One of the many lessons to come out of the “Stimulus” battle the past few weeks is that despite their vast majorities, Democrats really do need a few Republicans to jump ship in order to get anything passed. Unfortunately for Republicans, and for the country, the Democrats did find three ship jumpers this time. Without [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2009’
The Steele Shakeup
A lot of changes are happening at the Republican National Committee. With Michael Steele as the new chairman, the RNC is refreshing its entire staff and opening its ears to outside ideas. Although I had previously endorsed Saul Anuzis for the position, I am cautiously optimistic with the approach Steele has taken thus far. In [...]
An Open Forum: Dealing with the Republican Defectors
As you surely know by now, three Republican Senators (Specter, Collins, and Snowe) defected and voted for the stimulus bill, allowing it to pass the Senate. This keeps reminding me of the Penguins vs. Red Wings game I attended last weekend, where all of the Pittsburgh fans (fairly or not) booed Marian Hossa and repeatedly [...]
Happy 200th Mr. Lincoln.
Two hundred years is a long time, two or more lifetimes even in this, the first decade of the twenty-first century. Needless to say, much can happen in such a span of time. The U.S. Constitution had at that time been in effect for about 20 years. On February 12, 1809, a son was born to a [...]
Calling All Young Conservatives Attending CPAC!
If you’re a young conservative attending CPAC from February 26-28, join our Facebook group so that we can all coordinate a meet-up somewhere. It’s a great opportunity for like-minded young leaders to meet, network, and have a good time! The full link to the Facebook group is: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=50322864414 Please invite your young conservative friends that [...]
Joe Biden: Ugly American
The Vice President of the United States was in Munich, Germany over the weekend where he outlined the foreign policy objectives of the Obama administration. To attentive ears across the continent, and politicians assembled in that Bavarian city, Joe Biden offered only one thing: more of the same. Biden told U.S. partners in Europe that [...]
40 Years of Democratic Rule? Not in this Century…
While the losses from the 2008 election for the Republican Party are hard to overstate, it appears that many of the predictions for future elections overstate the potential for future Democratic gains.
Implications of Gregg at Commerce
Lost in the stimulus battles and tax scandals of the past week was President Obama’s nomination of Republican Senator Judd Gregg from New Hampshire to be the new Secretary of Commerce. Picking a fiscal-conservative who once voted to abolish the Commerce Department as its new head in a very fiscally un-conservative administration might seem perplexing [...]
Despite Worsening Perceptions of the Economy, Support for the Stimulus Drops
Take a look at this chart: the blue line depicts the historic percentage of respondents who give a negative rating to current economic conditions (source: Gallup), while the red line depicts the historic percentage of respondents who support the economic recovery package proposed by Barack Obama and the Congressional Democrats (source: Rasmussen). Although the polling [...]
Re: Attacking Obama
Proving that great minds think alike, Aaron just tackled a topic I was preparing to address: stimulus war 2009. Now let me be general before I get specific (and answer Aaron’s post). The stimulus is about to get ugly for the left. Politico reports that Obama is “losing the message war.” Karl Rove contends that [...]