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Could the GOP be 3-0 today?

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Matt Latimer

Well, not quite. Let’s remember that even if Doug Hoffman wins the NY-23 race it will be DESPITE the Republican Party, not because of them. The GOP elites: really should be apologizing to conservatives who forced them to do the right thing. And how about getting DeDe Scozzafava, who endorsed the Democrat in the race after […]

Should Scozzafava be the beginning of something bigger?

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Matt Latimer

In Human Events today, I talk about the effort by conservatives to back Doug Hoffman over the liberal backed by the GOP establishment. And I wonder if this isn’t the beginning of something more important — a fight not only within the GOP but AGAINST the GOP and its current leadership. There is precedent for […]

Right To Work Prez Calls Out Newt’s Hypocrisy

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

National Right to Work President Mark Mix is calling on Newt Gingrich to rescind his endorsement of Dede Scozzafava, the liberal candidate chosen by New York’s GOP powermen for the special election for the 23rd District Congressional seat. The reason? Scozzafava is a supporter of the Employee Free Choice Act and Newt has said he […]

Republicans & Identity Politics: Scozzafava Campaign Demonstrates How The Two Don’t Mix

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Melissa Clouthier

Just up is a piece I wrote for Pajamas Media–before the news of today and had to update it–about identity politics in the Republican Party. Here’s part of it: Maybe it will take another generation for the novelty of women in power to wear off so that women can be looked at for the content […]

Newt Called on the Carpet

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Dave Blount

Newt Gingrich has publicly opposed the impending disaster of Card Check, which would allow Comrade Obama’s union cronies to do to every business in America what they did to the auto industry. Yet he endorses outlandishly left-wing New York RINO Dede Scozzafava, who in turn supports Card Check. The National Right to Work Committee isn’t […]

MSNBC: Pushing the Claim that Republicans Were Against 1964 Civil Rights Act

Posted on October 30, 2009October 30, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

On MSNBC on October 27, Rachel Maddow interviewed Jane Hamsher, well-known Hollywood roustabout and left-wing blogger for FireDogLake.com. The subject was the progress of Obamacare in the Senate and Senator Joe Lieberman’s warning that he might join a Republican filibuster of the Baucus bill if it contained the so-called public option. During the discussion, however, […]

Podcast: NY 23 With Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser And Valour IT With Marine Steve Schippert

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Melissa Clouthier

An inside look at NY 23 and conservatives versus the Republican establishment. Also, we talk about identity politics and Republicanism. Steve Schippert joins me to discuss what it means to servicemen and women to be connected during their times of rehabilitation. Remember, you can donate at this site. Download MP3 To subscribe on iTunes, just […]

Clueless Arizona GOP Heavies Demonizing Bloggers?

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

My friend Ken Marrero over at Blue Collar Muse has posted an interesting if not entirely infuriating story about GOP officials coming down on other officials and certain county employees for having the gall to talk to those eeeevil Arizona bloggers that have been doggedly reporting the corruption stories of county officials. GOP officials of […]

NY 23 – What Is Gingrich Smoking?

Posted on October 27, 2009 by McQ

Usually I’m in the camp that thinks Newt Gingrich is a pretty good political ideas man (and, frankly, believe that is the only role he should play in politics). But if you’ve been watching this Scozzafava/Hoffman dustup in NY-23, you have to wonder if someone dropped him on his head recently. Here he is on […]

The Wrong Lesson from the Bob McDonnell campaign: Don’t be a Conservative

Posted on October 26, 2009October 26, 2009 by Matt Latimer

In case conservatives have missed it, our betters running the Republican Party think they’ve figured out the way to a Republican resurgence. They want to hide conservatives in an attic somewhere (surprise, surprise). Even National Review (!) has gotten into this act, advising Republicans that the way to win is to learn from Virginia’s Bob […]

Republican Defeat in NY-23 Could Lead to GOP Victories in 2010

Posted on October 23, 2009 by B. Daniel Blatt

With word that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has endorsed conservative Doug Hoffman to fill the House seat vacated by Army Secretary John McHugh, there is a real chance the once and future Republican could score an upset, defeating GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava and Democrat Bill Owens. The safe bet though would be for an […]

Palin & Romney: Heart & Head? More Like, Heart & Soul…less

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Melissa Clouthier

Matt Lewis wrote a thoughtful piece about the Republican party and what the two leaders mean for the future of the party: The most often repeated template is for Republicans to select the person whose “turn” it is to run for president. That’s how the Grand Old Party opted for Richard Nixon, John McCain, Bob […]

New York’s Dede Scozzafava MUST Withdraw

Posted on October 22, 2009October 22, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

In July liberal Republican DeDe Scozzafava was tapped by the 11 Republican county chairmen of New York’s 23rd Congressional District to run for the seat being vacated by John McHugh, who resigned to take Obama’s offer to become Secretary of the Army. The NY GOP made a huge mistake with this smoke-filled-room choice. Scozzafava has […]

Podcast: CA Governor Candidate Steve Poizner & Western CPAC Ralph Reed Speech

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Melissa Clouthier

Download MP3 To subscribe on iTunes, just click here! When Melissa isn’t on the radio, you can find her at melissaclouthier.com and on Twitter. Her username is MelissaTweets.

