February 2012
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RNC Launches New Web Video: “Obama’s Failed Promises in Michigan”
WASHINGTON – The Republican National Committee (RNC) is out with a new web video “Obama’s Failed Promises In Michigan” as Republicans across Michigan cast ballots for a replacement to Barack Obama this fall. After four years of failed promises from reducing the price at the pump to growing the economy to cutting the deficit in [...]
Arizona / Michigan Primary open thread.
Michigan results here; Arizona’s, here. The polls close in Arizona at 9 or 10 PM EST, depending. [UPDATE]: Hot Air was mildly startled by the relatively quick flip earlier from Santorum to Romney in Michigan. What happened was that Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties (which I think are the three largest) started reporting in earnest; [...]
NY redistricting may end in Gary Ackerman (D, NY) cutting and running?
OK, here’s the background: NY is losing two seats in Congress, thanks to the 2010 Census. Well, more accurately, thanks to the urban blue model of governance that has had folks fleeing those urban areas in droves – but never mind that now. As has been noted previously, the New York legislature is having a [...]
Barack Obama no longer really even pretending to have faith council.
Not that the President ever really had one, contra this Politico report: what Barack Obama had was a collection of useful idio… ah, “a group of religious organizations that were perhaps a little too trusting of the President’s motives and intentions.” Either way, the Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships was always merely window [...]
Your Offensive Obama Oil Policy Infographics of the Day
If you’re looking for a single picture that captures the salient points of President Barack Obama’s oil policy, here it is. Courtesy of the Republican Study Committee: This was timely, given Steve Maley’s excellent posting yesterday on the “10 Ways Obama Could Reduce Gas Prices Now“. Now some on the Left, including the President himself, [...]
Daily Links – February 28, 2012
Today is February 28th. On this date in 1854, the Republican Party was founded by anti-slavery activists. 158 years later, Republicans are best known for having way too many freaking primary debates. Also on this date, in 1885, AT&T was incorporated. Today, they are best known for dropping c Lastly, on this date in 1995, [...]
Santorum and the Democrats. Outrage! Outrage, I Tell You!!
The latest outrage pushed by Team Romney is that Rick Santorum is running auto-calls asking Democrats in Michigan to support him. How dare he! Of course, Romney will do the same in the general election. It’s what we’re supposed to do. But right now it is somehow dirty — unless Romney had to do it, [...]
It’s a Wonderful Country: Robert Kagan’s “The World America Made”
Robert Kagan’s The World America Made (Alfred A. Knopf, 2012) is an extended essay on the role of the United States in the current global order. Kagan identifies political and economic freedom combined with military strength as the foundation of the enduring American power that has encouraged the current historical “wave” towards democracy, and argues [...]
Syria Is As Syria Does
GOP Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich gave a speech in Nashville, TN. In this speech he addressed what he felt America should do about the current situation in Afghanistan. We are not going to fix Afghanistan. It is not possible,” Gingrich said. “These are people who have spent several thousand years hating foreigners. And what we [...]
Wimmer the One for Women in Utah 4
From the diaries. The conservative voters of the Utah’s new Fourth Congressional District have a tremendous opportunity to choose a candidate who will fight for all of its citizens, but especially women. That candidate is Carl Wimmer and Concerned Women for America is proud to endorse him for Congress. Throughout his career in law enforcement [...]
