Fellow conservatives, it is really not in my nature to be a doomsayer. I generally like to think the best about the country and its future because, by and large, we have really great people keeping her afloat amidst really tough economic times. But I have come to a conclusion regarding the impending Fiscal Cliff…a conclusion that cannot be avoided or contradicted in any way, | Read More »
Four more years. That’s what the American voting public just handed Barack Obama. You voters in Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Pennsylvania and beyond…TAKE A BOW…this is what you have just handed the rest of America: 1. Obamacare…now cemented into law, affirmed by that idiot John Roberts, will begin to creep into our lives like a stalker in the night. For working Americans, | Read More »
WOW…and to think some on our side doubt where today is heading. Radio stations here in the Hoosier State are reporting massive Election Day turnout, even as early voting was thought to be down from 2008. For those keeping count: The Obama people were counting on large numbers of early voters to cushion the fall when Election Day rolled around. In reality, that didn’t happen…not | Read More »
…and it couldn’t have been delivered by a more delicious source: the left’s own economics darling, NYT columnist and Nobel Laureate, Paul “the world as it should be, not reality” Krugman: HEADLINE: You’re Stupid If You Think It’s Close http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/reporting-that-makes-you-stupid/ Yes…that’s right…the “great” Paul Krugman, writing for the New York Times, is calling anyone who thinks the election doesn’t currently reflect an impending Obama blowout | Read More »
Very few (even those writing from a perspective of reason and reality) capture precisely where the 2012 presidential election is headed when November 6 arrives. Michael Graham, writing a poignant piece for the Boston Herald, hit a grand slam today: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view.bg?&articleid=1061171462&format=&page=1&listingType=opi#articleFull Forget about the biased, inaccurate polling coming from the left. Skew the sampling +9 REPUBLICAN in Ohio and Romney wins that state by 10-12 | Read More »
As Captain America said, I can do this all day… Another day, another skewed poll we get to shoot holes into. This time, it’s the CBS News/NYT poll: Total respondents: 898 Democrat sample: 321 (36%) Republican sample: 242 (27%) Independent sample: 335 (37%) For liberals trolling RedState, that’s a 9-point Dem over-sampling count. Romney wins Independents by TWELVE (12) POINTS…wins on the economy, the deficit, | Read More »
Oh sure, I know…that won’t be the headline of the most recent ABC/WaPo poll. The headline will be 49-49 tie. What the news accompanying the poll also won’t tell you is the following (verbatim from the poll transcript): “Partisan divisions in this survey, Democrats-Republicans-independents, are 35-28-34 percent among likely voters.” “Independents are customarily a more changeable group, as they’re less anchored by partisanship. They now | Read More »
I’m sorry…I refuse to allow phony polls to sweep the narrative away from an increasingly-likely humiliating (and necessary) Obama defeat in a little less than two weeks. There is just too much at stake to allow the media and biased pollsters to sway swing voters with their misleading polling results. Time magazine released on OH poll today showing Obama winning Ohio 49-44. What the headline, | Read More »
As this last one-on-one match-up is a foreign policy debate, there will no doubt be a variety of topics discussed. There will certainly be extensive talk of Libya, Israel, Iran, and the European Union. There will also no doubt be an Obama attempt to use OBL’s death to his political advantage at some point during the 90-minute session. …and then there is CHINA… One of | Read More »
If you have been following the polling roller coaster these past couple of weeks, you know that Mitt Romney’s polling support has done an “amazing” about-face subsequent to the first debate. I placed “amazing” in quotes because those of us who are familiar with the games that left-leaning pollsters play (i.e. trying to set the narrative with early polling in lieu of actually sampling and | Read More »
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/what-health-bill-means-for-you/ The preceding website gives some maddening insight into just how much Barack Obama’s health care law, stamp of approval courtesy of John Roberts, will cost working-class families. Some background: My family does not have health insurance by choice. This is because my wife and I pooled resources prior to having children in anticipation of health care costs and have nearly always paid reduced prices | Read More »
Usually, daily tracking polls aren’t cause for eyebrow-raising since they tend to fluctuate a bit through the general election season. However, the new Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll released today reveals some disturbing numbers for the sitting soon-to-be-replaced president: Overall match-up: Romney 48% to Obama’s 43% Obama Support Among White Voters: 35%, down from 43% in 2008 Percent of Likely Voters Saying Obama is Doing a | Read More »
I never thought I’d sing the praises of Bill Clinton, but I find myself doing it a little more frequently lately. Last week, he complimented Mitt Romney’s sterling business record…something I happen to agree with 100%. Now, he throws some love in the direction of…George W. Bush? http://www.cnbc.com/id/47693595 Clinton told CNBC today that congress would be best off extending the Bush tax cuts, which are | Read More »
The private sector continues to implicitly show its disdain for this patently anti-private sector president and his anti-private sector public policies. With numbers derived from Econoday (2012) by way of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the numbers are as follows: One day after initial jobless claims spiked to 383,000 and 1st Quarter GDP indicated a paltry 1.9% growth rate and three days after an abysmal | Read More »
I don’t mind telling you: I gain serious personal satisfaction from the fact that my 4th grade (soon to be 5th grade) daughter takes a keen interest in politics, economics and business. Perhaps it’s the fact that her mother complains that I talk about these matters too much and she feels the need to pry that door open…or perhaps it’s just that she, like her | Read More »
This will not be a long diary, but I believe it is a harbinger of great fortune on this most important primary day in the great State of Indiana. My parents and grandparents have been long-time supporters of Dick Lugar. They have voted for him religiously since 1976. My grandparents have long since passed, but my parents remain…and they are approaching the age where they | Read More »
In the interest of brevity, I’ll try to keep this short and sweet. According to the Treasury Department, Barack Obama’s so-called “Buffet Rule” will add a whopping $5 billion per year in revenues. $5 billion…matched against a federal deficit projected to be close to $1.3 TRILLION. That’s less than a 0.5% dent in what has rapidly become the instrument of the decay of the value | Read More »
On Monday, Rick Santorum laid out a case that high gas prices caused the Great Recession – essentially pointing out that high gas prices kept many Americans from paying their bills, thus resulting in the credit nightmare that ensued. Here’s the problem with his argument…and the opportunity that is presented by virtue of his willingness to hammer Obama: This isn’t 2008. People are less concerned | Read More »
As is my frequent custom, I recorded a spot for a Northern Indiana AM radio station. These segments are aired on that station and its FM affiliates the following morning, with the occasional hour-long round-table airing live. Now, this is just a little piece of media in a small Hoosier area. However, you might be surprised at the number of emails I receive from listeners who appreciate a | Read More »
I have been very torn in recent weeks over which candidate would be a better nominee to take back the White House…Newt Gingrich or Rick Perry. Both men have flaws…and let’s be honest, ALL HUMANS have flaws. But it occurs to me that among this list of flawed candidates rests some pretty terrific talent to bring conservatism back to the forefront in American policy making at | Read More »
I am not a Libertarian. I am a conservative. Yet I find myself perplexed by the number of conservatives ready to toss Newt Gingrich aside because of his personal life. What is it that drives this insatiable need to sit in judgment of this man and the decisions he has made in his personal life? Is it the squeaky-clean lives we all have lead where | Read More »
Just when you thought hope for conservatism was lost on college campuses, they let one of us take the wheel. I am a Master’s graduate nearing Ph.D. conferral. My dissertation is being written to demonstrate the overwhelming viability of lessened government intervention in free markets and reduced taxes as a conduit to lower unemployment, higher wages, and better benefit dissemination. I am also a proud professor of | Read More »
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