The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Another Reason to Support Rick Barber

As if an endorsement from Pamela Geller wasn’t enough, did you know that Rick’s GOP primary opponent voted for a 500% increase in cigarette taxes? An intense debate over how to spend the money erupted Thursday after the Montgomery City Council voted to raise the cigarette tax from 2 cents to 12 cents a pack. The […]

Pamela Geller Loves a U.S. Marine

Which is just one reason why she endorsed Rick Barber: Rick makes reference to America’s founding as a Christian nation, to “the freedoms given to us by God, our Creator.” Pamela offers to lead “Jews for Barber” and refers to what she wrote about Democrats’ “protect the brand” strategy. Yesterday was Rick’s birthday, and there’s a […]

MSM, GOP and NY23

In an article about the Tea Party movement, the Los Angeles Times re-writes the history of Doug Hoffman’s campaign last year in New York’s 23rd District: Many Republican Party leaders have welcomed [Tea Party involvement in local GOP organizations], particularly because they worried that the energy driving the tea party movement might create a third party […]

AL2: Rick Barber Update

Press release from the Barber congressional campaign: MONTGOMERY – On Tuesday evening, February 16th at 6:30 PM in Pinckard, Alabama, 2nd Congressional District candidate Rick Barber will speak to his largest group of supporters to date. Hundreds are expected to gather at Brown Products headquarters in Pinckard. Brown Products is a small business owned and […]

Evan Bayh Announces Retirement

He was seen as a leading vice-presidential contender for the Democrats in 2008, but Joe Biden got that job, and now Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh has announced he won’t seek re-election. Philip Klein at the American Spectator writes: This is further indication that moderate Democrats running in red states are eager to jump ship in what they expect […]

Quin Hillyer Argues the Alabama Governor’s Race IN ALL CAPS!

On Friday I began my American Spectator column this way: Tim James was Tea Party before Tea Party was cool. Before the federal bailouts, before most Americans had heard of Barack Obama, before Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck became household names, James helped lead the 2003 effort to stop a tax increase proposed by Alabama’s […]

Rhode Island Red? Patrick Kennedy Announces He Won’t Seek Re-Election

He once called Scott Brown’s Senate campaign a “joke,” but now the Brown Revolution has driven Teddy’s son from Congress: A Democratic official says Rep. Patrick Kennedy has decided not to seek re-election for his seat representing Rhode Island in the U.S. Congress. . . . The decision by the eight-term congressman comes less than a […]

Politics and Mardi Gras Beads in ‘Bama: Rick Barber Campaigns in Millbrook

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Bailey Barber greeted us at the front door of her family home Saturday morning with ecstatic news. “We’re going to a parade,” announced the 6-year-old daughter of Republican congressional candidate Rick Barber. Retail politics requires a relentless press-the-flesh effort on the part of the candidate, and Barber hit the streets Saturday. After […]

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