Ron Paul, who is holding at 12 percent in recent Iowa polls, told Iowans this weekend that government is the biggest threat to citizens.
“You’re going to wake up some morning and find out that 65 percent of what you make goes to the federal government,” warns U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann in a decidedly odd video from this month’s Minnesota GOP Central committee meeting.…
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann avoided remarks about anti-Americanism in Congress as she claimed victory in a speech to supporters at the Minnesota Republican Party’s election night gathering. Her re-election came in spite of the nationwide furor over controversial…
U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman spoke to raucous supporters early on Election Night at the Minnesota Republican Party gathering Nov. 4 at the Sheraton Hotel in Bloomington, Minn. Even then, partial election returns signaled a margin between Coleman and Democrat Al Franken so small that it was headed to a recount. So after acknowledging the historic result in the presidential contest and the “graciousness” of U.S. Sen. John McCain’s concession speech, Coleman offered neither concession nor triumphalism. Instead he told the pumped-up crowd, “There is more counting to be done” — a sober assessment that will apparently hold true for weeks.
George Packer’s 8600-word opus on the Republican party’s purported failure of vision from last week’s New Yorker is probably the most widely read big-picture analysis of either party circa 2008 that anyone has produced so far.…
Four leading Republican presidential candidates snubbed next week’s debate at a historically black university in Maryland. Earlier this month all but one Republican presidential hopeful declined to participate in Univision TV’s Spanish-language debate.
Candidates aside, the Republican…
Perhaps the governor ought to think this through again
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is a choirboy sort with a ready smile and a jaunty walk. He looks a lot younger than his 47 years
Just in case you’re wondering how the Governor’s State of the State speech is faring among various news sources and bloggers, here’s an annotated compendium:
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And the “Pachy” awards go to…
The election is nearly a month behind us. The nation breathed one huge, collective sigh of relief when it was over: For most it was a relief because the good guys won.…
…and not the kind you go to church for
In many ways, a good politician is like a good sailor; he knows that the best way to get from point A to point B is to follow the…
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