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Gallup Poll Aside, Mitt Romney's Floor Might Also Be His Ceiling
Tweet Share on Facebook April 17, 2012 Comment (10)With former Gov. Mitt Romney besting President Obama in the first Gallup daily tracking poll this year, Walter Russell Mead declares, "Game on!"
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Mitt Romney Didn't Flip-Flop on Stay-at-Home Moms
Tweet Share on Facebook April 16, 2012 Comment (12)We can't call it a gaffe per se. Former Gov. Mitt Romney said it months ago, and it didn't seem remotely controversial at the time. But in light of last week's controversy involving Hilary Rosen and Ann Romney's skirmish in the "Mommy Wars," the remark has taken on a fresh significance.
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Paul Ryan Gets It Wrong Invoking Catholic 'Subsidiarity' Principle
Tweet Share on Facebook April 13, 2012 Comment (9)Rep. Paul Ryan recently raised concerns about the erosion of civil society and local communities. He also reflected on how Catholic teachings on "subsidiarity" have influenced his controversial budget proposal.
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The True Insult of Hilary Rosen's Ann Romney Slam
Tweet Share on Facebook April 12, 2012 Comment (41)First let me say that, like so much else about his campaign, former Gov. Mitt Romney's employment of his wife, Ann, as a human shield in the struggle to win over women voters is pathetic and unconvincing.
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The Most Offensive Thing About John Derbyshire's 'Talk' Article
Tweet Share on Facebook April 12, 2012 Comment (9)I really didn't want to add to the obloquy that's been directed lately at John Derbyshire, the former National Review contributor whose antiblack ravings sparked several days' worth of cyber-outrage. What more is there to say?
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Don't Overestimate Post-2012 Rick Santorum
Tweet Share on Facebook April 10, 2012 Comment (9)The book on former Sen. Rick Santorum's campaign, suspended Tuesday, is that he was a plucky insurgent who shook up the GOP establishment with little money and a big heart.
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Why I’m Hoping for a Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan Ticket
Tweet Share on Facebook April 10, 2012 Comment (16)For me, it's all about the reality of revenue. Absent major reforms to the tax code and the federal budget, we're going to need more of it. More than the federal government receives now. Certainly more than Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal envisions it receiving over the next 10 years. And possibly even more than the Obama administration's more generous budget envisions it receiving.
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How Did the Choice Between Obama and Romney Get so Dramatic?
Tweet Share on Facebook April 4, 2012 Comment"Social Darwinism" versus "Government-Centered Society": According to President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, these are the competing visions Americans will be asked to choose between this year.
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Why the Paul Ryan Budget Won’t Fly
Tweet Share on Facebook April 2, 2012 Comment (4)Defending Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal from a flailing Paul Krugman, who accuses Ryan of relying on unspecified tax-loophole closings to reduce the deficit, National Review's Yuval Levin notes this:
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The Perversity of the American Healthcare Market
Tweet Share on Facebook March 29, 2012 Comment (11)Throughout the Obamacare drama of the last couple of years, it's been asserted by reform advocates that the fundamental reason government needs to heavily regulate healthcare is because it's a unique market—and by unique, they mean uniquely, perversely inefficient.
