The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Troublemaker: Karl Rove vs. O’Donnell

One of the undeniable truths about Christine O’Donnell’s 2010 Delaware Senate campaign is that many Republicans wanted her to lose. Months before most Americans ever heard of O’Donnell, leading members of the GOP Establishment had invested their influence and prestige in attempting to ensure that nine-term Rep. Mike Castle would be the Republican nominee. Much […]

New Hampshire, Here I Come!

The AmTrak ticket from Union Station in D.C. to Worcester, Mass., was $182. My son-in-law is coming to pick me up in a few minutes to take me to the station. Pete Da Tech Guy will pick me up Saturday afternoon in Worcester. Pete and I will cover Mitt Romney’s Sunday appearance at a Tea […]

Talking Economics to Democrats Is Probably a Waste of Breath, But …

. . . Texas congressional candidate Roger Williams gave it a try: (Via Barbara Espinosa’s American Freedom.) ROGER WILLIAMS FOR U.S. CONGRESS He Knows How to Talk to Democrats

‘Self-Appointed Republican Elites’

Nothing says “grassroots populism” quite like a column in Politico: A wave of fear has come over Washington — and it’s not the earthquake or the hurricane. Self-appointed Republican elites, fretting Hill Republicans and left-wing carnival barkers all have one thing in common: Perryphobia. It’s an acute condition, with different manifestations. But it has the same […]

‘Operation Destroy Romney’ in Action

Let me remind you of this Aug. 9 article in Politico: Obama plan: Destroy Romney Barack Obama’s aides and advisers are preparing to center the president’s reelection campaign on a ferocious personal assault on Mitt Romney’s character and business background, a strategy grounded in the early-stage expectation that the former Massachusetts governor is the likely […]

Two Words: ‘Bench Strength’

Many conservatives were disappointed when Paul Ryan declined to run for president in 2012, and many conservatives — among them Joy McCann at The Conservatory — have raved almost deliriously about Marco Rubio’s speech at the Reagan Library: I’ve been supporting Marco Rubio, of course, since before I knew who Marco Rubio was. The day […]

Not All Feminists Are Ugly and Humorless

There are exceptions that prove the rule, including members of the Ukrainian feminist group “Femen,” who staged a topless protest in front of the Saudi embassy in Kiev last month. How do you say “Not Safe for Work” in Ukrainian?

DNC Quotes Governor Asterisk

During my Iowa trip, I began referring to Jon Huntsman as “Governor Asterisk,” because his support in the GOP primaries is somewhere between “too small to be measured” and utterly non-existent. He is an irrelevant footnote to the campaign, a spokesman for no meaningful Republican constituency, who clutters up the stage at debates and gets vastly more […]

« go back — keep looking »