Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I’ve long since learned that, if the liberal media endorses an ostensibly Republican candidate, I should run far and fast in the other direction. Verum Serum has a nice video explaining why Huntsman is the current go-to Republican candidate as far as the liberal media is concerned: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV8HFHkX3PA[/youtube] By the
Continue readingI disagreed with John Podhoretz’s casual dismissal of Candidate Herman Cain, but I believe he is absolutely right about the reason more seasoned political figures are saying “include me out”: So why is this happening? Simple. You’ve probably heard that the president and his team are looking to raise $1
Continue readingDo I mind that Mitch is out in 2012? No. Even though I understand that he’s a stellar government executive, with some good (although not great) conservative chops, I could not like him. I would have voted for him on the ABO (Anyone But Obama) principle, but I wouldn’t have
Continue readingSince I’m in California, which has always been a late primary state, and since California is now switching to open primaries anyway, it’s always hard for me to get very excited about primaries. The fact is that I never feel I really have any say in them, since the front
Continue readingObama has already thrown his hat in the ring. Democrats therefore have a “payee” for their political donations. The money can start rolling in instantly. Republicans, however, don’t know yet who is going to be opposing Obama. Pawlenty? Trump? Palin? Bachmann? Paul? Cain? An as yet unknown candidate? The fact
Continue readingMitt Romney has two significant flaws as as Republican candidate: Romney Care in Massachusetts and the fact that he is a Mormon, which is anathema to many committed Protestants and Catholics. During the 2008 primaries, some people were saying that he was so flawed they couldn’t possibly vote for him,
Continue readingWe have enjoyed spirited discussions on these pages with Book’s question about universities and the values thereof. A recurring theme that I hear among Liberals is one of educational snobbery. I heard this with regard to G.W. Bush (despite his Harvard MBA) and now we hear it about Sarah Palin
Continue readingAn email friend of mine advanced the notion of General Petraeus running in 2012. The man has shown himself to be incredibly competent, but I don’t know much more about him. He certainly has executive experience. My friend, who knows (or knows of him) quite well says that he has
Continue readingI’m going to be working, not blogging, tomorrow morning, November 4, 2008, so feel free to consider this an open thread. I can’t let this occasion go by without a few words, though. On the candidates: If you believe government can solve most of our problems; if you believe Barack
Continue readingDJ Drummond, who blogs at Wizbang, has two spectacular articles explaining in simple terms why we shouldn’t blindly trust the polls this year. You should read them, here and here. Bottom line: no matter what the polls seem to be saying, make sure to vote.
Continue readingBefore you let the polls spook you, Ann Coulter has some useful history: Reviewing the polls printed in the New York Times and the Washington Post in the last month of every presidential election since 1976, I found the polls were never wrong in a friendly way to Republicans. When
Continue readingI had a lovely time last night at a reception on the Bonhomme Richard, and plan on writing about it later today. However, other work calls, so I thought I’d fill this space with recommendations for interesting stuff you may want to read. In no particular order: William Katz, a
Continue readingI’m getting emails from committed conservatives who are unhappy right now, feeling that the air has gone out of the election balloon. I’m looking at things a different way. The ACORN registration fraud has inflated the numbers of registered Democrats. Given that some people registered as Dems 72 times, there
Continue readingI don’t think Glenn Reynolds will mind my reprinting this in its entirety, since it deserves to be read as widely as possible. Send it along to your friends — and, maybe, to your local newsroom: A READER AT A MAJOR NEWSROOM EMAILS: “Off the record, every suspicion you have
Continue readingYesterday, I urged you to read Thomas Lifson’s January 2006 article looking to the two political seasons that affect most Americans — the long inattention season and the short attention season. Today, Thomas was good enough to revisit his original premise and analyze how it helps Republicans generally (which is
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