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Mitch McConnell Sounding the Right Notes for Conservatives
Tweet Share on Facebook November 18, 2010 Comment (5)Criticized by many conservative bloggers over the last two years as a weak sister for his failure to lead confrontationally, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, possibly emboldened by the addition of several new members to his caucus, is increasingly sounding the right notes.
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John Thune's Plan to Cut Spending Is a Good Start
Tweet Share on Facebook November 17, 2010 Comment (5)The GOP is continuing to push back against the Obama-led spending spree from the last two years. It's difficult to do, given that Democrats still have the capacity to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government through the next few months—in lieu of the yearly appropriations bills—that would give them the authority to do much of what they want to do over the next two years even if the Republicans object.
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Why the Republican Earmark Ban Matters
Tweet Share on Facebook November 16, 2010 Comment (3)Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell's surprising declaration Monday in support of an outright ban on earmarks is the first major post-election victory for the Tea Party movement.
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There's Not Enough Money in Political Campaigns
Tweet Share on Facebook November 16, 2010 Comment (2)Conservative columnist George Will famously observed that America spends more money each year on potato chips than it does on political campaigns.
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Polls Show the 2010 Elections Were About Smaller Government
Tweet Share on Facebook November 15, 2010 Comment (7)By the numbers, it’s clear the American people voted for a change in the direction of the country on November 2.
There are still votes being tallied but, in the main, it is easy to make a very persuasive argument that--however flawed the polls were regarding specific head-to-head races like the Reid-Angle Senate race in Nevada--the right track, wrong direction numbers held up pretty well.
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Tom Cole’s 10th Amendment Bill Is the Right Idea
Tweet Share on Facebook November 12, 2010 Comment (2)Arguing that “So much of the government overreach we’ve seen the past few years could be prevented just by enforcing the constitutional protections we already have,” Oklahoma Republican Rep. Tom Cole is proposing legislation that would help put the teeth back into the Constitution’s 10th Amendment.
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Deficit Commission Proposals Are a Recipe for More Big Government
Tweet Share on Facebook November 11, 2010 Comment (5)President Barack Obama’s deficit commission has issued its preliminary recommendations and the news is not good.
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How the GOP Should Handle Committee Chair Term Limits
Tweet Share on Facebook November 11, 2010 Comment (3)Texas Republican Joe Barton continues to make a strong pitch for the leadership of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Conservatives Press Boehner on Committee Chairmanships
Tweet Share on Facebook November 10, 2010 Comment (1)A number of prominent conservatives are pushing the Ohio Republican John Boehner, the presumptive speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, to ignore the vaunted seniority system in favor of putting in place committee chairmen who heard the message of 2010.
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Poll: Independents Powered the 2010 GOP Sweep
Tweet Share on Facebook November 9, 2010 Comment (2)Resurgent Republic, the polling operation created by former RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie and GOP pollster Whit Ayres, released numbers Tuesday showing self-described independent voters were a key component of the Republicans’ resounding victory at the polls last week.
Peter Roff
Peter Roff is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report. Formerly a senior political writer for United Press International, he’s now affiliated with several public policy organizations including Let Freedom Ring, and Frontiers of Freedom. His writing has appeared in National Review, Fox News’ opinion section, The Daily Caller, Politico and elsewhere. Follow him on Twitter @PeterRoff.
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