Year: 2006

Just for the fun of it, here are the TV shows I’ve got my Tivo set to record regularly: Blade: The Series: Incredible first season! CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: I can’t get into the other CSI shows for some reason. Dog the Bounty Hunter: I just started watching this. So far, so good. Family Guy: […]

Elections Survey USA: Steele 46% vs. Cardin 46% McCaskill Campaign Implicated In ACORN Voter Fraud Scandal DNC Takes Out Loan For DSCC George Allen Press Release: Daily Kos Gives Webb Over $130,000 In Tainted Money. Webb Joins Forces With Liberal Blog That Gloats About Contractors Mutilated In Iraq Mike Tyson Campaigns For Michael Steele (Ugh) […]

Whether the GOP holds onto Congress or not, it’s clear that there needs to be some changes in the way that they’re conducting business. That may mean some changes in leadership. It may mean instituting more party discipline so that members who sell out the base on key issues pay a bigger price for it. […]

Originally, ABC PAC told us that the 15th of October was the last day that they could guarantee that they could get the money that Rightroots raised out to the candidates we’ve been supporting. Well, last night, they informed us that has changed and that money contributed to the candidates can make a difference right […]

Okay, I admit it. As the election approaches, I am feeling a creepy sense of paranoia. My right brain reads the newspapers, studies the polls and thinks we are looking at a blow-out next month–Dems conquer at last. My left brain hoots in derision. Get real, sucker. …When I heard the news flash that a […]

From an email I received a few minutes ago: “John, I know this is not Q&A Friday, but I have a question I would like your opinion on. What happens to the Dems if they don’t win either house of congress or just pick up one in November? A lot of analysis has been poured […]

Would you like to see what the average liberal today believes, live and in living color? Then head on over to The Smirking Chimp, a wildly popular, mainstream liberal weblog. So, what sort of “mainstream” ideas does this “mainstream” liberal blog promote? Well, what you’re going to read below are some quotations from articles on […]

Outing specialist Mike Rogers has “outed” Senator Larry Craig as a closet homosexual. And he promises more to come. The Democrats want to make this an election about gay sex. And people say the Republicans deserve to lose? UPDATE: Craig denies the allegations. UPDATE x2: I truly believe this sort of tactic is going to […]

Well, at least somebody seems confident about the GOP chances: White House political strategist Karl Rove yesterday confidently predicted that the Republican Party would hold the House and the Senate in next month’s elections, dismissing fallout from the sex scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley. At a luncheon with editors and reporters at The Washington […]

There has been a lot of back and forth among conservative bloggers about whether the Republicans deserve to win this year and perhaps it would even be a salutary lesson for the Republicans to lose their majority. The thinking goes something like this: the GOP have lost their focus on conservative principles and become just […]

Unfortunately, my DSL was out last night and there were other issues beyond my control that fouled my schedule up horribly. Since that was the case, this is going to be one of those rare days that doesn’t feature any daily news. Sorry about that. It should be back up and running normally tomorrow.

About 5 weeks ago, I put together a list of The GOP’s Top 18 Pick-Up Opportunities In The House For 2006. At the time, I noted that the list of truly vulnerable Democrats was fairly small. Unfortunately, the reverse isn’t true. There are a plethora of good Democratic pick-up opportunities and here’s a run-down of […]

Back in September, I did a piece on some of the N-Bombs and bizarre sexual content in three of James Webb’s books, which to me, seemed to be pretty relevant. After all, the WAPO has been trying to make the fact that George Allen said the word, “Macaca,” which about 3 people had ever heard […]

Here’s an email that I received last night that expresses sentiments that I’ve heard from more than one person: “John, With all respect I think that the position you are taking on the pre-emptive republican defeat this fall is based on pure garbage… Are you seriously buying into poll results and what the media is […]

The GOP does have at least two cards left to play in the closing weeks of the election. The first is their vaunted, “Get Out The Vote,” program. The second is their significant cash advantage over the Democrats. How big is it? Here are some details from the WAPO: “Despite a rush of campaign donations […]

