by Linda Morgan
You’re going to hear quite a bit from the left over ‘the death of conservatism’ over the next few weeks. But they’ve got it wrong. I say, what we’ve got is the death of compromised conservatism as espoused by George W Bush, his father, GHW Bush, and by more recently, John McCain.
This morning, we see a post from Helen Valois at Renew America, who calls this ‘conservative conservatism’. I can quibble with the name she chooses, but not her meaning…
What is conservative conservatism? It is a commitment to playing a good defense (or rather — except for the one, brief, shining moment of Governor Palin’s acceptance speech — a pretty flawed defense) when your opponents have gone decisively on the offensive. It is that which John McCain quintessentially represents — the recalcitrant[...]
by Art Smith
President Bush and Senator John McCain are both now promoting off-shore domestic drilling. Hallelujah. It took them long enough. But it is, amazingly, going to yet be an uphill battle. As long as Democrats continue to stand on weak, worthless principles, like...
by Art Smith
No, I’m not talking about a television series, nor an idea for a Super-bowl commercial. I’m talking about Democrats. Part of me is happy to see that party tearing itself apart, and not for idealogical reasons, but just your basic greedy, power-starved...
by Art Smith
Obama is still close to Clinton in the polls in Pennsylvania. Hillary steps up and admits she “said some things that weren’t in keeping with what I knew to be the case” about her trip to Bosnia in 1996. Hillary also says “I may be a lot of...
by Art Smith
I suspected that if the Democrats’ nomination process got dicey, like it is now, that Hillary would continue to press for the free votes she got out of Florida and Michigan. Remarkably, it seems that though the DNC is willing to consider some manner to allow...
