Here are my quick-and-dirty notes about the debate. Economy Mitt Romney – we’re heading into a recession but that American jobs don’t have to be lost. During his leadership Massachusetts created jobs month after month. John McCain – the economy is basically sound but that we need a reality check: Some jobs have left our…
Month: January 2008
Proper Use of Technology
A geeky post about content filtering, personal data ownership, and teen suicide… The NY Times reports that the nation’s Internet Service Providers may be planning to being actively regulating the flow of content that is allowed to pass through their networks. These companies – AT&T, Verizon, etc. – generally either have a monopoly on broadband…
Huckabee Spurns Minutemen
Contrary to what was discussed yesterday, Mike Huckabee today denied that he will actively pursue an amendment to the Constitution that would eliminate so-called "birthright citizenship", saying: I do not support an amendment to the Constitution that would prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens. I have no…
Voter ID a Good Idea
A new Slate article says that Indiana’s Voter ID law is “harmful and worthless”, but I’d have to say that it’s Walter Dellinger and Sri Srinivasan’s piece that fits that description. Indiana’s law is a “solution” to a problem that doesn’t exist. The voting fraud it purports to address is illusory. And the means it…
Granite State Muddies Republican Waters
Fox News says that John McCain is the winner in New Hampshire’s Republican primary as he’s leading by a comfortable 9 point margin with 29% of the state’s precincts reporting. This makes the race for the GOP’s nomination that much more interesting with Mitt Romney barely ahead of Mike Huckabee in Michigan next week and…
Huckabee Would Repeal Birthright Citizenship
It’s been an interesting day to be a supporter of Mike Huckabee. First, Huckabeen gave the money quote of the day speaking about what the American people want from their government. Then came the Dick Armey attack. Now, an apparent and transparent Huckabee flip-flop regarding the children of illegal immigrants: Mike Huckabee wants to amend…
Huckabee Gets It
What do Americans want? Mike Huckabee has got it down cold: "They want government to leave them alone, let them live their lives: They want government to do the job that it’s supposed to do, and that’s protect us, give us the capacity to be free, and then beyond that, let us live our lives"…
Hillary Lets Her Hair Down
Ben Smith quotes Hillary: "I have so many opportunities for this country. I don’t want to see us all fall back," she said, her voice breaking in the last phrase. "This is very personal for me," she said to supportive applause from the small gathering, at which she’d been discussing policy around a table for…
The Republican Forum, sans Ron Paul
Here’s a link to the transcript, which makes for interesting reading and a different experience than viewing it on the tube. The short version of my thoughts is simply this: Fred Thompson, when he wants to, makes a strong case for himself and his economic policies. He did that tonight by being specific and, in my…
New Hampshire Debates
As always I watched tonight’s presidential debates with great interest. Here is my high-level review of the event. It was great to see Ron Paul on stage with the other heavy-hitter Republican candidates. There’s no question that he deserves to be there based on his support among voters. This even as Fox News is foolishly…