Fenty’s Defeat Won’t Kill School Reform
With the defeat of D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty, education reformers will need to find ways to bypass the teachers' unions in their effort to fix our public schools. Adrian Fenty’s defeat in the Democratic primary for Washington, D.C. mayor not only ends his career, it has also set the stage for …Fearful Dems Punt Budget to Post-Election Season
The secret that was never a secret is out: no appropriations bills for FY 2011 will pass Congress before the start of the new fiscal year. The secret that was never a secret is out — no appropriations bills for FY 2011 will pass Congress and be sent to the President before the October 1 beginning …GOP Gets It Right... In Alternate Universe
Try to imagine another reality: one where conservatives emphasize fiscal and personal responsibility, thoughtful rhetoric and sober policy analysis. This dispatch has just come in from an alternative universe: Following the recent GOP primary victories, the Responsibility Movement appears …The Tea Party's Low Expectations
Tea partiers admirably call for fiscal responsibility, honesty and openness. Yet in Delaware they have backed a candidate who hasn't shown any of these traits Christine O’Donnell’s showing in the Delaware GOP Senate primary was a victory for the Tea Party movement, a defeat for Republican …Is Palin Now the 2012 Front-Runner?
Writing at Power Line, Paul Mirengoff makes the case that Sarah Palin is leading the pack in the GOP 2012 presidential race. Is this 1964 all over again? I haven't wanted to believe this ... but Paul Mirengoff is looking prophetic today. [I]f Sarah Palin seeks the presidential nomination, it …Who's Afraid of the EPA? Not Voters
Republicans trying to handcuff the EPA are mistaken if they think painting the agency as a big government bogeyman will win them votes. The scuttlebutt on Capitol Hill is that Senate Republicans are planning to use a markup of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual spending bill to try …Reid's Play for Women Voters Backfiring
Harry Reid's attack ads have driven up Sharron Angle's negatives amongst female voters. Yet, at the same time, Angle's share of women voters has risen. The new Rasmussen poll on the Nevada Senate race continues to show something approximating a tie between Majority Leader Harry Reid and …Tea Party to GOP: Our Way or the Highway
Tea Party Republicans cannot deem mainstream Republicans the supreme enemy – and then demand that they salute the flag of party unity. My latest column for The Week examines the unequal relationship between mainstream Republicans and Tea Party Republicans: Christine O’Donnell had barely …Hoffman Hangs On
Politico has called the GOP primary in NY-23 for Matt Doheny. But with some ballots still uncounted, rival candidate Doug Hoffman is keeping his campaign alive. In New York’s 23 rd congressional district, Hoffman is trailing businessman Matt Doheny by 612 votes with 99.2% of precincts reporting…Stop Profiting from Our War Dead
The VA's decision to let Prudential withhold lump-sum benefit payments to veterans' families is an outrage. What's less clear is how they can undo the damage. Cindy Lohman’s son, Ryan, a 24-year-old Army sergeant, was killed by a bomb in Afghanistan. Get this - the government …
O'Donnell's Surprise Win
Last night, Christine O'Donnell explained her unlikely win by pointing out that "they also said that Ronald Reagan was unelectable." Christine O'Donnell points out : "They also said that Ronald Reagan was unelectable." Which inspires one more reprise of the great line of the novelist David Eddie …O'Donnell Upsets Castle
F F Liveblog: On primary night, tea party backed candidates once again managed to pull off stunning upsets. FrumForum LiveBlogs Primary Night!Do Taxpayers a Favor: Break Up AIG
AIG's plan to exit from bankruptcy intact is a bad idea. The government should instead break it up and sell off the pieces. The American International Group has announced a plan to exit from bankruptcy. It’s a bad idea. Rather than allowing AIG to continue as a mostly intact entity—as its …Obamacare's Tax on Healthcare Innovation
Taxing medical devices may help raise revenue to pay for Obamacare, but it will also also stifle the health innovations needed to cut health costs. The candidates in Pennsylvania’s Senate race have been debating whether healthcare equipment manufacturers should pay a 2.2% tax to help fund …Attack Politics 101
Republicans who are ready to throw the wildest accusations at President Obama should take some advice on the art of the political attack from Tony Blair. Republicans who are ready and eager to throw the wildest accusations or insults at President Obama should take some advice on the art of the …Don't Blame Castle for the GOP's Missteps
Conservatives are rightly angry over the GOP's failure to enact conservative reforms during the Bush years. But purging moderates like Mike Castle isn't the answer. Though some of her elite conservative advocates suggest that stranger things have happened and that Christine O’Donnell stands a shot …You Can't Have Your Oil and Sell it Too
In his Forbes article, Dinesh D'Souza criticizes Obama for using American money to help Brazil keep their offshore oil for themselves. But is that really the case? Thanks to a recent endorsement by Newt Gingrich, a lot of attention has come to this article by former campus radical Dinesh …The Man in the Tricorn Hat
William Temple is hard to miss at tea party rallies, showing up as he does in colonial regalia. F F spoke with the man who for many has become the face of a movement. Whether you believe that the tea party movement is a spontaneous mass organization of regular people, or a massive Koch …