(Yesterday), Vice President Dick Cheney spoke at a rally for the 101st Airborne Division. Here’s an important part of the speech everyone ought to read: The terrorists know they cannot beat us in a stand-up fight. They never have. The only way they can win is if we lose our nerve and abandon our mission. […]

Domestic Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid Has Been Using Campaign Donations Instead Of His Personal Money To Pay Christmas Bonuses For The Support Staff At The Ritz-Carlton Where He Lives In An Upscale Condominium. Federal Election Law Bars Candidates From Converting Political Donations For Personal Use Harry Reid Decides to Amend Ethics Reports Lynne Stewart […]

You know, the left has gotten so bizarre, so over-the-top, that it’s almost impossible to parody them. Liberals talking about how much they hate Christians? It’s a regular thing. Calling Bush Hitler? It’s passe. Declaring that Republicans are evil fascists? It’s old hat. Are we at that point now with liberals calling for a Civil […]

As you may have heard, Air America is going down the tubes: “So can the progressive radio network Air America recover from Friday’s bankruptcy filing, at which it detailed $41 million in losses since March 2004, $20.2 million in debts and just $4.3 million in assets? AA says yes, and it isn’t alone. “I think […]

On the one hand, this is another one of those stories about the private lives of political activists — and stories like this are better left unreported. However, this news is going to be all over the place by the end of the day, so there’s no point in ignoring it. All I can say […]

When Rightroots went live on August 1 of this year, no one had really done anything like this before on the right side of the blogosphere and the conventional wisdom was that conservative blogs simply couldn’t raise money. So, truth be told, I was thinking that if we were able to raise $100,000 to $125,000 […]

Let me be the first to say that I’m not a big fan of Madonna, but it really blows my mind that so many people are beating her up for wanting to adopt a child: “MADONNA jetted back to Britain yesterday after her controversial tour of Malawi’s orphanages – but without the baby she has […]

During this whole cycle, I’ve been more optimistic than most people about the GOP’s chances, but based on the last few batches of polls and the smell of desperation in the air, unfortunately, I have to tell you that it’s not looking so good. In the Senate right now, Santorum and Burns look like they’re […]

If the ten percent figure is correct, that’s (18,700,000) people who support jihad actions such as the Bali bombings, and nearly (37,400,000) who support Jemaah Islamiah. And that’s just those who are willing to tell a pollster something that they would know the government would not likely be happy to hear. Tiny Minority of Extremists […]

Domestic Hawaii Hit By Strong Quake Hillary Clinton Apologizes To McCain After Her Adviser Says, “Team Clinton Thought McCain Was Doing The White House’s Dirty Work By Criticizing The Clintons And Ended Up “Looking Similar To The Way He Did On Those Captive Tapes From Hanoi, Where He Recited The Names Of His Crewmates.” Duke […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, consider this to be an open thread, enjoy the links below, and have a great week-end! This Your Last Chance To Give Conservative YouTubers Debbie Schlussel Euphoric Reality JackLewis Madville Newgrounds Online Games HQ QandO Republican Uses Animals, Mariachi Band To Critique Border Security Rotten Tomatoes Scott’s Blog Of […]

Question: “Serious question: If the democrats take back the house and senate – not a given, but definitely a possibility – who’s fault is it? Who do you blame it on? Soccer moms that switched back to democrat? Reagan democrats that switched? Moderates tired of the Iraq war? I mean, at some point -if the […]

Question: “Hawkins – Given that RWN has become an important blog for the GOP, I’m wondering if you receive talking points memos from the GOP? If so, what’s your take on them and do you feel obligated to use them? I only ask because I have noticed that you have been falling into line more […]

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Question: “John, what’s your assessment, now that we are closer to the election, of the Republicans maintaining control of both the House and the Senate?” – N. O’Brain Question: “John I just have a hard time believing anything the liberal news media says, but it seems a lot of conservatives still do kinda,even though they […]