VIDEO: Newt Gingich at a recent David Horowitz event
If only Newt could run a campaign like he could give a speech…
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Layoffs Announced Since Election
Make no mistake — this is what the Obama supporters voted for (here’s just the A’s and B’s, follow the link to read the entire list): Abbott Labs 700 Activision 30 Adventist Health 48…
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Mitt Wasn’t All Wrong About “Gifts”
I agree. From Pat Buchanan: Consider America’s largest, fastest-growing minority. Hispanics constituted 10 percent of the electorate, up from 7.5 in 2008. But Mitt got only 27 percent of that, the lowest of any…
Read MoreHow Republicans Can Rebrand
From AmericanThinker.com: The GOP is now at a crossroads. Obama’s Candyland will fail, because socialism always fails, but those hooked on candy will beg for more. Republicans must, therefore, lay the groundwork now to…
Read MoreIndivisible: We have a responsibility to remain true to the founding principles
From Jennifer A. Marshall at National Review: Is the conservative movement rooted in self-evident truths that reflect the enduring nature and purpose of human beings? If the answer is yes, then our next steps…
Read MoreThe Need to Explain: Republicans must be able to thoroughly discredit liberal lies
From Thomas Sowell: The most successful Republican presidential candidate of the past half century — Ronald Reagan, who was elected and reelected with landslide victories — bore little resemblance to the moderate candidates that…
Read MoreUncool Conservatives Need To Re-engage Pop Culture
This might sound familiar…from Robert J. Guenther: No cure-all panacea explains the GOP’s loss this past Tuesday. The country is sharply divided, and a long battle for the hearts and minds of American citizens…
Read MoreThe Amnesty Delusion
A National Review editorial: Having suffered not one but several humiliating defeats on Tuesday, Republicans are in danger of embracing “comprehensive” immigration reform — which is to say, amnesty — out of panic. The…
Read MoreKnown Unknowns
From Erick Erickson: Byron York has a terrific article in this fact free shooting from the hip post-election week of hand wringing and incessant demands on party purges from people who aren’t even in…
Read MoreMore Hispanic Voting Myths: Why the media’s emphasis on race and ethnicity is wrong
From Steven Malanga: Many a postmortem of Mitt Romney’s defeat has focused on his poor showing among Hispanics and argued that Republicans won’t do better in national elections until they find a way to…
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GOP: Competing for the pro-choice 41 percent?
From Jill Stanek: Following the results of last week’s election, here comes the inevitable renewed call to oust pro-life principles from the Republican Party platform. I almost want to tell the GOP to go…
Read MoreRich Idiots and the Republican Gigolos
It’s good to see someone else calling those rich idiots what they are. From Erick Erickson: A lot of Republican donors are idiots. Right now they are licking their wounds. They got played by…
Read MoreDemocrats Better Start Soul Searching
An interesting take from Abe Greenwald at Commentary Magazine: Barack Obama ushered in America’s first large-scale experiment in personality-cult politics. The experiment continues apace. Obama got reelected because he enjoys a degree of personal…
Read MoreOur Values Do Not Need to Be Moderated, They Need to Be Clearly Articulated
Washington, DC – Mat Staver, Chairman of Liberty Counsel Action and Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, responds to the 2012 election:
“The political philosophy of the Republican Party and Governor Mitt Romney during the presidential campaign was to downplay social issues and focus solely on jobs and the economy.
Read MoreThe Edge of the Abyss: The default setting of American society is ever more liberal and statist
Mark Steyn makes my point: What’s more likely to determine the course of your nation’s destiny? A narrow focus on robocalls in selected Florida and New Hampshire counties every other fall? Or determining how all the great questions are framed from the classroom to the iPod to the movie screen in the 729 days between elections?
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