Author: David Limbaugh

I am elated to report to you something you surely already know: Mitt Romney trounced President Obama in their first debate. The rout was so decisive that even the liberal media cannot spin it the other way. There is no need to grade this on a curve. Romney did very well in absolute, not relative, […]

Mitt Romney must use the debates to spotlight President Obama’s disastrous record — with no mercy. Let’s just consider a few major points Romney must make on domestic issues. Obama’s record and his agenda for a second term are a target-rich environment. Unless the majority of voting Americans have decided to embrace Obama’s vision of […]

President Obama recently lamented: “You can’t change Washington from the inside. You can only change it from the outside.” I think this statement reveals more about Obama and his plans for a second term than meets the eye. Elaborating, Obama said, “I got elected and … big accomplishments like health care got done … because […]

Call me Pollyannaish, but I believe Mitt Romney will defeat Barack Obama in November. Let me give you some of my reasons: 1) Romney’s campaign message is essentially positive; Obama’s is overwhelmingly negative. People always prefer promises of something better, but Americans are especially hungry now because times are very tough. Romney is offering concrete […]

So what about the Democrats’ would-be tempest about Mitt Romney’s alleged 47 percent gaffe? Is there any “there” there? Mitt’s statement was made at a private fundraiser, where he was trying to explain that his message of reducing taxes would obviously not resonate with the 47 percent of Americans who are not paying income taxes. […]

How can an administration that believes that Islamists need a reason to attack us apart from their default hatred of infidels conduct a coherent foreign policy? Even if its assessment were correct, how can someone who is presumably sophisticated enough to become the so-called leader of the Free World believe he can convert Islamists overnight […]

The liberal media gave the ceaselessly political President Obama a pass for campaigning instead of performing his presidential duties when they were most needed, while they castigated Mitt Romney for being political when he was the only one of the two acting presidential. To be sure, Obama is a political candidate for re-election to the […]

The November elections are a Republican landslide begging to materialize, but will the GOP make it happen? I believe so. I’m not buying these negative polls, but to increase our chances, let’s sharpen the message, not dilute it. A recent Fox News story reports that Romney and Ryan are both beginning to emphasize a bipartisan […]

The Democratic National Convention is an elaborate effort to sanitize a failed record that cannot be rehabilitated, even by the glib sophistry of former President Bill Clinton. President Obama has often lamented that it is not that his performance has been inferior but that he has failed to fully explain the wonders of it all […]

The Democrats and their mainstream media cheering section can huff and puff at Paul Ryan’s convention speech, but they can’t blow his house down. It was built on a solid foundation. So powerful was the speech that the liberal establishment is reduced to wailing about alleged lies the speech contained — dishonest and easily refuted […]

President Obama’s casting of Mitt Romney as extreme is one of the most glaring incidents of political projection in the modern era. Romney doesn’t approach extremism in substance, style or disposition. Obama swims in it. In an interview with The Associated Press, Obama said Romney has locked himself into “extreme positions” on economic and social […]

I was on Sean Hannity’s show the other night, and the question was whether Obama’s statement denying his divisiveness is defensible. It’s not. Obama said, “I don’t think you or anybody who’s been watching the campaign would say that in any way we have tried to divide the country. We’ve always tried to bring the […]

Analysts may be correct that the presidential election won’t primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney can, contrary to conventional wisdom, make it a winning issue and lay the foundation for a reform mandate when he wins. Besides, the economy and entitlements are wholly integrated issues: […]

Mitt Romney has outdone himself in choosing Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate. The conservative base is ecstatic, and that will translate into voter intensity and high turnout. Our country faces an unprecedented debt crisis, primarily driven by our entitlement programs. We have more than $100 trillion of unfunded liabilities — a staggering, incomprehensible […]

Those who understand that America is now on the wrong track cannot reasonably vote for Obama in November, because he is absolutely unwilling to change, perhaps even ideologically incapable of changing, course. Evidence abounds. First, consider his disastrous economic record and his rejection of any semblance of a course change. He and his economic advisers […]

