Will Hillary Clinton fight for the nomination past June 1st? Yes, she'll fight like a junkyard dog Yes, but she'll gracefully fade away the Republican Party can stop its internal bleeding and win a few elections this November. Thousands of other Republicans running for offices around the country...
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The New Yorker magazine is out this week with a dispatch on "The Fall of Conservatism," claiming that the Republicans are "brain dead," with "no energy, no fresh thinking, no ability to capture the concerns and feelings of millions of people." Like many left-wing theories, this one has the...
A long piece by George Packer about the death of conservatism graces this week’s New Yorker. You can tell it’s hard-hitting because he interviews such movement luminaries as pro-choicer David Frum, NY Times columnist David Brooks, and paleocon dissident Pat Buchanan. Conservatives have, of...
By now, I’m sure you’ve all seen this article on how American conservatism is dead/dying. He tries to use Nixon and Bush, of all people, as the typical conservative examples. As Private Pigg said not long ago, the Republicans we have running now are trying to beat the Democrats at being...
That sound you hear is rumbling among unhappy social conservatives on the Republican Party’s right wing; it spells trouble not just for President Bush, but for the party’s presumptive presidential candidate, John McCain. At a time when Sen. McCain badly needs to consolidate the support of the...
CNN reports:Sen. Edward Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor. The hospital treating Kennedy released a statement today saying that the tumor was found during tests after the senator had a seizure Saturday. The tumor is in his left parietal lobe. UPDATE:From the Centre for Neuro Skills...
Political conservatism is a term applied to people who believe in: A strong national defense focused on protection and the fight against terrorism The most influential national political organization for conservatives in the US is the Republican party, although the much-smaller Constitution party...
EVOLVE OR BE LEFT BEHINDI have been ranting and raving about conservatives and the GOP for ages. Anyone can rant and rave. But – we need reason and plans of action. I am not about to suggest a plan of action. That is for wiser minds than my own. I can, though come up with some fairly educated...