After the 2002 and 2004 elections, Republicans celebrated electoral victories that many thought would put them in the position to maintain a long-term majority. In turn, Democrats pushed the panic button and began looking for ways to turn things around. Likewise, after 2006 and 2008, it was the opposite effect, with Democrats claiming a permanent [...]
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Health Care Coverup
You never want a serious crisis to go to waste – Rahm Emanuel President Barack Obama Nancy Pelosi just couldn’t wait to get going on her landmark health care reform bill. With the President’s popularity dropping and 2010 coming up fast, Democratic leaders know they need a flagship program to justify the maintenance of their [...]
Highlights of the Sotomayor Hearings
This past week, President Obama’s choice to fill Justice David Souter’s seat on the Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, appeared before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for hearings pertaining to her possible conformation. Fellow Next Gen GOP contributors have weighed in whether or not Judge Sotomayor should be confirmed. A tedious week of hearings on Capitol [...]
Once Again, the RNC Stands Pat While the DNC Innovatively Involves Young Voters
While the RNC continues to stand pat instead of giving young voters a legitimate role in the future of the Party — or even simply establishing its own Young Voter Outreach Arm to compete with the Democratic National Committee’s Youth Council — the Democrats continue to find new and innovative ways to involve young voters [...]
The Suppressed EPA Report’s Effect on Healthcare
With the President’s popularity waning, it’s clear to see that he needs some legislative victory to stand on other than the flop of a stimulus. To what end would he be willing to go to achieve this victory? Surely this golden idol of the new era in politics would not stoop to his predecessor’s supposed [...]
Social Conservatism Going Forward
Two state senators in Michigan recently introduced bill 2472, which deals with sex ed and the regulation of crisis pregnancy centers. In effect, state funds are used to appropriate crisis centers and mandate “information about the wide range of options available to women facing unintended pregnancies, including abortion services.” The bill also makes it easier [...]
Two Governors, Two Weeks, and Two Different Contexts.
Much has been made in the past week about South Carolina governor Mark Sanford and his recent rendezvous to the Southern Cone. Individuals of both parties and many political persuasions have weighed in on the controversy. Even actor Alec Baldwin offered insightful remarks on the matter. But despite increasing calls for his resignation, Sanford remains in [...]
Obama and Clinton are wrong about Honduras.
The Republic of Turkey is generally regarded as a democracy. The latest Freedom House report on electoral democracies asserts such. By virtue of being a candidate country for EU enlargement, Turkey, the easternmost member of NATO is a democracy. However, were Turkey to join the supranational European Union, it would be the only member state [...]
GOP Finally Pushing Cohesive Message
House Democrats may have passed the global warming bill that promises to hamstring the economy this week, but the GOP put up a fight that may prove strong enough to help derail it in the Senate. Yes, it was a losing effort, but they darn near overcame insurmountable odds in the very Left-leaning House. In [...]
The Obama-Biden Administration
Republicans are winning the messaging war on health care reform, and the tide is turning on the national debt. However, The President’s approval numbers remain much higher than those of his policies. The man is either in an extended honeymoon or just too darn likeable. Many rightly assumed he would remain bulletproof for some time [...]