Unless you’ve been a state legislator, served on legislative staff, been a reporter covering a state capitol beat, or a state government relations professional, chances are you hadn’t heard much of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, until the last several months. In recent months, ALEC has become a target of a sloppily-orchestrated, but well-funded effort by conspiracy theorists and anarchists (think “Occupy”) who | Read More »
One thing has become painfully clear to me in the last year or so. If your cause is fighting excessive government spending and control over our lives, your fight will never be over. There is no end zone. There is no goal line. There is no touchdown dance. You work in the trenches, fighting the expansion of government power and concurrent threat to freedom that | Read More »
I visited Wisconsin last Monday to attend the swearing in of the new Republican Governor, Republican Speaker of the Assembly and Republican Senate Majority Leader, among others. I first went to work for a Republican in the Wisconsin state legislature in 1987 and I’ve been involved with the political and governmental process there for the last 23 years. The inaugural ball Monday evening was like | Read More »
Wisconsin may skew left, but voters are independent, thoughtful and more than willing to support conservatives — like Scott Walker and Paul Ryan — who meaningfully confront issues. Reince Priebus was born, raised and has succeeded in this environment. Ryan has appeared in Priebus announcement video and Priebus has gotten additional support from Ron Johnson and Scott Walker. Of Priebus, the conservative Walker said: “He is exactly what the national GOP needs — a skilled and proven leader who never forgot the roots of the Party.”
Read More »Sound crazy? Well, it’s not. Socialist Bernie Sanders and Tea Party Senator Jim Demint are effectively working right now (or at least pretending to do so to impress their constituencies) in fighting against the tax compromise being considered in Washington. Politically, it’s easy to posture against what’s going to happen and throw rhetorical red meat to your masses. Make no mistake, that’s what both of | Read More »
The first African-American woman elected to the United States Senate, Senator Carol Mosely Braun is running for Mayor of Chicago. She’s a Democrat. Hispanic insider and former Chief of Staff to Mayor Daley Gary Chico is running for Mayor of Chicago. He is a Democrat. And, famously, former Bill Clinton fundraiser and advisor, Chicago Congressman and Chief of Staff to President Obama Rahm Emanuel is | Read More »
The universe is changed. How many of you on Twitter today were on Twitter when Hillary Clinton started campaigning for the Presidency and the young upstart from Illinois came on the national scene? Be honest. None of you (excepting the IT professionals, of course) had ever even heard of Twitter. And many of you aren’t even there yet. If you joined Twitter in 2008, theTwitter you knew then is already very different than the Twitter we experience today. How many of you were on Facebook? Not nearly as many. Not me.
Read More »“I have known Pamela Gorman and her family for years and have long admired her work in the Arizona Legislature. Pamela is the type of leader that understands that we don’t only need to fight the liberal Democrats in Congress, but we need to make sure that our own Republican Party remains anchored by conservative values, as well. Senator Gorman shares my Christian faith and commitment to protecting innocent life, and reducing the size of government.”
Read More »In essence, if we want to feel proud of our American leaders, we need to elect leaders we can be proud of.
Read More »Gorman believes that the fights taking place in Republican primaries across the country aren’t only about defeating Democrats in November, but they are something more. Perhaps Gorman is the only official Tea Party endorsed candidate in the race because she recognizes that while the Democratic Party represents a real current threat, Republicans have too often failed to deliver what voters demand and what the country needs. Gorman has preached not only throwing out the Democrats, but also ensuring that the right Republicans win so that the Party is not dominated by moderates who don’t have the stomach for the serious medicine the country needs.
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