Archive for the ‘Conservatives’ Category
initial comments on health care “reform”
I will get to Dr. Arthur Laffer’s analysis in a future post. I have several initial comments on the subject of health care “reform” that I want to bring to the table before I get to his brilliant work. If you want to talk about a subject that should be demanding the attention of the [...]
the presser
Several things crossed my mind while I was listening to President Obama’s “press conference”. Here we go. 1) More people could afford health care if they had jobs. That’s where the President’s focus should be right now, rather than on national / universal (whatever the term we are using this week is) health care or [...]
dropping like flies
Sarah Palin is resigning as Governor of Alaska. I think the speculation that she is doing so because she’s running for President in 2012 — and that she needs more prep time than keeping a full-time job in Juneau would allow her — is accurate. It’s fair to question the wisdom of this move, because [...]
shut up you idiot
This week on As South Carolina Turns… How do you solve a problem like Maria? Governor Mark Sanford calls his former (current?) Argentinian gal-pal Maria his “soulmate” but still insists he is “trying to fall in love with his wife again”. Doesn’t sound like a guy who is ready to move on and forget his [...]
decisions
First of all, I want to make it quite clear that these opinions are my own, as a resident of South Carolina, and not as a member of any political party. I don’t speak for the leadership or the membership of the SC GOP, although some of them may share my views on the Sanford [...]
thursday news bites
Former VP Cheney provides an impassioned defense of Bush administration foreign policy. President Obama continues to insist that Gitmo must be closed, even as the Senate attempts to block funding for his grand scheme. Senator DeMint writes an NRO op-ed critical of government-provided health care. And my great gov Sanford continues to fight the state [...]
know your role
What makes Michael Steele great on TV and talk radio makes him controversial as the RNC Chairman. There are very few Republicans currently holding political office who could be successful pundits, and there are even fewer Republican politicians that would continue to win elections saying things that the members of their party don’t want to [...]
expand the message
I don’t think there’s much I can add to Matt Lewis’s post on the Townhall blog. Republicans need to stop surrendering issues like health care, jobs, and the environment to the Democrats. This limits our ability to compete when national security and cultural issues are not the most important things on the minds of voters. [...]
pulling no punches
Ah…seems that our RNC Chairman had something interesting to say about Senator Specter becoming a Democrat. This bridge has been incinerated. There’s no turning back now, Senator Specter. Either way it’s going to be a tough election campaign. Here’s Michael Steele (quoted at Politico): Some in the Republican Party are happy about this. I am [...]
see ya
Senator Arlen Specter finally makes the decision to leave the Republican Party and officially join his fellow Democrats by running for re-election as a Democrat. I can’t say I’m terribly upset about this news. His motivation for doing this doesn’t really matter to me. It does open up more options for challengers like Pat Toomey…or [...]
