Let’s start, with a premise:
Every Republican president candidate since 1964 has had their level of success or failure, respectively, tied directly to the degree of voter perception that they have or have not turned their back on conservatism.
Consider the history of the thing… and it all flows one way:
- Nixon billed himself a conservative, and successfully, even though in most respects he was a California Moderate, and came down more or less where John McCain was in the most recent election; to the left of George W Bush. Yet, Nixon had an electoral landslide in both elections. (Admittedly, the Democrats he ran against were a laughable lot, which didn’t hurt him.)
- Bush 41 figured if he bent over forward enough, the left would [...]
By Eric Florack. Posted Thursday, Aug 14, 2008 at 9:45 am Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, BitsBlog, Democrats, Fairness Doctrine, Featured, First Amendment, Rights, Swamp Stompers, US Congress
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From the Business and Media institute:
There’s a huge concern among conservative talk radio hosts that reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would all-but destroy the industry due to equal time constraints. But [...]
By Eric Florack. Posted Monday, Jul 14, 2008 at 1:00 pm Filed Under: Accountability, Barack Obama, BitsBlog, Corruption, Crime, Current Events, Democrats, International Affairs, Middle Class, News Analysis, Socialism, Swamp Stompers
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New information reveals that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was indirectly sending messages to the FARC. The Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is designated as a terrorist [...]
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