February 14, 2012
The Assault on Congress
(This orignally appeared in The Hill) Last week, The Washington Post ran a series of articles focused on the congressional earmarking process. What they found is that a suspiciously high number of earmarks turned out to be targeted close to the...
February 13, 2012
You Too Can Make A Difference
Mitt Romney recaptured momentum over the weekend. He scored an impressive victory at the CPAC straw poll on Saturday night, and claimed victory at the Maine Caucus the same night. This reserved the momentum that Rick Santorum was able to...
February 10, 2012
Realistic Honesty
Mitt Romney will address CPAC later today. For those who don’t know, CPAC is an annual meeting of young and old conservatives. The young guys are usually college students or recent graduates who are looking for honest work and are...
February 9, 2012
Rove Was Wrong
I almost never disagree with Karl Rove and I almost never agree with E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post. This is one of those rare times. Rove was wrong on Clint Eastwood. Dionne was right on Rove being wrong on...
February 8, 2012
The Final Death of Nasserism
Gamal Abdel Nasser died in 1970, but Nasserism, the philosophy he founded, will finally die out in 2012. Nasser, a charismatic and forceful President of Egypt, was the first Arab leader to meld militarism with socialism to create a new...
February 8, 2012
Wake Up Call
The Romney campaign might be tempted to ignore the results from the three different beauty contests held tonight. After all, Rick Santorum had received slightly north of eight thousand votes by the time they called the election for him in...