Gingrich has a long and fascinating post entitled "What If? An Alternative History of the War since 9/11" up on his web site. I recommend reading through the entire thing as it is very good and consolidates several important ideas into a coherent vision of the Islamic problem facing the U.S. and the rest of…
Category: Politics
Hispanics and the GOP
Let’s face it: Republicans have never (which politically speaking means “within recent memory”) been popular with Hispanic voters. The Houston Chronicle says that the GOP’s latest losses have been self-inflicted, brought on by their recent initiatives to reform immigration policy. Lionel Sosa has been a proud Republican for years. He produced campaign commercials for the…
Leading Dems MIA on Iraq
kos says that Clinton and Obama are not holding up the progressive line on Iraq: Last supplemental, Hillary and Barack hid in the shadows, refusing to talk about the issue. They voted at the last second possible. They may have voted the right way, but did ZERO to move their caucus, the party, and the…
Ron Paul and the attack on Pearl Harbor
In watching part of the GOP debate last night on Fox News, I got the opportunity to watch the response of Rep. Paul to questions about Iraq. He is standing by his assertions that the War should have been declared (with which I agree…though to be honest the Authorization of the Use of Military Force…
Schwarzenegger, Renaissance Man
Arnold “I’ll Be Back” may be headed into terminator-mode in California as he tries to chop the state Republican Party’s platform down to size. From the Orange County Register: California Republicans are heading for a showdown over the direction of the party. Governor Schwarzenegger wants the state GOP platform boiled down to as little as…
Hillary Revealed
Dick Morris has this to say about Hillary Clinton’s need to destroy American conservatives: Hillary Clinton’s handlers like to promote her image as an embattled warrior — a relentless foot soldier dedicated to the dual crusades of fighting for the exalted principles of goodness and light while simultaneously defeating the ever-present forces of darkness and…
3 Congress Critters and Their Tales
Two Republican senators have been in the news lately and not for anything good. David Vitter of Louisiana had his telephone number show up: in the phone records of Pamela Martin and Associates, the alleged prostitution ring run in the nation’s capital by Deborah Jeane Palfrey. Palfrey, who faces, federal racketeering and conspiracy charges, says…
Romney on Education
Mitt Romney had some good things to say about education yesterday: Romney said he would work hard to improve schools but did not elaborate. When a woman asked him about how he would support arts and music programs that often are the first to be cut from tight school budgets, he said he was wary…
Party Time
Ah yes, election season is being thrust upon us. Tomorrow is the date for the Iowa Republican straw poll, and for some reason, I started thinking about our party system and how we all identify ourselves, politically. For a long while, I had thought of the party system as one of the problems with our…
What kind am I?
I thought I’d use my first post to illustrate what you’ll most likely be hearing from me going forward. In his post on July 24th, 2007 (What Kind of Republican Are You), Marc gives us a link to a site that asks us a series of questions that are designed to illustrate the type of…