Pawlenty's (Not So) Bold Campaign
Tim Pawlenty has kicked off his presidential campaign with an important message to the voters: he's pro-freedom! Tim Pawlenty has kicked off his presidential campaign with a bold message: he's pro-freedom! On the home page of his Freedom First PAC's new website , we are treated to this image : …
One More Thought on Beck-Palin
Question: what do Palin's Fox News costars really think of her? Last night I watched for a second time the Beck-Palin interchange over favorite founding fathers. Go to slow-mo and here's what you see: When Palin tries to evade the question, Beck smiles broadly and says "bullcrap." Palin …Massachusetts Votes on Obamacare
Will the Bay State up-end politics the way Pennsylvania did in 1991, sending Washington a strong message on health care? And why has Massachusetts turned on ObamaCare? Democratic desperation and other compelling evidence strongly suggest that Democrats may well lose the late Senator Edward …Miracle in Massachusetts
Byron York is reporting that the bottom is dropping out of Martha Coakley's support in the Mass Senate race. Byron York is reporting that the bottom is dropping out of Martha Coakley's support in the Mass Senate race. It's not just the Democratic scare of a lifetime: Scott Brown might actually …Responding to My Critics
It seems like anything remotely linked to professional soldiering REALLY gets my critics riled up. The blogosphere is infested with trolls, apparently… I've got a certain effect on the evil creatures; I ATTRACT them! I ESPECIALLY attract …
Dems Won't Lose Kennedy's Seat
UPDATED: Scott Brown has run a good campaign for Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in Massachusetts, but now the Democrats have awoken to his threat. Well, we are a week out from Election Day in the Massachusetts Senate race. What’s that you say? Wasn't the December Democratic primary tantamount …The Coming Club for Growth Versus Tea Party Fight
The present marriage of convenience between the pro-Ayn Rand Club for Growth and the populist Tea Party movement cannot last. One thing political parties and partisans seem never to learn: the purer you are, the more you lose. The divisions of Red and Green parties in ancient Rome, where …The Beck-Palin Conversation
Republicans used to be the daddy party - the party of responsibility, of rules, of the hard truths of life. Yet these two pre-eminently visible spokespersons for conservatism and Republicanism talked for a full hour about their ... feelings. I tweeted my passing thoughts as I watched the …On the Front Lines of Haiti's Recovery
While Haiti waits for assistance from other nations to trickle in, private military contractors are already at work restoring order and helping with the humanitarian effort. The earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. The devastation is of …