Rather than running a political campaign of “Not Obama,” Republican candidates need to run on positive messages that will resonate with voters. The Cato Institute’s Richard Rahn lays out a laundry list of sensible, specific policy suggestions Republican candidates could run on that would be a breath of fresh air to voters. Does America really […]
“So, What Exactly Do You Do?”
Chris Rock asked that of Jesse Jackson, but it’s a question that could be asked of many of our top politicians. What do they do? Kevin Williamson in NRO writes that Senator-surgeon Rand Paul is on “vacation” in Guatemala performing eye surgeries on poor children who need care. As the Washington Post notes, it’s not […]
Hillary Clinton: What A Difference?
You may be disappointed with the title of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s memoir “Hard Choices.” A better one, that I can’t get out of my head, would be a picture of her on the cover and the quote, “What Difference, At This Point, Does It Really Make?” The about sums her up. It’s the […]
Rand Paul Shocker
Rand Paul is far better positioned for a presidential run than is commonly believed. Here is some interesting perspective. The Republican National Committee may have just paved the way for a strong primary performance by Rand Paul. The RNC recently decided that Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada will hold their primaries first. This lineup […]
Go Big or Go Home
Rand Paul offers big ideas. Like getting rid of the Department of Education. Contrast that with the teleprompter reading/speeches and poll watching Obama administration that’s too timid to make change we can believe in.
Rand Paul Traction
There can be little doubt that Rand Paul has spread his influence into more traditional pockets of the mainline Republican party. Politico reports: Paul, who was elected to the Senate on the tea party wave of 2010, has spent much of his time since schmoozing with the GOP establishment. Last weekend, he invited media mogul […]
GOP: Adapt or Die
Sen. Rand Paul spoke with the Boston Herald prior to his talk at Harvard University. The Herald reports: National Republicans — still smarting from Democratic drubbings in the last two presidential contests — face a stark scenario of “evolve, adapt or die” as they plot their next campaign to take back the Oval Office in […]
Rand Paul Soars to the Front for Libertarians
Senator Rand Paul offers the clear best-bet option for small government, anti-intervention-oriented Americans. The New York Times reports on Sen. Paul’s efforts here. Frayda Levin, a New Jersey libertarian activist and former small-business owner, is a woman of many passions: promoting liberty, ending marijuana prohibition and opposing her state’s recent minimum-wage increase. But Ms. Levin has added another […]
Draft Bush?!
Please no! My Cato friend Gene Healy points out the problem with our political royal families in his weekly DC Examiner column: Draft Bush! That’s the GOP establishment’s bold new scheme for 2016. And people say they’re out of ideas. “Many if not most” of 2012 nominee Mitt Romney’s biggest donors are courting former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the Washington Post reported Sunday; the […]
No One Knows Better than Does Frank Luntz
You know America has begun a decline, but you are unsure why. I’ll tell you why. The problem is the politicians in Washington, Democrats and Republicans alike, along with our foreign policy approach of nation building, and our absurd tax code, class action suits and punitive damages, the Fed, and the Wall Street crooks. Frank […]