Category Archives: GOP

Deep-Pocketed GOP Squish Really Wants To Tackle “Climate Change”

The squish in question is Jay Faison, writing at Politico A GOP Approach to Tackling Climate Change I’m a Republican, and I want to champion Republican answers to a challenge we aren’t yet known for embracing. But first, as a happy — if worried — conservative and a lifelong entrepreneur, I’m ready for the Obama […]

Carly Fiorina Takes It To Katie Couric On “Climate Change”

This comes via Western Journalism The scientists that tell us that climate change is real and caused by man made activity, also tell us that a single nation acting alone can make no difference at all. So, when I see a state like California destroy lives and livelihoods with environmental regulations that will make no […]

Scott Walker Joins The GOP Race

Talk about a crowded field I'm in. I'm running for president because Americans deserve a leader who will fight and win for them. – SW http://t.co/DZG253QjfP #Walker16 — Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) July 13, 2015 (The Hill) “America needs new, fresh leadership with big, bold ideas from outside of Washington to actually get things done,” Walker […]

Republican Introduces Bill Requiring SCOTUS To Enroll In Ocare

An interesting, albeit toothless, piece of legislation (The Hill) A House Republican on Thursday proposed forcing the Supreme Court justices and their staff to enroll in ObamaCare. Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) said that his SCOTUScare Act would make all nine justices and their employees join the national healthcare law’s exchanges. “As the Supreme Court continues […]

Washington Post: Voters Should Totally Evaluate Hillary On Her Record, Not Her Name

Oh, wait, the WP Editorial Board is saying this about Jeb! Bush Jeb Bush is more than a name “I AM not going to change who I am,” Jeb Bush declared last week, in the run-up to the official kickoff of his presidential campaign on Monday. Mr. Bush couldn’t escape his most glaring personal detail […]

Carly Fiorina Release Brutal Attack On Hillary Clinton’s Record

As Allahpundit notes “It’s three minutes long, which is about six times longer than an effective ad should be, but the length works here to underscore the point. Those long seconds of silence when someone’s asked to name a Clinton accomplishment feel even longer when you watch a string of people struggling with the question. […]

Lindsay Graham Goes Climahysteric, Desperately Wants To Be Democrat Nominee

Obviously, Senator Graham has long been a member of the Cult of Climastrology, and part of the Progressive wing of the GOP. That said, his campaign should go about as far as Jon Huntsman’s did in 2012 with this kind of moonbattery (Politico) Sen. Lindsey Graham is urging action on climate change and endorsing a […]

Rubio: Say, This Obama Guy’s Middle East “Policy” Has Backfired

Senator Marco Rubio has penned an op-ed in the Washington Post, noting how bad Obama’s Middle East policies have failed The fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi to the Islamic State and recent gains by the group in Syria are the latest signs that President Obama’s strategy to defeat this brutal terrorist group is […]

Carly Fiorina Launches “Ready To Beat Hillary” Website

I know Carly is somewhat of an Establishment Republican, but, damn, I love her ground game. Wednesday she scheduled a press conference in South Carolina, taking questions from the press, right where Hillary was, not taking questions. Now (The Hill) Carly Fiorina is “Ready to Beat Hillary” with a new campaign microsite that seeks to undermine the […]

Ruth Marcus: Carly Fiorina’s Candidacy Offends Me

And, apparently, the only reason her candidacy is still going is sexism. A bit of CDS (Carly Derangement Syndrome) from Ruth The sexism that propels Carly Fiorina’s candidacy How depressing is it that, out of the more than a dozen announced or prospective Republican candidates for president in 2016, only one, Carly Fiorina, is a […]

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