Framing the Debt Ceiling Debate: Attach a Balanced Budget Amendment

By: scorpio0679 (Diary)  |  January 6th at 12:28 PM  | 

If a balanced budget amendment is attached to raising the debt ceiling, the bill will either pass and the amendment will go to the states for ratification (where it will surely succeed), or it will fail and the failure will be at the hands of Democrats in Congress. Either way, it is a victory for the GOP, and especially for conservatives. It is truly amazing | Read More »

Peggy Noonan’s Take: Palin a Nincompoop

By: scorpio0679 (Diary)  |  November 5th at 11:57 PM  | 

Peggy Noonan’s piece in the Wall Street Journal today is certainly turning heads.  Despite being completely enamored by The One in the 2008 election, it appears that Ms. Noonan is having second thoughts.  From start to finish, this is one of the best post-election commentaries that I’ve read. The first half of the commentary tears at the very soul of Barack Obama in a way | Read More »