Weird political story: Paranoid Ron Paul supporters harass a New Hampshire town official over a simple mistake that initially cost their candidate 31 votes but was quickly corrected. Two words for the Ronulans (in the vernacular): Chill out. Though, as Paul's campaign continues to sink like a piece of lead, I'm sure many will find a conspiracy in that, too. All part of an American political tradition, a leading historian once argued. … [Read more...]
Fred Wins
The consensus of serious analysts on the right side of the blogosphere is that Fred Dalton Thompson won tonight's South Carolina debate, aired on Fox News. Here we go (in no particular order): 1. Jim Geraghty, National Review Campaign Spot: "Winner: Thompson. This performance was so commanding, I wanted his last answer to echo back to the lights in the back of the auditorium, blow out all the lamps and spotlights, for the theme to “the Natural†to play, and for him to trot around the stage in slow motion while sparks showered down in the background." Jared has to appreciate the reference. 2. Erick at RedState: "Fred Thompson owned this debate. He owned it. He dominated." 3. John Hawkins, at Right Wing News: "1) Fred Thompson … [Read more...]
Paul Wrong on Civil War: Dittoes Here
I've had a recent exchange with Snaggle-Tooth Jones over some historical issues of contemporary political significance: my initial response is here; his latest post is here. I haven't had time to draft a thorough and thoughtful response to his latest, but in the meantime would like to point him to an eloquent piece written by my friend Joshua Sharf at the Denver Post's Gang of Four about Ron Paul's misguided take on Civil War history (key excerpt follows):Paul's argument isn't right. It isn't even wrong. It misses so many fundamental facts of life in 1860 that it could only appeal to that narrow slice of the electorate whose civics education ended in 12th grade, but who actually remember what they were taught. You can't be completely … [Read more...]
Huck Yes but Romney No? Why, Clay?
Over at Slapstick Politics, El Presidente provides a brief digest of Colorado conservative blogosphere voices on the Presidential race. My opinions are well known by readers here, but I was a little befuddled to read the order of candidate preference from my friend Clay Calhoun, who blessedly appears to have returned from a long exile. In particular, I'm pleased to see he allies first with Fred Dalton Thompson, but for the life of me can't figure out why the Huckster comes in second. I can understand the skepticism about McCain and Giuliani and Ron Paul, but can't quite understand the seemingly knee-jerk antipathy for Mitt Romney:No thank you very much. I will vote for a Democrat before I will vote for Mitt Romney. End of … [Read more...]
Get the President’s Ear on Earmark Reform
An email from our friends at RedState.com:Dear RedState Reader, Tomorrow the President will decide whether or not the Constitution is still a legally binding document. Seriously. After Congress passed the omnibus spending bill, members of Congress inserted into the conference report that accompanied the legislation more than 9,000 earmarks worth several billion dollars. The earmarks were not voted on by the House and Senate. Yet, Congress maintains that the earmarks are legally binding. This violates the process for passing legislation in the Constitution of the United States. Tomorrow, the President will decide whether he should issue an executive order telling government agencies to ignore the earmarks. If the President … [Read more...]
Brief Iowa Postmortem
Update: Other members of the Rocky Mountain Alliance have weighed in: The Daily Blogster Best Destiny Exvigilare Thinking Right And one from another great conservative Colorado blogger: Slapstick Politics I have neither the time nor the inclination to weigh in on all the vast amounts of political analysis following yesterday's Iowa caucuses (or as Red State colorfully put it, the Hawkeye Caucii). But I will observe how troublesome it is for our nation and its two great political parties that (a little more than 6+ years after 9/11) last night's winners - Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee - are the respective Democrat and Republican candidates most unqualified in matters of foreign policy and most unserious about national security … [Read more...]
More Iowa Caucus Predictions
After yesterday's foray into forecasting the results of today's first presidential balloting of 2008, you can find more Iowa caucus prediction contests over at Election Projection. Interesting stuff - check it out. If you're a political junkie but don't check in with Scott Elliott ("The Blogging Caesar") from time to time, you're really missing out. Also, you can toss your hat into Patrick Ruffini's Townhall Iowa Caucus Pool. Most contests, including the one hosted by the Rocky Mountain News, stop taking entries after 6 PM Eastern or 4 PM Mountain. Then we can watch the real results roll in, and find out which pundits earn bragging rights and which will eat humble pie. Go, Fred, Go! … [Read more...]
Fred Speaks, Voters Listen
Fred Thompson delivers a 17-minute video message to Iowa voters, indeed all Americans, on the eve of the caucus and the first ballots cast in the 2008 Presidential contest. Conservatives and independent-minded voters who are willing to give serious deliberation to the Presidential election, and all those who are undecided or uncertain in their support for a candidate (not the Hugh Hewitts of the world - whose fingers are perpetually lodged in their ears while they loudly mumble, "La la la la la, Mitt Romney, la la la la la ... I can't hear you ... Romney, Romney, Romney") need to view this message. If you haven't watched it yet, why not? … [Read more...]
Get Out Your Crystal Balls for Tomorrow’s Iowa Caucuses
M.E. Sprengelmeyer of the Rocky Mountain News "Back Roads to the White House" blog is soliciting your predictions of results for tomorrow's Iowa caucuses:We need you to make your official, time-stamped predictions for the final rankings in the Iowa precinct caucuses -- among Republicans and Democrats. Give us your best guesses. Include delegate percentages, predicted concession speech language, or other arbitrary details for extra credit. And in the opinion of the judge, the person who makes the most accurate, most detailed prediction for the actual result ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PARTISAN DIVIDE will win a very special prize package of back roads collectables -- assembled over the past several months by your weary correspondent. Be … [Read more...]
Rebutting Huckabee Redux
Rossputin has reposted a comment I left in response to some incoherent pro-Huckabee remarks made on his site. Here's how I concluded:I'm writing to implore GOP primary voters to think seriously about their decisions. If you're going to support Huckabee, fine, but only if you at least got there by coming to grips with his record and having given some thought to a couple broad questions: 1) What would his foreign and domestic policy prescriptions really mean for our country? and 2) What are the odds he could actually win a general election? Writing as a Baptist born-again Christian, let me remind you we are electing a President, not a pastor. Go ahead, and read the whole thing. … [Read more...]
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