RSSEntries Tagged as '2008 Politics'
A Victory for the Old School
Walter Jones not only survived his Republican Party primary challenge but won decisively.
Here is an short editorial by Christopher Check.
If we had lost Jones or Jimmy Duncan what hope could still be found in the Republican Party? Cheers the Old School.
A Couple Personal Notes for the DRC Reading Community
I’ve started a weekly column here.
Probably the most significant abortion litigation in the country right now just became public: story here. (Let ‘er rip, SteveZ!)
Adventures in politics here. Email me if you want to contribute!
Regarding the last, and the previous post and comment—for all you BFers, I hear Chellis has political aspirations, you [...]
Obama is Right
Looks like Caleb Stegall might be too famous to write for DRC any longer. He’s writing now for Taki’s Magazine. Check out this article.
Candidates from Nowhere
Bill Kauffman has written a good article explaining an underlying commonality between the three remaining major-party presidential candidates.
Keyes for President?
Alan Keyes, a favorite of politically conservative Christians, announced yesterday that he will leave the GOP in favor of a third party run for the Presidency. For Keyes, a brilliant orator but a poor vote getter, this may be his second run against Barack Obama. Keyes was the Republican candidate for Senate against [...]
Duh!
Democrats are trying to force Iraq to use its own oil money to pay for rebuilding Iraq- well duh! Here
I thought this is what the Republican promised us when we went into Iraq? Why are we paying this bill?
I think they should also have to foot the bill of us taking down their dictator [...]
Barr for President?
Congressman Bob Barr is considering running for President on the Libertarian Party line. He would be a welcome addition to the race.
Fox News has the good.
Is Obama Wright or Wrong?
The DRC has been silent on the controversy surrounding Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama and his spiritual mentor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Like most Americans I have been extremely interested to learn of Wright’s homiletical follies, his race baiting, his white bashing, his America denouncing, and his conspiracy theories. I am shocked to find [...]
New York’s The Incorruptible lost his head
Spitzer has fallen. A tyrant in the making will have no political future. Good riddance!
Still, I cannot help but following the story of Governor Spitizer’s tragic fall without feeling a deep sense of pity and even empathy.
Here are my scattered thoughts on the events:
1. Like Robespierre, Spitzer created [...]
Obama/Webb 2008
Now that Obama seems to have made short work of the Clinton machine it will soon be time to focus on a national campaign against John McCain.
Obama may not need my advice. He is a phenomenon the likes of which we have not seen since Reagan. My guess is that McCain’s [...]