New Year’s Eve 2019 with Lil Jon and Senator Brian Schatz
We pray that the incoming new year and decade will be better. On this New Year's Eve 2019, even Lil Jon and Senator Brian Schatz might agree.
Republican Party
With a National Emergency, what does the Republican party stand for?
How Republicans respond to these developments will tell us a great deal about our two-party system, and whether a new conservative party is needed.
History Channel caves, Hollywood nixes Bill Clinton impeachment drama
The History Channel announced it has scrapped plans to produce a true-crime docudrama centered on the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
The GOP does the Obamacare Sidestep
The GOP needs to repeal Obamacare in its entirety before it even begins thinking about a replacement.
Traitors to the GOP who are choosing Hillary
Trump is a loose cannon; Republicans may wish to distance themselves, but it's time to think less about political careers and more about the country they serve.
The GOP’s changing of the guard
Too liberal for its conservatives and too insider for the iconoclasts, the GOP old guard will be absent or diminished at the RNC. What will the new GOP look like?
FrankenTrump: Chased by angry (GOP) villagers
The presidency seems like a slam dunk for the Democrats and is theirs to lose. However that is what we said in 1980—when Reagan won.
To caucus or not to caucus—that is the question
Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of messy democracy—or put an end to it.
Time for the GOP to embrace people’s choice Donald Trump
WASHINGTON, March 16, 2016 — This 2016 presidential campaign is different from any other. On the Democrats’ side, through the use of super delegates, their likely candidate has been selected by party leaders, although she may not be legally permitted to run. On the Republican side, the entire party establishment wants anyone except Donald Trump. ...
Trump, Cruz ride wave of voter revolt
Trump's Michigan win underscores the reality of the political revolt; Cruz’s second-place finish and Idaho win leave the GOP establishment with nothing to salvage.
The Donald: The man who came to dinner
The Donald is is leading the GOP pack because he comes across as a man with a mission: He loves this country and is tired of seeing it lose out.
The born-again Christian: America’s sleeping giant stirs
WASHINGTON, February 2, 2016 — When President Obama won re-election in 2012, the Rev. Franklin Graham (son of Rev. Billy Graham) told the Christian Broadcasting Network, “The majority of Christians in this country just did not vote for whatever reason. The vast majority of evangelicals did not go to the polls. God is in control, ...
Please, leave CJ Pearson alone
Conservatives disdain blacks on the "Democratic plantation"; are they so eager to force CJ onto their own? Isn't conservatism about thought, not orthodoxy?
No, the GOP isn’t dying off
The party’s base is still white – a shrinking demographic – and older – a demographic which expires more frequently. But an obituary is premature.
The 2014 election is over; the 2016 campaign has begun
How far the Republican mandate goes may depend on how far Republicans are willing to take it. And that point rests on something that isn’t far from anyone’s mind: Election 2016.
Whatever the election results, Republicans heading for a loss
Win or lose on Tuesday, the Republicans are losers, and because of that, so are we all.
Obama says his policies are on the ballot: Republicans agree
WASHINGTON, October 4, 2014 — Last week, President Obama gave a speech at Northwestern University to lay out the economic achievements of his administration. The intent was to convince voters that they are better off today than they were six years ago, when he was elected. He argued that his policies are on the ballot. Will that help ...
How Americans For Shared Prosperity ad zings Obama policies and programs
If there’s one thing the dogmatic and ideological leftists currently wrecking this country can’t stand, it’s having their own piety and self-importance ridiculed.
Hillary and Mitt: Once and future front runners?
Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney have a lot in common. Each has the rolodex and political bank account to be a major force in 2016, and each is loathed by the party core.
Loosening the grip of the Tea Party
Leaders in both political parties know the Tea Party threatens to upend the status quo.