National Review’s Joel Gehrke explains Scott Brown’s foreign policy positions here. Against all expectations, Scott Brown has made the New Hampshire Senate race competitive — and done it with hawkish stands on immigration and national security. Brown’s victory in the 2010 special election to replace the late senator Ted Kennedy in the liberal stronghold of […]
Texas Mandates Hard Line Voter ID Law
All 50 states should introduce the hard-line voter ID law introduced in Texas and confirmed by the Supreme Court. Not surprising, uber-liberal justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Kagan took umbrage, which is a perfect example of why it is mandatory that Barack Obama not be allowed another Supreme Court nomination. The man was responsible for both […]
Obama’s Shocking Poll Numbers
The NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll shows that (a) 61% of Americans disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing on foreign policy, and (b) 65% of Americans believe that the country is on the wrong track! I just looked at the Real Clear Politics average job approval ratings for Obama in 15 key states. […]
A Presidential Pariah?
“Obama is President Pariah in these final weeks of the 2014 midterms. Vulnerable Democratic candidates don’t want to be seen with him,” writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post. This past Sunday, about 20 minutes into President Obama’s rare campaign appearance for Maryland’s gubernatorial candidate Anthony Brown, an exodus began as attendees raced out to […]
Grin and Bear It No More
Would you know what to do if you, with only a knife and your wits, encountered a bear in the woods? Meet Mr. Elbert Guillory, state senator from Louisiana, who would suggest that you get in close, inside the bear’s paws and under its chin. Along with being a bear-killing state senator, Mr. Guillory is […]
Will Crashing Markets End Democrats’ Control?
Is the fate of the Senate hanging on the outcome of stock and bond markets? Turbulent markets are shaking investors’ confidence and putting the economic management of the Obama administration under a microscope. Will it affect Democrats in November? James Pierson at Real Clear Politics writes: The stock market correction may prove to be the […]
Bring in the Clowns
Even now, after so many words have been written about the Affordable Care Act, it is distressing to realize that had just one Senate Democrat opposed Obamacare, the law would not have passed the Senate as it did. Just one nay would have forced improvements in the law, making Obamacare far less destructive than it […]
Cato Club 200 Retreat and Report Cards
The lyrics “You want to go where everybody knows your name”, from the TV show Cheers gives you a pretty good idea of what it’s like to be part of the Cato Club 200 retreat. “Lucky us!” is how Becky and I felt as we spent the weekend with friends, experts, and scholars that are pretty […]
I Support Rick Scott For Florida Governor
Governor Rick Scott is holding a lead over his challenger, former Governor Charlie Crist in Florida’s gubernatorial race. I support Rick Scott for Florida governor. The Naples Daily’s Matt Dixon has the story on the poll here: Most recent numbers have shown Gov. Rick Scott opening a lead over Democrat Charlie Crist, a trend continued in […]
Obama Remains Buffeted by World Events
Elections are fast approaching and the President isn’t in a favorable position today, largely because of his perceived failures in foreign policy. The Wall Street Journal reports: Foreign policy has catapulted to the center of the U.S. political stage just two months before the 2014 midterm elections, raising fresh questions of whether President Barack Obama’s perceived […]
