Defund Obamacare Now!

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  March 1st at 03:48 PM  | 

Next week House Republicans plan to bring a Continuing Resolution to the floor, which will fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year.  If nothing is done to stop them, GOP leaders plan to put forth a clean CR that funds Obamacare.  This is unacceptable. With health insurance premiums skyrocketing, employers dumping workers from health plans, and new reports predicting trillions in | Read More »

The Trouble For Conservatives

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  January 7th at 04:30 AM  | 

Jim Bridenstine may get a primary challenge. You may not know who he is, but Jim Bridenstine is a brand new member of Congress, a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy Reserves, a fighter pilot from the Iraq and Afghan Wars, and a strong fiscal conservative. He should be a hero to any and all Republicans. He’s a genuine bad ass. And on Day 1, he | Read More »

The Simple Lesson of John Sullivan’s Defeat in OK-1

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  June 27th at 12:30 PM  | 

In what was supposed to be a snoozer election night, a little known conservative candidate, Jim Bridenstine, came out of nowhere to unseat 10-year veteran John Sullivan in conservative Oklahoma District 1.  He did so by a 7-point margin, even though he was outspent 4-1 and nobody gave him any hope of succeeding. Even among many politicos who woke up to read about this astonishing sleeper | Read More »