Category Archives: Conservative

Bye Bye, Romney

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[Update 25AUG2011: I wrote this on 14May, after the first debate.  I’ve corrected some spelling and phrasing, but nothing substantial.  Rick Perry has just passed Mitt Romney in at least one, perhaps two significant polls.  This post has stood up rather well.]

Mitt Romney had a golden opportunity to seize the nomination and skewer the president.  In my opinion, all he needed to do was cast off his illegitimate offspring, RomneyCare.  He should have said that he used the laboratory of democracy called Massachusetts, with its rich history of political innovation, to see once and for all if a large role for government can improve critical services in health care.  He would have been in a unique position to assail the president on ObamaCare.  “I have already implemented … Continue reading →

Immigration — Obama is Bluffing

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I don’t ever endorse “win by losing” as a viable strategy, but in this case I can’t rule it out as a gambit.  In fact, I think that’s what he’s doing.

He doesn’t want to pass immigration reform right now.  He wants to pick a fight with the GOP  to curry favor with illegal immigrants and their power base (Democrats).  The tougher the fight is, the more he stands to identify with the reinforced victimhood of illegals.  Also, the more he can paint GOP as a bunch of racist recession reactionaries.

If he wins on his amnesty and more plan, the center swings against him, and he reinforces ONLY his base.  If he loses, however, the base is still the base, but the center is sympathetic.  At the … Continue reading →

A Crucible for the GOP and the Tea Party

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Right now is a deceptively important point in time. The Democrats know this, and so do the status quo Republicans.

Tea Party frustration with establishment Republicans is at levels not seen since 2009. The Obama administration is burying (Barrying?) us with the paper equivalent of human-wave attacks. We have a primary election to start worrying about, which will have us at each other’s heels for a while.

It has been long enough since the smashing Tea Party victory that the thrill has faded a bit, and certainly been doused with cold water by GOP cronyism like Hal “14-term Prince of Pork” Rogers being appointed Chairman of Appropriations, for crying out loud. It is also such a long way to the next election that polls are meaningless, allegiances are … Continue reading →