Western CPAC Reveals Rift Between Establishment Conservative Powerbrokers And New Media Activist-Journalists

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Melissa Clouthier

Western CPAC might have been a small conservative gathering but it was certainly significant. It was as if a sample of the conservative movement was put in a petri dish, mixed with some steroids and allowed to grow over the weekend. The result was ugly. One part of the conservative movement: The Old Guard. No […]

Western CPAC: Bright New Political Hopes Steve Poizner And Chuck DeVore

Posted on October 19, 2009October 19, 2009 by Melissa Clouthier

California conservatives, and really conservatives everywhere need to take heart. There are some very solid conservative candidates coming up through the system. I had the pleasure to meet and speak with both Stephen Poizner and Chuck DeVore (whom I’ve interviewed before on my Podcast here). There will be an upcoming podcast featuring Steve Poizner’s interview. […]

Ralph Reed Speaks At Western CPAC

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Melissa Clouthier

There are some characters we’ve all watched from a distance for years, if we’ve paid attention to politics. Ralph Reed, the leader of the Christian Coalition, is one of those people. Anyone so ideological and pure gives me a little shiver. [Side bar: Also partly why Barack Obama freaks me out.] I was a little […]

Meg Whitman’s Extreme Pro-Abortion Views

Posted on October 16, 2009October 16, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

A few weeks ago Jon Fleischman of FlashReport.org was fortunate enough to snag an interview with gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman. But the results of one segment of the meeting left him admittedly non-plussed, or as he termed it “unnerved.” Fleischman was aghast to learn of just how extreme Meg Whitman’s views on abortion really are. […]

Conservatives Causing Problems: Clashing With GOP Establishment

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Melissa Clouthier

The Grand Old Party rests on a false premise: Conservative ideas won’t sell anywhere but in conservative places. This premise is wrong, as Pat Toomey is proving in Pennsylvania. The national Republicans spurned Pat Toomey in favor of Arlen Specter. Look what happened there. And now, wonder of wonders, Toomey would beat Specter head-to-head. What […]

Healthcare Conference Call With Representatives Shadegg and Rodgers

Posted on October 14, 2009October 14, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

Today at 4:30PM eastern a blogger conference call was held by Representatives John Shadegg (R, AZ) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R, WA). The subject we spoke about was that of House Republican’s ideas and problems on healthcare reform issues in both the Senate and the House. The following are my notes of the call, any […]

Carly Fiorina: A Possible Fit for Conservatives?

Posted on October 13, 2009October 13, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

Cary Fiorina, former Hewlett-Packard CEO and probable candidate for U.S. Senate from California, is starting to look like a viable choice for conservative voters in the Golden State, giving the GOP two conservatives from whom to chose. Fiorina’s bona fides have been a question to many California Republicans because she is a relative newcomer to […]

Helping Republicans Help Themselves

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Melissa Clouthier

After Obama and the Democrats swept the Republicans out of office it became clear that Republican leaders got one message and everyone else got another message. The Tea Party movement was not borne of Democrat failure. I will say that again: The Tea Party movement was not borne of Democrat failure. The Tea Party movement […]

Michele Bachmann Dismisses MSNBC

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Dave Blount

As the corrupt liberal establishment that produced Comrade Obama continues to fail our country, it will give way to alternatives that are more responsive to our needs. An example is journalism, where upstart Fox News continues to smoke the duckspeaking propagandists that comprise its entrenched competition. Unless prevented by totalitarian means, political representation will follow […]

I Detest These Republican Mailers

Posted on October 7, 2009October 7, 2009 by John Hawkins

One of my pet peeves during the 2008 campaign season was the deceptive mailers I received from Republican politicians. That’s not because I received a lot of them. That just goes with the territory if you give even small amounts of money to pols. After all, the more times they ask for money, as a […]

CA Elections: Whitman’s Spotty Voting Record: Not Exactly as it Seemed?

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

Much has been made about Meg Whitman’s spotty voting record by many, including me. When the Sacramento Bee’s Andrew McIntosh first reported that records for Whitman’s voter registration going back a decade or so were nearly non-existent it seemed that the anti-Whitman camp(s) out there had quite an issue to hang their hats upon. It […]

Meg Whitman: A Big Lib Supporter?

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

-By Warner Todd Huston Meg Whitman has had some bad days lately. After recently proclaiming herself a “darned good” conservative Republican, Senator Barbara Boxer’s staff revealed that Whitman was a Boxer supporter in 2003. Dangerously for Whitman, Senator Boxer is one of the most liberal members of the Senate. According to Boxer aide Rose Kapolczynski, […]

Travesty: Most Illinois County GOP Organizations Have no Web Presence

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

Imagine that. In this day and age most of the GOP Party organizations in the great state of Illinois do NOT have a web page. Illinois has 102 counties, but only 23 of them have a usable, working webpage. In this Internet age, the very first place everyone runs to in order to find out […]

McCain To “Remake” GOP?

Posted on October 2, 2009 by McQ

We’ve had the “Quote of the Day” and the “Headline of the Day“, now its time for the “Laugh of the Day”. It starts with McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt saying that it would be a catastrophe in 2012 if the GOP picked Sarah Palin as their candidate. My question is compared to what? John […]

Resolution Denouncing Alan Grayson (D) Coming?

Posted on October 1, 2009 by William Teach

Catching up on the Alan Grayson affair from yesterday, in which I figured that there would be no condemnation resolution submitted by the GOP, well………. House Republicans changed course: on Wednesday and decided not to move forward with a resolution condemning Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Florida, for saying that the GOP health care plan calls for sick […]

Sigh. Proving That There Are Wackos On Both Sides Of The Aisle

Posted on September 30, 2009September 30, 2009 by William Teach

I really wanted to go with “Clowns To The Left Of Me, Jokers To The Right,” then I noticed that Cassandra already used that headline. I also wanted to use a different word instead of wackos, but, hey, trying to keep it family friendly since this is being cross posted. Oh, well. Flipping a coin, […]