By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  May 20th at 04:40 PM  | 

Masterful. That’s all I can say about a piece by the Weekly Standard’s Yuval Levin that Michael Barone pointed out in the Washington Examiner as a must read.  It really highlights the technical problems and solutions we must take for our country as a whole.  It practically gives Mitt Romney the clear, positive alternative and narrative he needs to draw a contrast with himself and | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  April 5th at 09:25 PM  | 

Mercy. When you read Holder’s response, the complete contempt and lack of respect toward judicial authority is so brazen that I was reminded of a football coach who once told a player I knew “Either you have a lot of balls, or you’re stupid!”  A couple of key excerpts: The question posed by the Court regarding judicial review does not concern any argument made in | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  March 28th at 03:28 AM  | 

I have to laud some of the posts I have seen on Redstate today regarding the day’s happenings on Obamacare.  I am also amazed at the knowledge shown by the legal parties whom are arguing both sides of Obamacare and the judges that sit on our nation’s highest court.  There are some incredible minds out there. I have been wondering about a question that popped | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  February 21st at 12:17 AM  | 

Over the past few days I have watched with amazement at how anonymous GOP brass have been suggesting that if Mitt Romney loses Michigan, that a new candidate must come forward.  Huh?  So the say of the voters shouldn’t matter at all I guess because they don’t like the candidate the voters have chosen.  Or is it that Santorum hasn’t received any big money donations | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  February 17th at 05:33 PM  | 

The more I look at this, the more I believe this is it for Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential run.  The state he was born in will determine if he falls by the wayside of this presidential election cycle.  With neighboring Ohio looking like Santorum is running away with that state, evidenced by a prominent endorsement switch, the stakes couldn’t be higher for Romney.  A Michigan | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  February 12th at 04:59 AM  | 

I have seen a strange spirit of fear and anxiety throughout this nomination fight.  Those fearing that whomever gets the nod, how the vaunted Obama machine will destroy our candidates.  Then there is the hand-wringing over potential head-to-head polling matchups of each of the candidates vs. Obama.  Worst of all, the nastiness and vitriol between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich has done much damage to | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  January 26th at 02:30 AM  | 

After his great win in South Carolina, his campaign now according to various polls out of Florida today show Newt Gingrich in a nosedive.  Though I love Newt’s clear and forceful articulation of conservatism, it’s things like this and other things he has said in the past that make me doubtful of anything he says.  I am alluding to an article given by Elliot Abrams | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  January 21st at 09:34 PM  | 

I speculated after the South Carolina debate where Newt took out Juan Williams that the South Carolina race would be turned on its head.  The brushfire that I envisioned that could happen among conservatives turned into an inferno.  What happened? EYE OPENER #1 –  The unorthodox attack from Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry of hitting Romney’s record at Bain Capital and his tax records Using | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  January 18th at 10:15 PM  | 

If there is one thing Newt Gingrich’s recent debate performance taught us, it showed that any candidate who has the courage and conviction to unashamedly, unabashedly, articulate conservatism with conviction and passion, that candidate will always win.  Today’s polling from Rasmussen confirms that.  Of course, this is only one poll so even though I highly regard Rasmussen, it still is only one poll.   However, I | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  January 17th at 01:45 AM  | 

Of course I am referring to the famous line, “I paid for this microphone Mr. Green!” that Ronald Reagan delivered to a high-minded moderator in Nashua, NH in 1980.  This response drew a boisterous response from the crowd and some out of their seats.  The moderator tonight was Juan Williams on Fox News whom tried to play the race card on Newt and here is | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  January 6th at 04:44 AM  | 

Can’t sleep tonight…and then I caught this: In 1980, when establishment moderates were still clinging to power in the GOP, a devious plan was hatched to prevent conservative Ronald Reagan from winning the Republican nomination: George H.W. Bush, it was proposed, would drop out of the race. He would then instruct his delegates to vote for Gerald Ford. The “Stop Reagan” plan, of course, fell | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  January 5th at 01:42 AM  | 

Now that Michelle Bachmann has exited this race, this is fact.  I don’t think it was a coincidence how quickly Perry’s announcement came that he was staying in the race after Bachmann announced she was suspending her campaign.  With Bachmann out, Perry can claim this mantle for himself the remainder of the race.  If there is any silver lining off of last night’s disastrous result | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  January 3rd at 09:39 AM  | 

This will be a short diary but one that may give way to an unorthodox yet interesting possibility. As you all know, Newt Gingrich is to put it lightly, very sore regarding what the Romney campaign has been doing to him with negative advertising that has been leveled against him in Iowa.  Also, quite a few GOP establishment congressmen have publicly aired their misgivings about | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  December 29th at 08:41 PM  | 

Last night I wrote a post requesting Iowans unite around a conservative standard bearer that will take the fight beyond Iowa so Mitt Romney doesn’t run away with the nomination.  As everyone has seen, the Rick Santorum surge at least on the surface is real according to polling that has come out in the last couple of days. However, if the crowds that are showing | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  December 28th at 10:08 PM  | 

Your choices? Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, and Rick Santorum. If any of you comment in the thread below why I haven’t included Ron Paul, you are one sick puppy.   Wait, what about Michelle Bachmann?  Well, it looks like her campaign is out of financial gas and a SuperPAC that was supporting her very quietly put its backing behind Mitt Romney’s campaign today.  The first | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  December 22nd at 10:57 PM  | 

Yeah, that is the question that is bouncing around in my head right now.  Maybe it was the fact that after watching this whole thing play out some things have become apparent to me.  With Harry Reid playing Mitch McConnell like a fiddle again, it is obvious that the GOP House approach to working with the Senate must be changed.  I don’t blame John Boehner | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  December 17th at 12:43 AM  | 

I have seen a lot of consternation Nikki Haley’s endorsement of Mitt Romney has caused among conservatives.  Now all I am going to offer is my observations and insight on how this whole thing is playing out and could play out.  Of course, this could have been all orchestrated a long time ago by the Romney campaign.  This is politics after all. Nikki Haley’s approval | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  December 15th at 11:34 PM  | 

Ron Paul’s campaign self-destructed tonight.  The way to trip up Ron Paul is to always bring up foreign policy and then he goes off the hinge.  He may have a loyal following but they will be very hard-pressed to persuade anyone to come over to them.  He’ll start falling in the Iowa polls within a week. Rick Perry given the somewhat shortened time he had | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  December 14th at 01:38 AM  | 

(Update:  Rasmussen has come out with a new Iowa poll:  Romney 23, Gingrich 20 (!) Paul 18, Perry 10.  I’m shocked by the Gingrich free fall.  Seems like a lot of Iowa voters that were supporting Gingrich went back to the undecided pile) Let’s just say….I don’t want to get prematurely excited.  I have seen the polls from the American Research Group and Insider Advantage | Read More »

By: RealQuiet (Diary)  |  December 7th at 10:02 PM  | 

Newt Gingrich has conducted a brilliant campaign strategy since he stumbled back in late spring regarding Paul Ryan’s Path to Prosperity Plan.  He has been masterful in debates and shown an eagerness to take on and fight the media elite.  He has owned up to his personal and political mistakes and stated candidly what his positions are, though many may disagree with them but still | Read More »