Scott Galupo

Michele Bachmann's Misplaced China Envy

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November 14, 2011 Comment (11)

I know this is the silly season of presidential politics, but Rep. Michele Bachmann may have just ascended to a new height of inanity.

Tags:: foreign policy,; Michele Bachmann,; 2012 presidential election,; China

Redefining the Modern Conservative with a 19th-Century Lens

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By Scott Galupo

November 11, 2011 Comment (3)

Before all you political theory-heads take off for the weekend, be sure to check out this email debate between Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin author Corey Robin and American Conservative blogger Daniel Larison.

Tags:: Republican Party

Romney's EPA Hint a Subtle Poke, Not a Lifeline to Perry

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By Scott Galupo

November 10, 2011 Comment (10)

I'm afraid the Washington Post's Kathleen Parker got things exactly wrong when she praised former Gov. Mitt Romney for supposedly throwing Gov. Rick Perry a lifeline during last night's debate:

Tags:: Rick Perry,; EPA,; 2012 presidential election,; Mitt Romney

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell Not A Slam Dunk for 2012 GOP Veep

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By Scott Galupo

November 9, 2011 Comment (1)

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is often touted as a possible vice-presidential candidate next year. On the surface, it's not hard to see why: He's a popular governor of a swing state with lower-than-national-average unemployment, has solid social conservative credentials, and has publicly expressed interest in the job.

Tags:: 2012 presidential election

How Mitt Romney Can Be Both a Flip-Flopper and an Extremist

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By Scott Galupo

November 8, 2011 Comment (5)

My friend Ramesh Ponnuru makes the case that former Gov. Mitt Romney's history of flip-flops might not be the general-election liability that many conservatives think it will be.

Tags:: 2012 presidential election,; Mitt Romney

The Economy Will Never Be What It Was Before the Recession

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By Scott Galupo

November 7, 2011 Comment (13)

Picture a smoky room somewhere on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, like where the shadow government known as "The Syndicate" met on the old X-Files TV show.

Tags:: recession,; economy

Romney, GOP Make Obama Lucky in His Enemies

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By Scott Galupo

November 3, 2011 Comment (7)

Rock, meet Hard Place.

Rock is the succession of farce candidacies that has marked the Republican presidential primary so far. Trump. Bachmann. Perry. Cain. It is no wonder that the likes of Gov. Mitch Daniels, Gov. Chris Christie, and former Gov. Tim Pawlenty have either declined to run or quit early. They can't give the party what it needs right now.