RedState Morning Briefing May 2, 2012

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1. Will The Tea Party Fight or Retreat?

2. With The Death of Osama bin Laden, We’re All Hawks Now

3. Barack Obama: A Legend In His Own Mind

4. The True Meaning of Bipartisanship in Washington

1. Will The Tea Party Fight or Retreat?

Last night in Wisconsin the state Republican Party tried a few parliamentary maneuvers to drive tea party members from the ranks of the GOP. For reasons I cannot begin to fathom, the Wisconsin GOP seems willing to sacrifice tea party energy in the Scott Walker recall in order to save Tommy Thompson’s Senate bid.In Indiana, Eric Cantor has weighed in on behalf of Barack Obama’s favorite Republican Senator, Dick Lugar. Just as every major conservative group lines up with Richard Mourdock, Eric Cantor begins urging Democrats to turn out for Lugar.But Indiana and Wisconsin are not the only playing field. More and more reporters are rumbling that Eric Cantor is going to actively engage in House races to combat the tea party. He wants a more docile, pliable, controllable caucus — one that will do as it is told by its party leaders, not its constituents.The proof of this is in North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District.Please click here for the rest of the post.

2. With The Death of Osama bin Laden, We’re All Hawks Now

One year ago today, a Navy SEAL team killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, the culmination of many years of intelligence-gathering. The operation was personally authorized by President Obama, over the objections of Vice President Joe Biden. While national security leaders had, properly, publicly downplayed the importance of getting bin Laden – it was more important to focus on dismantling the operational network of Al Qaeda and similar groups, and overemphasis on one man hiding in isolation would give the fugitive bin Laden an unnecessary propaganda victory – it was nonetheless a significant longstanding priority of three Administrations to get him, and a great day for America when he was killed. The Obama campaign, recognizing that there is broad bipartisan agreement on this point among voters, has done everything possible to capitalize politically on the President’s role.There are three real lessons to be drawn a year later.Please click here for the rest of the post.

3. Barack Obama: A Legend In His Own Mind

In terms of iconography this photo is destined to rival that taken of FDR on D-Day.Please click here for the rest of the post.

4. The True Meaning of Bipartisanship in Washington

We are constantly hearing the DC chattering class bemoan the toxic partisanship that is endemic of congressional politics. These supercilious wizards of smart contend that if we just had a little more bipartisanship in Washington, all of our public policy troubles would dissipate in short order.The reality cannot be more antithetical to this ubiquitous line of thought from the media. We suffer from a dearth of partisanship, not from too much partisanship. It is precisely this bipartisanship that exemplifies the consummate problem in Washington. It was both parties working together that bequeathed us this $15.6 trillion debt. It was both parties trying to pander to special interests that has left us with a $63 trillion unfunded liability for just two programs, and more than half of Americans dependent on government. Yes, we need more partisanship in Washington.It’s amusing to watch the media applaud the recent bipartisan string of legislation in the Senate.Please click here for the rest of the post.