Author: John Hawkins

The 20 Most Memorable Moments From Campaign 2010

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20) Basil Marceaux: Meet the Republican Alvin Greene, Basil Marceaux, who ran for governor of Tennessee: 19) The Republican Trainwreck In The Colorado Governor’s Race: Initially, Tom Tancredo looked like a jackass when he mounted a third party campaign in the Colorado governor’s race. However, after Dan Maes turned out to be a flaky, lying, […]

 

Weird Liberal Ideas: The Fact That The Blue Dogs Got Creamed Proves The Party Shouldn’t Move To The Center

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Since the Blue Dogs are moderate and got slaughtered on Tuesday, it proves that the Democratic Party shouldn’t move to the middle. That theory may make no sense, but, it’s ALL OVER the liberal blogs. It’s hard to tell whether that means they’re dishonest or just not very smart, but it really does have to […]

 

Notable Reactions To Last Night’s Election In Quotes

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Our team hit a grand slam tonight — the opening salvo in the war to take back our country from this illegal ruling class. America unshackled! OBAMA REBUKED. Pelosi fired! The Republicans completely seized control of the House — REPUBLICANS TAKE 65 SEATS IN THE HOUSE. Historic. Never write off America. — Atlas Shrugs I […]

 

The Results Of The Conservative Blogger Google Bomb

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Chris Bowers over at the Daily Kos organized a Google Bomb — that he didn’t call a Google Bomb — against GOP candidates. He got some attention for it, although I’m not sure how effective it was. Their system for pushing it seemed confusing, they didn’t talk about it all that much on the blog, […]

 

A Quick And Dirty Guide To How All The High Profile Races You Care About Turned Out

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This was done by state, using the data available late last night. In some cases, the votes were still being counted. Alabama: Roby (R) 51% vs. Bright (D) 49% Alaska: Miller (R) 35% vs. Murkowski (I) 40% vs. McAdams (D) 24% Arizona: Quayle (R) 53% vs. Hulburd 41% Arizona: Schweikert (R) 53% vs. Mitchell 42% […]

 

20 Key Competitive Races To Watch Today

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Sharron Angle (R) vs. Harry Reid (D) (Nevada): Knocking off Harry Reid? It would be like a beautiful dream — and Angle is ahead. Lou Barletta (R) vs. Paul Kanjorski (D) (PA-12): Barletta is a ferocious opponent of illegal immigration and it would be outstanding to see him make it into Congress. Dan Benishek (R) […]

 

Explaining Why The Democrats Will Be Obliterated Today In 7 Quotes

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If you ask the Left, they’ll give you every excuse in the book for why they’re going to get their brains beaten out today. The economy is bad, Obama cooperates too much with the Republicans, the American people are irrational, it’s Bush’s fault — it goes on and on. What you will very seldom hear […]

 

Cataloging The Final 2010 Election Predictions Made By The Experts

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House Nate Silver: 53-54 Larry Sabato: 55 seats Scott Ramussen: 55+ seats Jay Cost: 57 Cook Report: 50-60 seats Election Projection: 62 John Gizzi: 63 Rothenberg Report: 55-65 seats John Hawkins**: 70-80 Jim Geraghty*: 70 Dick Morris: 60-80 Senate Cook Report: 6-8 seats Rothenberg Report: 6-8 seats Nate Silver: 7 seats Scott Ramussen: 7-8+ seats […]

 

The Sexist Left’s Mafia Mentality When It Comes To Conservative Women: The Christine O’Donnell Edition

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One you have to understand about politics is that the Left’s extraordinarily vicious, misogynistic attacks on women like Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, and Christine O’Donnell are not just about them personally. When it comes to conservative women, Ann Althouse summed it up well when I interviewed her for a RWN piece […]

 

The Democrats Want Ivan’s Goat To Die

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There’s a little parable that perfectly sums up the politics of envy that has consumed the Democratic Party. They don’t care about creating opportunities for people to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. They have no interest in making it easier for people to better themselves. Instead, all you hear about from the Democrats […]

 

The Faster Government Moves, The Slower America Goes

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Barack Obama met with some liberal bloggers and there’s now a transcript of the conversation available. Most of it’s dull stuff, but one particular comment from Obama jumped out at me: I will say that as just an observer of our political process that if we do not fix how the filibuster is used in […]

 

Gallup: 1994 Ain’t Got Nothin’ On 2010

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Republicans have been saying “Remember November” all year long and we’re finally about to get there. So, how’s it looking right before the big day? Most of the prognosticators seem to be predicting gains of around 50 seats for the GOP. Although I’ll be doing some more research this week-end and coming out with a […]

 

The David Bossie Interview: Talking Vince Foster’s Suicide, Swift Boat Vets, Conservative Women, & Obama’s Least Favorite Supreme Court Case

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David Bossie is a fascinating guy. He runs Citizens United which makes great conservative movies and was at the center of a crucial Supreme Court Case that dealt with free speech and campaign contributions. But don’t just peg Bossie as a career think tanker; he was also one of the people who investigated Whitewater and […]

 

How The Media Deals With Wackos: Tim Profitt Vs. Ian Rotunno

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If you want to watch how the mainstream media twists and distorts the news to fit its preconceived ideological biase, you could do worse than looking at how acts of political violence are covered. Every so often, some kook does something deranged and violent over a political issue. If the kook in question happens to […]

 

Add Tattoo Artists To The List Of People You Don’t Want Angry At You

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There are certain people it’s particularly wise to avoid conflict with — at least until you don’t need them anymore. For example, you never want to mouth off to your barber before he cuts your hair. It’s also wise to be extremely polite to your waitress before she brings you your food. The last thing […]

 

No Headstomping Or Footstomping Allowed In Kentucky Or Anywhere Else

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Last night at the Rand Paul vs. Jack Conway debate, a couple of extremely unfortunate incidents occurred. The worst of the two involved a Move-On member who wanted to present Rand Paul with some silly made-up award. This didn’t sit well with some crazies who were attending the event and not only was she wrestled […]

 

The Year Of The Republican Woman: 7 Key Races

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For too long, conservatives have allowed the misogynistic party of Bill Clinton to portray itself as “the party of women.” But when even the National Organization of Women approves of sexual harassment as long as it’s done by Democrats and refers to Republican women like Meg Whitman as whores, the time is ripe for a […]

 

So We’re Now Willing To Admit WMDs Were Found In Iraq Because Wikileaks Says So?

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If the CIA had done its job and killed Julian Assange, there probably wouldn’t have been a huge new WikiLeaks document dump that may get even more Iraqis murdered for the terrible crime of helping the United States. Still, the info is out there and one surprising development has been how many liberals are now […]

 

Fisking Lefty Academics In Berkeley Trying To Make Sense Of The Tea Party Movement

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Dave Weigel over at Slate has done a great piece on an academic conference at Berkeley. What was it about? They call it the “Tea Party Conference.” A bunch of Berkeleyites trying to figure out Tea Partiers? It was every bit as much of a hot mess as you’d imagine. Let’s get started with an […]

 

Least Shocking Study Results Of The Day: Muslim Treatment Of Women Stinks

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One of the reasons that most Islamic societies are backward and will remain backward for the foreseeable future is the way that they treat women. Sure, you can argue that things aren’t perfect for women in the Western world. But, if you compare the treatment of women in a country like say the United States […]