August 23, 2011 – 4:10 pm
Back during the whole 9/11 Truther debate, I once asked Ed Morrissey, back when he was on Captain’s Quarters, why should we even bother rebutting the nutjobs, because, well, they’re nutjobs. He replied back that yes, they’re nutjobs, but, it is important to rebut them lest their insanity grow and spread. Good point, because Trutherism […]
August 22, 2011 – 8:14 am
Hey, Jon, perhaps it is time to give up your presidential aspirations, at least those where you would be the Republican candidate. Maybe you could challenge Obama for the Democrat nomination. The Politico’s Alexander Burns publishes a press release from the DNC has Huntsman’s greatest hits JON HUNTSMAN ON HIS REPUBLICAN RIVALS Huntsman Said The […]
July 16, 2011 – 6:38 pm
So says NRO’s Andrew McCarthy There is a dismaying symmetry about the debt-limit controversy. Today’s Left creates phony crises to rationalize action on its radically transformative program; today’s Right creates phony rationalizations to avoid addressing actual crises. Incrementally, yesterday’s radicalism becomes today’s norm. The Right talks a good game about small government, constitutional government. But […]
July 7, 2011 – 7:42 am
Looks like the GOP is going to attempt to make it so that those evil incandescent light bulbs won’t be banned starting in 2012 House Republicans plan to bring to the floor next week legislation that would water down a provision in a 2007 energy law that requires light bulbs to be more energy efficient. […]
June 27, 2011 – 11:04 am
Why, yes, liberals and squishy Republicans are breathless, dare I say “hyperventilating”, over this Politico “report” Via POLITICO’s Jennifer Epstein, Michele Bachmann isn’t accepting an apology from Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace for asking her yesterday, “Are you a flake?” OMG, she must be playing the victim card and isn’t classy!!!! She needs to […]
June 26, 2011 – 9:28 am
The Politico’s Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei start out in the right direction, but, quickly lose their way: Buzzkill: The problem with Jon Huntsman Hype From afar, it’s easy to get swept up by the hype: Jon Huntsman is accomplished, handsome, smart, and his civility message has appeal beyond the meat-eaters who dominate this early […]
June 23, 2011 – 8:30 am
Why does Jon Huntsman even matter enough for a post, you ask? Well, he is the Liberal Old Media’s preferred GOP frontrunner and general election nominee. Getting past the issue of Huntsman family donations to Harry Reid, the Politico tells us that Huntsman sees independents as key Jon Huntsman sketched out a path to the […]
May 28, 2011 – 9:00 am
Should we start or end with a face palm?From Real Clear Politics On his first trip back to the nation’s first voting state as a soon-to-be declared presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney reaffirmed his support for federal ethanol subsidies — an always important campaign issue in Iowa that figures to take on an […]
May 27, 2011 – 8:33 am
I had intended to take a shot at the lead story over at The Politico regarding “Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann Size Each Other Up,” but this wacky opinion piece by one of the GOP intelligentsia over at The Washington Post really takes the cake: Huntsman-Bachmann in 2012! Former governor and ambassador Jon Huntsman is an […]
May 24, 2011 – 10:59 pm
Huntsman’s working hard to pick up that GOP nomination As ThinkProgress has reported, former Republican Utah Gov. Jon Hunstman has strong progressive streak that he may prefer people forget as he considers pursuing the GOP presidential nomination. On immigration, for example, Huntsman has supported a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants and something akin to […]
