Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) won the 2011 Iowa straw poll with 28.55 percent of the vote, Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) finished second with 27.65 percent and former Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty finished a distant third 13.57 percent. From the Wall Street Journal: None of the 16,892 votes filed at Iowa State University in Ames will [...]
The fallacy of the 10:1 Mix of Spending Cuts and Tax Hikes Question
August 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I suspect most of you have seen or heard about this exchange during the Republican Presidential Debate in Iowa last Thursday night: It was a bullshit question, first of all unless those spending cuts are immediate they’ll never materialize… particularly when the baseline for negotiations is that the taxes increase are made in the first [...]
Video: Newt Gingrich BLASTS Chris Wallace for his “Gotcha” Questions at Iowa Debate
August 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This is just pure golden goodness: Ouch, I love it! It’s about time Republican candidates started calling the sound bite media on the carpet for wasting everyone’s with time trivial, tabloid gotcha questions instead of asking substantial policy questions. Newt was absolutely right to go after Chris Wallace the way he did tonight… and judging by [...]
Ron Paul Wins RLC Straw Poll; Huntsman Second
June 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Normally I’d greet the news that Ron Paul had won the Republican Leadership Conference straw poll with a yawn and an eye roll… You might say his victory was a forgone conclusion, I can’t remember the last time he didn’t win a CPAC or RLC straw poll. The real shocker here is Jon Huntsman’s second [...]
Drill, Baby, Drill… Drill Here, Drill Now!
May 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I posted this on Twitter, but it’s worth posting here as well: If you want to talk to me about alternative energy, do it after we’ve tapped into the abundant oil and natural gas reserves we have in this country. I’m not opposed alternatives, but unless they can reduce my energy costs today… They aren’t [...]
Newt Gingrich: ‘Patriotism’ Led to Personal Indiscretions
March 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
When this story broke yesterday I rolled my eyes and laughed like pretty much everyone else in the country. It was one of those moments… I like Newt, he’s a fascinating, and occasionally brilliant, political thinker, but for whatever reason he just doesn’t seem to know when to shut-up: There’s no question at times of [...]
Ramesh Ponnuru: A Ticket for ’12
November 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I spotted this post by Ramesh Ponnuru on National Review Online’s Corner blog yesterday and thought I’d weigh in: There’s been a lot of talk about Jeb Bush over the last few days. If he does run, he should consider Liz Cheney as a running mate. They won’t even have to design new stickers. I’m [...]
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