Year: 2012

The most successful Republican presidential candidate of the past half century– Ronald Reagan, who was elected and reelected with landslide victories– bore little resemblance to the moderate candidates that Republican conventional wisdom depicts as the key to victory, even though most of these moderate candidates have in fact gone down to defeat. One of the […]

Barack Obama attended more than 200 fundraisers for his presidential campaign, but he refrained from raising money for congressional Democrats. That proved to be a wise move for him, as were his strategists’ decisions to run heavy ad campaigns against Mitt Romney and to build an even more effective turnout machine in target states. But […]

Democrats want illegal immigrants to vote — because they are likely to be supporters — but not to work — because of union sensibilities. Republicans, on the other hand, want them to work — in agribusinesses and the like often owned by their fellow partisans — but not to vote. So the key to a […]

A recent survey by the Chronicle of Philanthropy showed that Republicans and right-wingers are much more likely to give charity than liberals – and it’s not at all surprising. As a self-made entrepreneur, I give charity and nearly every self-made entrepreneur I know gives considerably. People who work hard give and understand the importance of […]

The “good news,” such as it is,: appears to be that “Elmo” isn’t a statutory rapist. The 23-year-old man who accused Kevin Clash, the man who has been the voice of Elmo on “Sesame Street” for nearly three decades, of having had a sexual relationship with him when he was a minor recanted the allegation today. […]

In 2004, we were hearing talk about how Republicans had realigned the map and Democrats were DOOMED FOREVER. Now, just 8 years later, after Mitt Romney lost an election he should have won, we’re hearing the same thing from Republicans. We lost, so it’s game over, man! The fact that an easy win for Obama […]

By John Hawkins TPNN Contributor Will we have tax increases on the wealthiest Americans, either in the lame duck session or next year? Yes, probably. The polls show it’s a losing issue for the GOP. Fewer Republicans are signing on to Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge. Obama is using the issue as an excuse not to […]

Liberals brag about having won the hearts and minds of America, as if, through logic and argument, they’ve persuaded people to accept their bankrupt European socialist ideas. Democrats haven’t changed anyone’s mind. They changed the people. More white people voted for Mitt Romney this year than voted for Ronald Reagan in 1980. Barack Obama lost […]

Here’s a which-is-better question for you. Suppose a New Jersey motel room rented for $125 a night prior to Hurricane Sandy’s devastation. When the hurricane hits, a husband, wife and their two youngsters might seek the comfort of renting two adjoining rooms. However, when they arrive at the motel, they find that rooms now rent […]

While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton boozes it up in Australia and the Pentagon grapples with more floozy eruptions, outraged military families are still waiting for answers about the forgotten 9/14 attack on Camp Bastion. Muckrakers and distraction engineers are having a front-page field day with the so-called “sex scandal.” But for surviving relatives and […]

Democrats won big last week. So government will continue to grow. Individual freedom will yield. At least some people with records of supporting liberty were elected: Sen. Jeff Flake in Arizona and U.S. Reps. Justin Amash and Kerry Bentivolio in Michigan and Thomas Massie in Kentucky. Also, Washington and Colorado voted to allow any adult […]

Some media pundits see in the growing proportion of non-white groups in the population a growing opposition to the Republican Party that will sooner or later make it virtually impossible for Republicans to win presidential elections or even to control either house of Congress. But is demography destiny? Conventional wisdom in the Republican establishment is […]

Asked what could effect a change in his governing plans, incoming British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan said “events, dear boy, events.” Events are what will save the Republican Party. Start with a fundamental question: Are President Obama’s policies right or wrong? If you think they are correct, stop reading this column right now. Events will […]

The conservative Gotterdammerung is finally here. “Like dazed survivors in a ravaged city, America’s conservatives are wailing and beating their collective breasts,” opines the Economist’s “Lexington” columnist. “A leading conservative thinker,” asked by the Economist to “list today’s conservative ideas, laughs bitterly and replies, ‘Are there any?’” Former Reaganite Rep. Vin Weber (R-Minn.) laments in […]

CHURCHVILLE,: VA–If President Obama still cares about more: U.S.: jobs and high food costs he can now immediately gain on both.. An economist in Indianapolis just calculated that the U.S. is losing: a million jobs: this year–along with $30: billion: in economic growth–because we shifted too much of our corn into ethanol. Tom Elam says direct employment in the food industry would […]

PARIS — French public reaction to American CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus’ suicide-bombing of his own career demonstrates a lack of understanding of the perceived offense in favor of a blind defense of libertinism. It was learned last week that Petraeus had an extramarital affair with his biographer, reserve Army officer Paula Broadwell (who, like […]

Nobody likes to lose. But defeats can prove advantageous if used as a learning tool. Newt Gingrich lost his first two congressional campaigns, but won his third. Twenty years after his first defeat, he changed the nation with the Contract With America. Those who may be disheartened and dismayed over Tuesday’s election results might want […]

On November 11th of each year, we pause to reflect on the service and sacrifice of the men and women of our Armed Forces. Our nation’s veterans – many of whom have given their lives in defense of our freedoms – to protect our constitutional rights. On this Veterans Day, it seems a bit different, […]

  If you’ve ever wanted proof that women love a man in uniform, then: just look to David Petraeus and John Allen. The FBI probe into the sex scandal that prompted CIA Director David Petraeus to resign has expanded to ensnare Gen. John R. Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, the Pentagon […]

  The Obama Administration: may be about to engage in unconstitutional social engineering via lawsuit? Not a shocker, right? President Obama intends to close “persistent gaps” between whites and minorities in everything from credit scores and homeownership to test scores and graduation rates. His remedy – short of new affirmative-action legislation – is to sue financial […]

By John Hawkins TPNN Contributor Get used to: stories like this one: because you’re going to see a lot of them in the coming years. Hostess Brands permanently closed three bakeries Monday, including a plant in St. Louis where 365 jobs were cut, in response to a bakers’ union strike that started Friday. The bankrupt maker of […]