Newt Delegates Break for Santorum

By: Loren Heal (Diary)  |  March 20th at 01:56 PM  | 

In the final hours before the Illinois primary on Tuesday, two delegate candidates pledged to Newt Gingrich announced their support for Rick Santorum. Their decision should be the 95 Theses for any Congressman who would care to read the church door. Effingham City Councilman Brian Milleville and Crawford County Republican Party Chairman Earl Deckerd announced their switch together. Both expressed their overriding desire for a | Read More »

Do Not Blame Newt Or Mitch

By: Loren Heal (Diary)  |  May 19th at 03:48 AM  | 

Politicians have been trained for decades to internalize a strategy. It is the essence of the conventional wisdom: we have our voters, they have their voters, and to win we need to convince those in between. But that strategy is flawed, and its faults have been revealed by the rise of Barack Obama and laid bare by the Tea Parties. The political environment, at least | Read More »