Tim Carney has a post over at the Washington Examiner in which he reviews the responses to his column on Newt Gingrich’s lobbying for corporate welfare (ethanol subsidies, housing subsidies, and the expansion of Medicare to include drug subsidies). He notes that practically no one wrote to… Read More
The Bipartisan Path to Where We Are Now
Doing some work on a project the other day, I noticed that Geoffrey Perret’s very good book — Commander in Chief: How Truman, Johnson, and Bush Turned a Presidential Power into a Threat to America’s Future — is on sale in hardcover for a paltry $4.66, down from $27.00 at its release in 2007. From my review for The American Conservative, where I’m a… Read More
News Flash: Gingrich Not Conservative
Gene Healy at the Washington Examiner gives the grim details . But there’s more than what Gene digs up. Here’s what a Gingrich supporter is implicitly saying: (1) It’s all right that my candidate says he would have voted for TARP , what Reagan budget director David Stockman has called “the single greatest economic-policy abomination… Read More
Coulter: Newt’s No Conservative, Now Let’s Support Mitt
I don’t read Ann Coulter, but this column appeared in my inbox yesterday and I clicked to see her thoughts on Gingrich. She doesn’t like him. He’s a phony, a sellout, not really committed to the principles people think he is. So far, so good. The rest… Read More
Ron’s Surge Continues
Thanks to Lew Rockwell’s Political Theatre , here are the latest poll numbers , courtesy of Iowa State University and two Iowa news outlets: Cain 24.5% Paul 20.4% Romney 16.3% Perry 7.9% Bachmann 7.6% Gingrich 4.8% Santorum 4.7% Huntsman 0%
What I Read Every Day
I’ve been getting some requests to post links to sites I visit every day. I’ve hesitated because they’re probably the same sites these folks themselves visit, so I’m not so sure how helpful my list will be. But in terms of places I try to… Read More
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I Like Ron Paul, Except on Foreign Policy
I’ve dealt with this one before. But I like the way this deals with it:
Strategy: Play to Ron Paul’s Strengths
A reader in Brazil writes to observe that Ron Paul is very good at explaining his positions if he’s given adequate time to do so. Why not do it, then? Let people hear, from Dr. Paul’s own mouth, what he believes across a wide expanse… Read More