issues, reveals some interesting shifts.  One of the most profound shifts was in which party is more trusted on the issue of abortion.  Obama's recent actions between embryonic stem cell federal funding (for which the Catholic hierarchy is taking him to task), ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/04/13/other-analysis-on-party-trust-polls-by-issue/ Rasmussen Reports published today that for the 3rd straight month, Democrats have a 16 point edge among non-investors on the question which party is better at handling the economy.  The GOP continues to have a lead that is about half that among investors.  See www.Rasmussenreports.com.  That's about a 20-25 point ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/04/13/a-legislative-proposal-to-help-make-the-gop-the-party-strongest-in-polls-on-the-economy/ Its no secret that President Obama relies on his teleprompter to guide him through his speeches and stay on message.  When he's been without it, he's let his real opinions slip through to his political detriment.  This week, he's been reading off the teleprompter while exhibiting anger at AIG executives.  ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/03/18/its-the-economy-stupid/ As Russia expands to build air bases in both Cuba and Venezuela, Obama's foreign policy ineptitude begins to show just how very different from JFK he really is.  The Monroe Doctrine, which is about 188 years old, has been a longstanding pillar of American foreign policy that disallows any major ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/03/14/checkmate-ukraine/ Now before anybody starts in with "haven't you heard about Roe v. Wade" or "I wish it were so, but the Court would never go for it," recall that the hated Roe v. Wade decision never declared there is no right to life.  It engrafted a cancerous right to abortion in ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/03/12/embryonic-stem-cell-research-is-unconstitutional/ The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America states that "Congress shall pass no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..." The gross misnomer that is the "Fairness Doctrine" directly undercuts a major media source in our country, striking at the core of the ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/02/12/fairness-doctrine-is-unconstitutional/ Never have I been so convinced that Obama is so unready for the Presidency of this country. His crackpot team have announced that they plan to run a 1,000,000,000,000.00 deficit each year, (that's an even trillion), but that's before the massive bailout package(s) and stimulus packages, so even more ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2009/01/08/democrat-deficit-doubling-exposing-ethics-escapades-and-end-of-era-of-excuses/ Barack Obama recently announced that he will implement a policy to have a "nuclear umbrella" over Israel. At first, that sounds good. You almost imagine a forcefield like protection against our closest Middle East ally with nuclear bombs bouncing off it. But, as a foreign policy matter, ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2008/12/12/why-the-nuclear-umbrella-is-bad-for-israel/ Barack Obama recently announced that his policy of a "nuclear umbrella" protection for Israel.  Basically, if someone attacks Israel, such as Iran, the United States will retaliate with a nuclear strike.  Wow! So here's why this is bad for Israel: 1.  First, by ratcheting up the rhetoric to the nuclear level, Barack ... http://www.redstate.com/paint_it_red/2008/12/12/why-the-nuclear-umbrella-is-bad-for-israel-and-what-this-says-about-obama/