This week has been a great one for conservatives across the nation. Scott Brown’s victory proved that, in the words of the increasingly vulnerable Barbara Boxer, “Every state is now in play.” His victory also demonstrated that Republicans can achieve many of the successes that led to Barack Obama becoming the 44th President of the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘majority’
Why a 2010 Blowout Will Not Mean Things Are Better
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 [...]
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 “Far Right,” The Filibuster-Proof Majority, and Young Voters
Over at left-of-center Mother Jones magazine, Jonathan Stein and Nick Baumann argue that “the far right handed Dems a 60-vote majority.” Stein and Baumann continue: The Republican Party has moved dramatically rightward in the age of Obama, and allowed people like Newt Gingrich, Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Sarah Palin to become its [...]
Attacking Obama: Does Lindsey Graham Have It Right?
One of the more prevalent notions that I have read lately is that Republicans should focus on criticizing Democrats in Congress instead of President Obama due to the President’s sky high approval ratings. Conventional wisdom suggests that Republican attacks on an enormously popular Obama would likely backfire and instead hurt Republicans, while Democrats in an [...]
Five Reasons for Optimism in 2010 and Beyond
Many folks on the Right are, to put it mildly, disheartened by the results of the 2008 elections. However, after initially being quite disappointed by the returns, I am incredibly optimistic about what’s to come in 2010 and beyond. The bottom line is that this year’s elections were by no means a mandate for liberalism. [...]