South Dakota’s Senator John Thune will soon be the senior senator from conservative red state South Dakota. But is he really a conservative? In 2004, he defeated an ultra-left wing liberal Democrat, Tom Daschle vowing to advance the conservative values…
Obama’s plan to win the “Fiscal Cliff” war is moving ahead on schedule. It’s really no different than his plan for re-election. His willing foil, the GOP establishment leadership, is lining up to get clobbered……again. The weak-kneed Republicans, led…
The buzz about in South Dakota Republican politics is the entrance of Stephanie Strong as a Republican challenger for the lone South Dakota Congressional seat in the US House of Representatives. The Pierre-born Rapid City businesswoman has extensive small…
Editor’s Note: The “political theater” now playing in Washington and in state governments was to be the subject of an article I sat down to write just yesterday when I received an email from the Family Research Council (FRC) that…
You remember the so-called “compromise,” which brought us the Budget Control Act of 2011. It also brought us the “Super Committee,” the unconstitutional, doomed-to-failure panel that couldn’t even find a trillion dollars to cut in 10 years. Well change…
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…
Fueled by the Obama Administration’s lies and scare tactics, the Republican controlled House of Representatives passed the Budget Control Act of 2011 in less than 24 hours after the agreement was announced. The rush to judgment was necessary because the lawmakers…
Santa Boehner arrived early at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue assisted by the legion of Republican elves who voted in favor of the “compromise” on the debt limit bill. Merriam-Webster defines compromise as “settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by…
The Republican leadership in Washington has once again sold out to the progressive liberal establishment. The deal negotiated with President Obama is a VERY BAD debt limit deal. The US voters spoke loud and clear in November 2010 and…