Ron Paul’s Past
James Kirchick–contentions blogger and assistant editor at The New Republic –has a lengthy exposé of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul up at TNR. It delves into Paul’s history as a publisher...
View ArticleHuckabee’s Further Flip-Flopping
According to The Hill, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has reversed his position on a federal ban aimed at workplace smoking and now believes the issue should be addressed by state and...
View ArticleMore on Rapid Response 101
McCain’s team put out a detailed document on the allegations in the New York Times involving his relationship with a female lobbyist in 2000. On the morning shows the team followed it up with a fairly...
View ArticleFighting Back
The White House and the McCain campaign are both turning up the heat on mainstream media outlets, challenging their inaccuracies and going public with their complaints. In theory this sounds like a...
View ArticleThe Engine of Spending
As Jennifer referred to this morning, Andy Stern, the head of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is not happy with the idea of scaling back health-care “reform.” It is not exactly hard to...
View ArticleMitch Daniels Profile
One of America’s best political reporters, Fred Barnes, has a short piece on one of America’s best governors, Mitch Daniels. Barnes reports that Daniels has “dropped his Shermanesque stance of refusing...
View ArticleIt Is Certainly an Emergency
Politico has the scoop: Leading conservatives will launch a new pro-Israel group this week with a scathing attack on Rep. Joe Sestak, the Democratic Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, the first shot in...
View ArticleReviving More than Faith
Glenn Beck’s rally, perhaps wisely in anticipation of liberal criticism, kept policy and partisanship out of it. The focus was on patriotism and a call for a spiritual revival. As the country pivots...
View ArticleTransformational All Right
If you are a Democrat, it’s painful to read the news these days. The latest survey of impending doom: A vigorous post-Labor Day Democratic offensive has failed to diminish the resurgent Republicans’...
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