President Obama’s disgracefully corrupt policies on green energy alone should be enough to ensure his defeat in November — even apart from his war on reliable energy sources, which is unspeakably outrageous. Recently revealed emails show the extent of the abject corruption and reckless waste surrounding Obama’s Solyndra project. The Heritage Foundation has compiled a […]

We must reject President Obama’s death verdict on America’s future. It is ailing under his policies, but it is not too late; it will recover. Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism — a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge […]

I am pumped up about Mitt Romney’s speech in Israel — for both political reasons and policy ones — and believe it may represent a turning point in the campaign. Politically — and this is important because it is critical that he win, or he won’t be able to implement any policies and set America […]

Obama’s desperate protests that his anti-business rant was taken out of context are betrayed both by that very context and because they are a part of a piece — just one more component of his war against the American entrepreneurial spirit. He would have us believe that his words “you didn’t build that” referred to […]

When a radio host asked me what I thought of the massacre in Aurora, Colo., I had to ask for clarification. I said: “What do you mean? Who could deny it’s an unspeakable tragedy?” What he was really asking me was to address it in a political context. The problem is that I don’t believe […]

Someone recently asked me what campaign advice I would give Mitt Romney if I were in his inner circle. Let me respond. First, let me say that though I have been concerned that Romney has not been aggressive enough to date, we have begun to see a different side of him in the past few […]

If I didn’t know better, I might conclude that President Obama is trying to validate my book. His personal attacks on Mitt Romney have been so harsh that Romney called them “beneath the dignity of the presidency.” Not only did I devote several chapters to documenting Obama’s practice of bullying and attacking his political opponents […]

So what about the GOP House vote to repeal that legislative monstrosity that masquerades under the misleading title of “Affordable Care Act”? Was the vote more than symbolic? Will the vote have any impact on the presidential and congressional races? What about the GOP proposals to replace Obamacare? A host presented those three questions, and […]

During my book “tour,” radio hosts are forever asking me whether I believe that Obama is intentionally attempting to destroy America. It’s a fair question, especially given the title of my book and because so many people legitimately believe he is. I have never been too receptive to conspiracy theories, and I’m not particularly enamored […]

Recently, White House senior adviser David Plouffe made a comment that didn’t receive the scrutiny it deserves. The statement demands attention because it frames President Obama’s re-election campaign theme and illustrates how grounded in disinformation the theme is. Apart from Team Obama’s formidable community organizing skills aimed at demonizing Mitt Romney as a wealthy, compassionless […]

As we approach the Fourth of July and contemplate its glorious significance, recent events have brought into sharp relief the precarious condition of America’s unique liberty tradition. Our Constitution is the best written guarantor of human liberty in human history, but its safeguards do not make it completely bulletproof against systematic assaults undermining its integrity. […]

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Obamacare v. the United States of America is yet another body blow to the U.S. Constitution’s principle of limited government and the freedom tradition, but there is a major upside. Despite President Obama’s opposition to an individual mandate when he was debating Hillary Clinton during the Democratic presidential primaries and […]

One advantage of defeating Barack Obama in November, apart from saving the country from financial ruin and the rest, is that conservatives will presumably be able to criticize liberal policies again without automatically being accused of racism. These charges aren’t just emanating from the fringe groups; they’re not just being uttered by radical leftist bloggers […]

Few principles are more important to our constitutional scheme than the separation of powers, which is precisely why President Obama’s bogus assertion of executive privilege to thwart Congress’ investigation into Fast and Furious is so inexcusable. Executive privilege is an important safeguard against congressional overreach and to preserve the separation of powers. The inherent right […]

As disturbing as was President Obama’s lawless usurpation of constitutional authority in circumventing the DREAM Act to grant backdoor amnesty, this type of overreach is nothing new for him. He has frequently complained about how democracy and the Constitution are “messy” and do not permit him to exercise the authority of a Chinese president. But […]