Is David Brooks Comparing the Tea Party to Nazis?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  February 28th at 11:18 AM  | 

“David Brooks, please look up Godwin’s Law.” David Brooks seems to forget it was the tea party movement that handed the Republicans control of the House in 2010. Today he laments the rise, again, of conservatives and views his ideological drift to the left as standing still with conservatism moving away from him. He really does lack serious self-awareness. How silly. In a column titled | Read More »

David Brooks Likes The Crease of Mitt Romney’s Pants

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  October 4th at 02:00 PM  | 

I could hardly sum up more pithily the problem with Mitt Romney’s candidacy in four words than “David Brooks loves him.” Brooks’ column today is revealingly out of step with the party and the nation Romney is seeking to lead. Let’s start with what’s missing from Brooks’ description of the job Romney is applying for: [T]he challenges ahead are technically difficult. There’s a reason that | Read More »

David Brooks Gets Played

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 6th at 09:59 AM  | 

It is a familiar tactic that the Democrats have used lately — say it enough times and hope someone believes it. I was traveling yesterday and couldn’t comment on the David Brooks column, but it is more and more clear David Brooks got played. The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, has talked about supporting a debt reduction measure of $3 trillion or even $4 trillion | Read More »