Divisions still threaten a party buoyed by wins in recent elections Republican Governor-elect Bob McDonnell of Virginia agreets the the crowd at his victory party on Thursday. Steele: Victory in New Jersey 'huge' Nov. 4: RNC...
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From Yuval Levin, What Coattails? Why Right-of-Center Candidates are Succeeding in the Age of Obama ": All year, leading democrats from the president on down have argued that the Republican Party is in the midst of a...
The basic asymmetry of American politics is that there are more conservatives than there are Republicans, while there are more Democrats than there are liberals. This is why Nancy Pelosi wasn't able to persuade anything like a...
LOS ANGELES -- Was George Santayana right when he said that those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it? Well, perhaps the Republican Party can test that thesis for the rest of us. Forty-five years ago the...
By PHIL VALENTINE • November 8, 2009 last Tuesday a shot across the bow of the Democratic Party? Although the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey captured most of the media attention, the little congressional race in...
Who is Dede Scozzafava? If you believe Rush Limbaugh, she's a "liberal woman." Columnist Michelle Malkin called her a "radical leftist." There's "nothing Republican" about her, according to the New York Post editorial board.
One year after hitting bottom in the aftermath of President Obama's election, Republicans have taken their first concrete steps toward recovery. But they remain an embattled and divided force, facing an electorate still...
Republican veterans of the 2006 and 2008 demolitions have earned the right to apply the pungent philosophy of television's "Glee" cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, created by the superb Jane Lynch. To any mewling candidate...
Many commentators mistakenly characterized Dede Scozzafava, the Republican candidate who dropped out of the race for the NY 23rd Congressional District race, as an example of a "moderate" Republican driven out of the party by...
This is how insane the media has become. They’re definining Dede Scozzafava as a “moderate” Republican. I’m sorry, but her positions have nothing to do with moderation or being a Republican. She’s pro abortion. She’s pro gay...