Author: John Hawkins

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 […]

Question: “John, with the news that Virginia’s governor, Mark Warner, will not seek the Democratic nomination for President next year, how do you see this affecting the Democratic political outlook? I’m in Northern VA right now and the mood among most people here is shock, as most had expected him to run. Does this bode […]

Question: “Greatest Sci Fi Movies ever? My List: 1. Return of the Jedi 2. Matrix 3. Independence Day 4. Aliens 5. Predator 6. Event Horizon” — D-Vega Answer: Here’s my list and yes, as you can see, I’m not a big fan of the Star Trek movies or Star Wars. Honorable Mentions: Bill And Ted’s […]

Question: “Hypothetical: John, say you met this gal and she was really something, I mean, looks, intellect,tons in common, great cook, cultured, loved movies, music, sex, the whole nine yards, but she had one problem, she wasn’t completely Republican, she leaned more to the left, but everything clicked for the two of you, only when […]

Question: “Explain to me what’s so terribly wrong with judicial activism. Hasn’t activism been used to accomplish all sorts of good things in the past, like school desegregation?” — maledicta Answer: What is judicial activism? It’s a judge or group of judges that believe their mere opinions should be given precedence over the Constitution of […]

Question: “What do you think is a great idea for a movie?” — D-Vega Answer: 300. The Persian empire was marching against Greece, the cradle of Democracy, with a massive army. Although the Greek kingdoms usually spent most of their time squabbling with each other, they united to fight for their freedom against the Persians. […]

Late Wednesday night, I was on, The Furious Truth with Kit Jarrell, radio show. My segment ran about 30 minutes and we talked about everything from the elections to Mark Foley to North Korea. It was a fun show, seemed to go pretty well, and you can listen to the whole thing, here.

Foreign Man Admits UK-US Dirty Bomb Plot Four Days After North Korea Tried To Set Off Its First Nuclear Bomb, U.S. Intelligence Agencies Think The Blast Detected By Seismic Sensors Was A Plutonium-Fueled Device That Did Not Fully Explode U.S. Offers N. Korea Resolution At U.N. 12 Killed And 25 Wounded In Separate Blasts In […]

Today is Q&A Friday #51 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian perspective; heck, it […]

Earlier today, I got in on a teleconference with Mike Bouchard, the Rightroots Endorsed Senate candidate from Michigan, who was announcing that the Minutemen had endorsed his campaign. Chris Simcox from the Minutemen dropped a few interesting numbers during the teleconference. He said that last year, that there were 1.2 million illegals of 89 different […]

It looks like someone has gotten a little freaked out after watching, “The Day After Tomorrow,” one too many times: “A U.S. based environmental magazine that both former Vice President Al Gore (http://gristmill.grist.org/print/2006/9/19/11408/1106?show_comments=no) and PBS newsman Bill Moyers, for his October 11th global warming edition of “Moyers on America” titled “Is God Green?” (http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/05/09/roberts/index.html) have […]

Rightroots was formed in July, went live in August, and as of today we’ve raised $211,451. That’s not too bad for a group of bloggers who were figuring out this whole fund raising gig on the fly. Still, things aren’t going so well for the GOP right now and unfortunately, we’re almost out of time. […]