Contrary to what you may believe, the picture is not the cast of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, it is the leadership of a vicious … The initiative led to at least two US-Iran meetings, the report said. Israel was made aware of the contacts, and opposed them. … According to more recent reports the Obama regime seems to have been trying this again probably with theview of using it as something…
Last week I wrote about the need to look beyond the headlines in order to have a more informed view on what is or is not going on … First off, the GDP headline of up 2% for the September quarter compares to 1.3% in the second quarter and 1.65% for the first half … Again, the headline was the drop in the unemployment rate.…
Now is the time to study the lessons of this election and to chart a course for conservatives to win in the future. … by the left, people who share our American view of individual rights rather than group rights. … The winner in a political contest over time is determined by the number and the effectiveness of the activists and leaders on the respective…
While a lot of Romney’s problems were baked-in by mid-summer, I don’t think that was an unreasonable view to take at the time; as it … Indeed, listen to Jim Messina, the nuts-and-bolts guru of the Obama campaign, on his view of public polling:
Every night, Obama’s … The scouts can’t tell you a guy with a terrible stat line is actually a major star – but in a close case, their view can make the difference…
The most important vote that will happen very soon is the vote for Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the conservative group … The bulk of the RSC members stood with House Leaders and the RSC leadership held the line for conservatives. … Steve Scalise is a good man, but his view on the role of the RSC would splinter the group and fracture the authentic conservative voices…
Two years later, the liberal wing of the Democratic Party took over Congress and two years later, the liberal wing of the Democratic … from two groups of people: (1) those whose world view in politics began with the election of 2000 and who lack any sense of history … There is a lot of ill will toward the Reagan Revolution within the GOP. It is exacerbated by the ill will outside the GOP.…
the tough questions as the other candidates have done. … the Republican Party is on the verge of nominating a multi-millionaire scion of the Rockefeller Wing of the Republican Party whose … Considering this, you might want to view it more as an expression of just how frustrated I have become with the field that I’m starting…
Well according to sources who worked closely with the program, the blame is at the feet of consultants. … “This didn’t materially change the course of the election.”
People close to the campaign responded. … According to all the sources I spoke to, the breakdown of the campaign can be traced to the primaries.…
, like the War on Women, but the fact remains that if you can name something you go a long way towards determining how people view … the subject. … in the media as the “Fiscal Cliff.”…
He lets the last Hungarian go, waits until his wife and kids are in the ground and then he goes after the rest of the mob. … If you haven’t seen the movie Usual Suspects take some time to view this video beginning at 2:10 to get the mood for what follows … Removing people from the tax rolls has had the effect of reducing the number of people who pay taxes with deleterious impact on the…
voices within the GOP for talking down the nominee. … In the past few months there has been little gained, with so much at stake, pointing out the failures of the Romney campaign. … As Ben Domenech noted that morning in The Transon, “That… that’s the plan?” It was the plan.…
I was wrong about the polls the past three weeks. … But I was right about Romney the past six years, and as it turned out, vindicated my original view in the primaries that – while Romney … The foreign policy crisis of the fall in North Africa didn’t end up really affecting the race much, and it’s hard to say whether the…
For years the Democrat party has derided the GOP’s view of economics. … Our view, essentially, is that your money is yours, not the government’s, and the decisions you make on how to spend it will inevitably … This isn’t necessarily bad, in my view one of the major shortfalls of our current system is that the policy is owned by the employer…
It’s time for my annual tradition of posting the WKRP “Turkey Drop” video. … [youtube]http://youtu.be/PeCGURWzjwE [/youtube]
You can also viewthe entire episode on Hulu! … I hope you all have a great day and safe travels today and the rest of this holiday weekend. …
Included in the Buzzfeed article is this:
John Podhoretz, the editor of Commentary and a prolific tweeter, rejected the notion that … But he said that as the GOP tries to widen its tent in the coming months and years, conservative sites will need to stay out of the … I’m quite happy with our track record of moving the GOP to the right and I do not view it as “self-defeating”.…
telling the tale of the 47% who won’t vote for him for any reason. … There really was no theme of elevating the poor from poverty or the middle class to the rich. … Fortunately for the GOP, in all this talk about the end of the GOP, people overlook that from here on out for the next decade or two…
The current fight to hike tax rates flies in the face of logic and in the interests of keeping the argument simple I want to address … that the people avoiding paying rates, which they view as detrimental to them, don’t care. … You can spend your money on yourself, and when you do both the cost of the product and the quality matters.…
If you viewthe 538 model as a way of aggregating imperfect inputs – like the RCP average, but with some additional bells and whistles … As to the parts of the 538 model that go beyond just plugging in the state poll averages, I continue to take Bill James’ view of expert … The polling controversies of this election cycle have, in my view, done the same.…
The $1.4 trillion in savings from the spending side is the real problem. … Once again, they fail to offer a bold contrast concerning their view of the role of government. … Instead, the GOP proposal would delay the growth of the federal budget to $4 trillion over the next few years by a year or two.…
Both of these conjectures see only the tip of the iceberg. … He’s driving the bus from the movie “Speed.” … The ruling came after the city of Memphis and the Shelby County Commission challenged the law.…
The first was to know when you were in the minority, even when you thought you were right. … all the support. … My role is that of the catapult still. I’ve been in the arena. I’m meant to be on the outside helping.…
This is nonsense and just as silly when people on our side make the claim as when the left howled about Diebold machines giving the … the polling place the same way we treat troofers and birfers. … If life was fair we’d be anticipating the inauguration of President Mitt Romney Rick Perry and watching the Obama’s pack the U-Haul…
Remember the really nasty bully on the school playground? … (You may remember the importance of the filibuster of the motion to proceed from the fight over ObamaCare. … Prior to the adoption of the motion to proceed, the bill was unamendable.…
State Acheson prior to the outbreak of The Korean War. It wasn’t to be. … the rest of the world up for money. … The United States of America increasing becomes the junkie on the stoop of the world’s liquor store.…
The incident was witnessed by police, who made an arrest (getting assaulted themselves in the process); the victim went to the hospital … legislative body that HAPPENS to have direct oversight over the municipality where the attack took place; and that the politician’ … In 2008 the Democrats controlled the House and were looking like they were going to increase their majority in the elections, which…
