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February 2008

February 22, 2008

More hoisting, more petard

John McCain is getting tangled up in the campaign finance rules he himself devised: FEC...

February 15, 2008

Barack Obama, Messiah?

Several observers have noted that in both his rhetoric and in the zeal he inspires...

February 13, 2008

Don’t forget the other elections

Michelle Malkin urges conservatives to get "fired up" for the election. OK, there may not be...

February 12, 2008

The Huckabee Alternative

The Washington Post early morning edition yesterday hardly said anything about Mike Huckabee's victories in...

February 11, 2008

McCain on stem-cell research

One of John McCain's lapses, according to us pro-lifers and as commenter Organshoes reminds us,...

February 08, 2008

McCain’s differences with the Democrats

Some conservatives, including some of you commenters on this blog, are saying that there is...

February 07, 2008

Romney quits the race!

Romney drops his Presidential Campaign!It really is a two-man race. Again, I ask, will movement...

February 06, 2008

Limbaugh would support the Democrat

Rush Limbaugh will join Ann Coulter on the Democratic bandwagon if John McCain gets the...

February 06, 2008

A Two-way Race?

So far, by current count, Romney has emerged from Super Tuesday with Massachusetts and Utah,...

February 05, 2008

Having to settle

Another Super Tuesday post, picking up on the theme of the one below. . ....

February 05, 2008

McCain Derangement Syndrome?

So Ann Coulter is saying thatshe would campaign for Hillary Clinton if John McCain gets...

February 04, 2008

So is Romney not conservative either?

Movement conservatives are rallying behind Mitt Romney as the conservative alternative to John McCain. But...

February 01, 2008

Clinton’s Reaganite Legacy

Charles Krauthammer has a provocative column on Clinton's lust for a legacy, which he says...

January 2008

January 31, 2008

Rev. & Mrs. Huckabee

Slate has an interesting portrait of Mike Huckabee and his wife Janet. It covers their...

January 31, 2008

Candidates dropping like flies

Rudy Giuliani dropped out of the GOP presidential race yesterday. So did John Edwards, the...

January 30, 2008

So which one should I vote for?

The Virginia primary is on February 12. Someone asked me who I was for and...

January 30, 2008

Obama’s Church

Barack Obama, in my opinion, has a credible profession of faith. (See the post on...

January 29, 2008

Obama Republicans?

Remember Reagan Democrats? Now we may be seeing the rise of Obama Republicans. (See also...

January 29, 2008

Candidates as Cartoon Characters

Politico.com features drawings from M. Wuerker that depict the GOP candidates as cartoon characters: McCain...

January 28, 2008

Remembering President Bush

As we await the state of the union address--which I suspect hardly anyone will watch--I'm...

January 25, 2008

The born-again candidate

In an interview with Christianity Today, Barack Obama answered this question: "You've talked about your...

January 25, 2008

Republicans & ideological purity

William Kristol calls for an end to the "more-conservative-than-thou" discord in the Republican ranks and...

January 25, 2008

The other Democratic candidate

Now that the New Age candidate, Dennis Kucinich, has dropped out of the race, that...

January 24, 2008

Republicans and the Other White Meat

Robert D. Novak offers a window into the Republicans in Congress, who, in their desperation...

January 23, 2008

Political Correctness consuming itself

You must read Noemie Emery's "The Weekly Standard" article in The Wages of Sensitivity, which...

January 23, 2008

Thompson drops out

Fred Thompson, the great conservative hope, has dropped out of the presidential race. Meanwhile, Romney...

January 21, 2008

The most pro-life of all the candidates. . .

According to pro-life activist Gerard V. Bradley is John McCain. McCain is not the only...

January 18, 2008

Was Reagan sufficiently conservative?

Republicans are all pining for a new Reagan and finding that the various candidates fall...

January 17, 2008

Obama as the new Reagan?

In an interview with a Nevada editorial board, Barack Obama did something rather unique for...

January 17, 2008

So now is it going to be Romney?

Three different GOP winners in three different races, and now Romney is being hailed as...