For a long time, people have been talking about an "anti-McCain" candidate emerging to stop John McCain from taking the nomination. Both Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney have been benefiting from this. From where I sit in Washington, this is most clear in the way that the pay-to-play lobbyists are Read more…
Dick Morris in The Hill (good upgrade…. BTW, the unpublished RSS feeds have all the articles) argues that Romney and Gingrich, both "politically dead", are blocking the rise of a conservative: Right-wingers who would pass the litmus test … face the need to climb over the political corpses of former Read more…
[see original here] Conservatism treats humans as they are, as moral creatures possessing rational minds and capable of discerning right from wrong. There comes a time when we must speak out in the defense of the conservative movement, and make a stand for political civility. This is one of Read more…
Well, the CPAC results are in. "The Big Winner" is Rudy Giuliani. First, of all, Rudy still has an "electability" issue. Can he win a primary? A lot of people are convinced that someone with his positions on social issues cannot win. The Giuliani campaign will tout this result to Read more…
Bob Novak has a discussion of the "where is the conservative" theme of this election. He discusses Keiran Mahoney’s survey of Iowa caucusgoers. First he asks where they are. Then he "pushes" them with information. Are these the numbers you thought he would get? Before After Change McCain 33 Read more…
Newt Gingrich just blasted out an email, reprinted here, and several things jumped out at me: First, Newt is wrapping himself in the banner of a conservative movement based on ideas by invoking both Reagan and Goldwater. He says, "This may be the most important CPAC since Ronald Reagan helped Read more…