Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’

  • The Courage of The Electorate
    Posted by on February 7th, 2013 at 11:46 pm, Comments: 0

    Earlier today I wrote about the pension crisis in Illinois. Illinois politicians are not courageous.  Neither side is offering a solution to the problem because [...]

  • Top 200 Conservative Websites
    Posted by on February 4th, 2013 at 12:31 pm, Comments: 0

    1 foxnews.com 146 2 telegraph.co.uk 266 3 wsj.com 285 4 drudgereport.com 448 5 theblaze.com 1070 6 nypost.com 1209 7 breitbart.com 1625 8 realclearpolitics.com 2262 9 [...]

  • Compromise on The Fiscal Cliff
    Posted by on December 17th, 2012 at 9:31 am, Comments: 0

    Why is it such a big deal that Boehner offered a compromise?  The way the news is being reported,  ”The Republicans finally offered a compromise.”. [...]

  • Taxing The Rich
    Posted by on November 26th, 2012 at 9:36 am, Comments: 0

    A lot of folks are practicing “Saul Alinsky” on Grover Norquist.  Some Republicans are backing away from the pledge they signed. There is a lot [...]

  • Differences in Voters
    Posted by on November 8th, 2012 at 6:03 pm, Comments: 0

    Much is being made of the electorate.  Here is how I see it.  Democratic voters look like this: Establishment Republican voters look like this: Libertarian [...]

  • Great Post Election Advice for Conservatives and Libertarians
    Posted by on November 7th, 2012 at 4:46 pm, Comments: 0

    This is great.  As I have said before, in Chicago where I live it’s much easier to be gay or transgendered or some other abbreviated [...]

  • Are You A “Fiscally Conservative/Social Liberal”?
    Posted by on November 6th, 2012 at 2:04 pm, Comments: 0

    I guess I fall into that category.  It’s pretty libertarian. The true test of that is abortion.  Are you okay with keeping abortion legal, as [...]

  • The Enthusiasm Gap
    Posted by on November 5th, 2012 at 3:49 pm, Comments: 0

    Barack Obama is boring.  He is a monotone speaker that tells depressing stories.  Unable to think on his feet, he uses a teleprompter to appear [...]

  • The Manufactured Election
    Posted by on November 5th, 2012 at 8:46 am, Comments: 0

    Who do you believe when it comes to the numbers?  A lot of that is based on your political persuasion.  If you are a liberal, [...]

  • Statistics and the Polls
    Posted by on November 4th, 2012 at 10:42 am, Comments: 0

    The polls are constantly divergent.  Why?  Nate Silver publishes his assumptions and stands by them.  He thinks there is around an 83% chance that Obama [...]

  • Conversations on My Travels
    Posted by on September 12th, 2011 at 8:36 am, Comments: 0

    Over the past two weeks I have transversed the country. Over Labor Day, I was up near the Canadien border. Pretty up there. I usually [...]

  • The Palin Effect
    Posted by on August 26th, 2010 at 1:53 pm, Comments: 0

    Sarah Palin rarely elicits a neutral opinion from anyone.  People on the left have a visceral hate for her. People on the far right love [...]