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The Left Is Using the Arizona Shooting to Try to Muzzle the Right
Tweet Share on Facebook January 13, 2011 Comment (8)When you are in the minority, dissent is patriotic. When you're in the majority, it can be something of an annoyance. As disturbing as the tragedy in Tucson is to the national psyche, what is even more of a concern is the way in which some elected officials and commentators are using it as an excuse to call for curbs on our precious freedom of speech.
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Remember That the Arizona Shootings Are the Exception in America
Tweet Share on Facebook January 12, 2011 Comment (18)It comes as little surprise that, in the aftermath of the horrific shooting in Tucson, Arizona that killed a half dozen people and wounded more than twice that number--including a member of the U.S. House of Representatives--that the left and the right are both trying to establish a claim to the moral high ground.
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Clinton Vets Like Daley Show Dems See Obama as Empty Suit
Tweet Share on Facebook January 7, 2011 Comment (6)The meaning behind the utterly surreal episode in the White House press room several weeks ago in which former President Bill Clinton dazzled the assembled reporters while Barack Obama left for a Christmas party is now clear. It was a deviously subtle way to announce the Obama administration was coming to an end, to be replaced by the third Clinton administration.
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It May Be Time to Get Rid of the RNC and the DNC
Tweet Share on Facebook January 6, 2011 Comment (3)The GOP is currently in the midst of a pitched battle that will determine who the next chairman of the Republican National Committee will be. The current chairman, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, wants the job for another two years, but the criticism leveled against him by some members of the committee over what they perceive as his unsteady, even rocky, leadership makes his re-election unlikely, say those who are counting votes.
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Democrat Abuses Spurred GOP Filibusters
Tweet Share on Facebook January 4, 2011 Comment (9)A new Congress means new rules.
Over in the House the new GOP majority has committed to post its rules package online so that every interested American can see it and, hopefully, better understand how the chamber will operate over the next two years. Things in the Senate, however, are not as clear.
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Poll Shows Republican Ranks Are Growing
Tweet Share on Facebook January 3, 2011 Comment (9)With the new Congress just days from coming in, pollster Scott Rasmussen reports that the number of Americans who identify themselves as Republicans continues to rise.
