Archive for the ‘Republicans’ Category
what I saw in the Nevada debate
Here’s the overview of what I saw in this debate: 9-9-9 needs a better explanation / sales pitch to answer objections All the second tier / third tier candidates brought some interesting ideas to the table and I appreciated their contribution because that’s not something we would get without these important voices. It’s not clear [...]
a little more unserious
One of my favorite movies is Dave. It is a movie where an average citizen (Dave) impersonates the President of the United States for a living, and is thrown into the real job due to some really shady political operatives. (Quick aside – Kevin Kline is awesome in that role!) There’s a scene in that movie [...]
motives
Finally there appears to be some agreement that we must reduce spending. Unfortunately, the mindset of those who wish to do this is all wrong. I guess I shouldn’t care about the motives of the Democrats and Republicans here, as long as they do what we all want them to do. But it does [...]
the earmark myth
This was posted on NRO’s The Corner blog, and I thought that it was worthy of discussion – the concept that a ban on earmarks (some know this as “pork”)would be a bad idea. Now, keep in mind, I’m a huge Jim DeMint fan. I think he’s generally right on as far as the condemnation [...]
about last night
Random: Much credit should be given to RNC Chairman Michael Steele for shutting up and not saying anything stupid during this election cycle that could have doomed the Republicans to certain failure. Well done. Marco Rubio is a star and future president material. Loved his speech. More on that later. Congratulations to our next governor [...]
my thoughts on the ground zero mosque
My thoughts on the Ground Zero mosque (in bullet form and in no particular order) Tolerance should go both ways. The skepticism over this project is justified. Several questions need to be asked and answered before we should allow this to move forward. The person we want representing Islam should not be someone who hasn’t [...]
careful what you wish for
This is an uncomfortable position conservatives find themselves in as a result of last night’s election results – between electability and the raw passion of the tea party candidates. Not every conservative should be considered electable. For every Nikki Haley – who has shown incredible message discipline and restraint in the face of scurrilous accusations [...]
elena kagan – it could be worse
How does it add anything to a SCOTUS nominee’s qualifications when it is noted that a nominee’s life story is inspirational, a real American rags-to-riches success story, and so forth and so on? While the life experiences of Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor are certainly a made-for-TV movie waiting to happen, they have nothing to [...]
heading toward the cliff
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is willing to sacrifice the political futures of her fellow House Democrats in order to get the health care bill passed. That’s generous of her, and the Republicans will absolutely accept that result. I just wonder how many left-leaning true believers are left in the Democratic Congress. The answer [...]
choosing sides
There is nothing guaranteed about a possible Republican recovery in 2010. In case fellow Republicans get too overconfident about our chances due to some current Democrat chaos over health care, let me remind them that voters hate us too. Perhaps that is a slight overstatement of our position, since there are many contributors on both [...]
