With Congressional approval ratings languishing in the single digits, there’s legitimate question whether any Senator’s endorsement helps anyone in the current GOP race. Do 9% coattails even count? Then again, John Thune isn’t just any U.S. Senator, and the man…
Surprise, surprise-so the super committee failed to recommend at least $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction. What now? From early in the year, it was generally accepted that the divided Congress would be unable to agree on a budget through regular…
Charles Krauthammer once pointed out that the “big political story of the year” was the success of the Tea Party in American politics. He described the new political force in revolutionary terms that might even have make a leftist proud:…
Author’s Note: What follows is a reprint of Kathleen Parker’s Washington Post article of November 18, 2011. Please note my commentary following her article. The Palinization of the GOP The headline on Democratic strategist Paul Begala’s recent Newsweek essay dodged…
If you are rich (or even feeling rich) you should definitely pay more taxes! That’s what Warren Buffett and his friends are saying. Senator John Kerry said “it would be unconscionable if the rich do not pay more”. He became wealthy himself…
The Family Leader, a Christian family advocacy group, hosted the Thanksgiving Family Forum for the GOP candidates in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, 11/19/2011. Six of the GOP presidential hopefuls sat in the sanctuary of First Federated Church last night…