The Other McCain

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

Apparently, John McCain Doesn’t Think He’s Done Enough Yet to Destroy the GOP

During Saturday’s panel on immigration at the National Review Summit, Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies made the point that a Republican-backed “comprehensiive” bill would not only fail to win Hispanic support for the GOP, but would actually hurt the party. If any such bill becomes law, Obama and the Democrats would take credit for its […]

Democrats: You Can Never Hate Them Nearly as Much as They Hate You

@rsmccain thank you sir! — David Limbaugh (@DavidLimbaugh) January 22, 2013 Last night, I saw a post at an anti-Palin blog that had more than 200 vitriolic comments about the woman they called “the Creature from Lake Lucille.” More than four years after Sarah Palin was the Republican vice-presidential candidate, she still inspires frothing rage […]

WaPo’s Cillizza Says Political Party Power Dying for GOP, But What Does it Mean?

Guest Post by Warner Todd Huston In a recent item at The Fix Blog, Washington Post reporter Chris Cillizza focused on the apparent waning power of the Republican Party among the center right coalition. Cillizza makes some good points, of course, but I do have at least one warning to our side over the points Cillizza […]

Hey, GOP: The IRS Is A Substantial Reform Target

by Smitty Let’s face it: the IRS tax code is still a nightmare. It is too complex, too costly and too unfair. There is something fundamentally wrong when roughly 60 percent of hardworking taxpayers have to hire a professional just to do their taxes. You shouldn’t need an army of lawyers and accountants to understand […]

Professional GOP Swindlers

It seems that David Dewhurst’s campaign manager broke Rule One of the Republican Party Operative Handbook: “Don’t get caught.” AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s campaign manager is under criminal scrutiny, suspected of stealing at least $600,000 — and possibly more than $1 million — from the Republican’s political accounts over the past several years. […]

How Romney Lost America

AOSHQ co-blogger Drew M on Twitter recommended this Boston Globe retrospective on the Romney campaign as thoroughly depressing: It was two weeks before Election Day when Mitt Romney’s political ­director signed a memo that all but ridiculed the notion that the Republican presidential nominee, with his “better ground game,” could lose the key state of […]

Put Stakes In The Hearts Of Fanny Mae And Freddy Mac

by Smitty This is area #234,125 for the GOP to come out with dramatic reform, to convince voters they are not part of the problem: At ~4:00, recent Republican Artur Davis makes a brief appearance. So, he clearly has some insights into the nature of the discussion. It would do my heart proud not only […]

DeMint Hasn’t Departed Senate Yet, Already Placing Markers

by Smitty Breitbart talked to Jim DeMint on the cusp of ejecting from the Senate. The Republican Party used to be very good at targeting voters. We asked the Senator what he thinks happened to the party’s ability to do this well: Well, I think we tend to put political people into positions where we […]

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