Our Path Forward Is Not Moderation, It Is Infrastructure

By: Aaron Gardner (Diary)  |  November 12th at 08:30 PM  | 

As has been addressed in detail by many of the editors here at RedState the usual suspects have gleefully sounded the call for a purge of social conservatism, as they always do, as a political, cultural and structural solution for all that ills the GOP. Those rushing to the media to make these pronouncements are acting like frightened children lost in the woods, an unsurprising | Read More »

It’s Ground Game Time For The Win In 2012

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  October 23rd at 03:47 PM  | 

Not a lot remains about which to philosophize. Two weeks remain, the debates have finished and Campaign 2012 is down to the brass tacks of game-day execution. Having read everyone’s polls until I’m sick of the concept, I can boil election 2012 down to the following if/then/else statement.

If turnout >= D+5, then Barack Obama is re-elected
Else, America is liberated.

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Duelling narratives on Iowa ground game?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  January 1st at 02:00 PM  | 

If you want to really appreciate the chaotic nature of the pre-caucus environment in Iowa right now, contemplate the two stories below (both via Hot Air Headlines): People reading the New York Times are being told, effectively, that the ground game race is effectively between the technocratic Mitt Romney and the plucky Rick Santorum (with his 1,000 precinct leaders!), with the weird Ron Paul only | Read More »