Carville And Greenberg Vs. Dean

From the New York Times: “So it was that Stan Greenberg, the Democratic pollster, and Mr. Carville used the forum of a Monitor Breakfast, a gathering of newsmakers and reporters, to say Mr. Dean wasted an opportunity to make historic gains by refusing to take resources out of his effort to build up parties in […]

 

An Inconvenient Fact That Undercuts Global Warming

Recently, I read Bill Bryson’s “A Short History Of Nearly Everything,” which is a book on scientific basics. Now keep in mind that Bryson’s book is no conservative tome. To prove that, he even got a favorable review from the New York Times Book Review, “Destined to become a modern classic of science writing.” However, […]

 

Exchange Of The Day: Abizaid Vs. Hillary

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) took exception with Abizaid’s talk of all the steps that the Iraqi government needs to take. “Hope is not a method,” she told him. “We’ve had testimony now for four years about what ‘must be done’ — and it doesn’t get done.” (Gen. John P. Abizaid, chief of the U.S. […]

 


Daily News For November 16, 2006

Domestic Trent Lott Wins Back Leadership Slot (Gag) Dennis Kucinich Calls for Cutting Off Iraq War Funds The Bush Administration Must Tell Iraq That U.S. Troops Will Begin Withdrawing In Four To Six Months, The Next Chairman Of The Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin (D-Mich) Said Wednesday The Top U.S. Commander In The Middle […]

 


Meet Your New Liberal Leaders

Carl Levin, the Democrat who’ll be the next chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is just itching to wave the white flag in Iraq: “The Bush administration must tell Iraq that U.S. troops will begin withdrawing in four to six months, the next chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Wednesday, as Congress […]

 


Is There A Civil War On The Way In Lebanon?

From Michael Totten, a guy who knows Lebanon: “The Lebanese government says Syria and Iran aim to overthrow the elected government in Beirut and reconquer the country. Whether they are actually trying to do this right now or not is unknown. There should be no doubt, though, that if they don’t have a plan to […]

 

I Get Emails: Free Trade

From a RWN reader and advertiser: In one of your post-Nov 7 posts you mentioned that Republicans should be the party of free trade. I don’t know whether I support free trade or not. My conservatism is grounded in national security and a belief that economic competition usually produces the best results. However, it seems […]

 

Steyn On Sullivan

Andrew Sullivan linked to the Mark Steyn interview on RWN with this quote, “[Sullivan] will be the official voice of conservatism for decades,” – Mark Steyn, voicing his deeper fears. It’s really sort of embarrassing that Andrew Sullivan, a man who actually wrote a book called, “The Conservative Soul,” which would sort of be like […]

 


Daily News For November 15, 2006

Foreign Iran Says Nuke Program Is Near Complete Plutonium Found in Iran Waste Facility (Free WAPO Reg Req) Netanyahu: It’s 1938 and Iran is Germany; Ahmadinejad is preparing another Holocaust Gunmen Kidnap Up to 150 in Baghdad International Lawyers File Suit Against Rumsfeld In Germany Blair – We Must Work With ‘Axis Of Evil’ States […]

 


If The Libertarian Party Couldn’t Cut It In 2006, When Are They Ever Going To Be Able To Make A Go Of It?

Oddly, Neal Boortz was talking about these election results from Georgia as if they were good news for the Libertarian Party: Georgia LP Election Results November 7th, 2006 was an historic night for the Libertarian Party of Georgia! Garrett Michael Hayes received over 77,000 votes for Governor — more votes than any Georgia Libertarian gubernatorial […]

 

Fleshing Out The Democratic Agenda

Hey Bruce Bartlett, Joe Scarborough, and you other Republicans who were rooting for a Republican loss in 2006, how do you like this agenda? Is it an improvement? Hillarycare/socialized medicine is back on the table, “(Hillary) also said Democrats would focus on improving the quality and affordability of health care _ a touchy matter for […]

 






RWN’s Mark Steyn Interview #3

John Hawkins: Give people who haven’t read your book yet a quick description of what you think Europe is going to look like in, let’s say, 20 years because of declining birth rates, the enormous social benefits they pay out, and the enormous number of unassimilated Muslims they’re bringing in to try to fill the […]

 

House Leadership Update

I’ve been talking to some of my staffer contacts in the House and the general consensus seems to be: Boehner has a lot more support than Pence right now while it’s basically a toss-up between Shadegg and Blunt. That’s not cheery news for Republicans who want to see a change from business as usual in […]

 

Misc Commentary For Nov 13, 2006

— Over at Townhall, Rusty Shackleford is trying to sell this idea: “Forget left of center bloggers, Jon Stewart is this year’s kingmaker. Without him and The Daily Show, the Democrats would not have made such large inroads in the midterm elections. …On the college campus where I teach, Jon Stewart’s is the first and […]

 


How The Impeachment Will Go Down

The Democrats are just dying to impeach George Bush for something, anything; it doesn’t really matter what it is. Moreover, the Democratic base, much of which is in the final throes of Bush Derangement Syndrome, will absolutely DEMAND that the Democrats in Congress try to impeach Bush no matter what the chances of success or […]

 

Poll Of The Day: America Still Rejects The Democratic Foreign Policy Position

Newsweek polled 1,006 adults on Thursday and Friday and the results will certainly be a shock to any Democrats who think that their irresponsible and dangerous foreign policy positions have a mandate because of their win last Tuesday: “Huge majorities of those polled said they approved of the legislative priorities cited by Democratic leaders after […]