First Principles

I must confess that, as a consequence of my addiction to political punditry, I was rocked back on my feet and even a bit scared about the Palin pick over the weekend.  I’ve never seen anything like the vicious, full frontal assault that has been leveled against her.  And despite the fact that many of […]

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I had heard about Sarah Palin only recently, and had done a little reading up on her last week.  The more I read, the more I liked.  I thought she would be a great pick, but thought it was an awful long shot. And then I flipped on the TV Friday morning.  My instant, gut […]

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If you don’t have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from.

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Thank God. I was worried – Paul would have been to McCain what Nader was to Gore.  And their black ops delegate recruiting efforts at state conventions nation wide would have been a slap in the face to the millions who voted in the primaries, but didn’t have the time to devote to all of […]

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When I first heard about Barack Obama’s radical church, I was troubled. But as a friend of mine put it, I initially “scoffed” at the idea that it would make much of a difference in the election. Besides – even though I wouldn’t vote for him, I respected that he wasn’t overtly playing the race […]

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Saturday was the first time I have ever actually physically gone somewhere to cast a vote. Always before I voted absentee, either because I was away to college or in the Navy, or because I was in Washington State where they let anyone vote by mail and it was a lot more convenient. The caucus […]

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Today in Michigan, Hillary Clinton was running virtually unopposed (sorry, Kucinich). Even so, with 100% of the precincts reporting, she was only able to garner 55% of the Democratic vote. But what’s so much worse for her is that 40% voted for “Uncommitted.” Think about what that means.

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Before he got trounced in Michigan earlier today, Mike Huckabee was meeting with supporters when: Confronted by crying toddler on Tuesday, Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee quipped the child must be for his rival Mitt Romney. “He’s not the happiest boy today,” Huckabee said, smiling for a picture with the boy and his brother and […]

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I just finished watching the Republican debate on ABC in New Hampshire.  I loved this format.  Why can’t they all be like this?  I despise the “stand at the podium and shoehorn your answers in before the buzzer” format everyone else has gone with.  How can you learn anything about anything when the only answers […]

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I was in high school in the early 1990s when the Religious Right was perhaps at its loudest and most ascendant. Ralph Reed, Pat Robertson, and Jerry Falwell and talked about how they were taking control of the Republican Party and were reveling in their political power. As a result, as I was awakening to […]

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I didn’t watch all of last night’s Democratic debate, but it’s been fun to see the reaction to Hillary Clinton’s performance – and first big stumble. (Watch it – it’s too funny.)  She was for drivers licenses for illegals before she was against them, she both will and won’t privatize social security, and she’s not […]

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…because Chuck Norris has spoken. On the other hand, why doesn’t Chuck just run for President?  I mean, does anyone really think that Mike Huckabee pushes the Earth down instead of doing push-ups?  Does anyone believe the chief export of Ron Paul is Pain?  Can Rudy lead a horse to water AND make it drink? […]

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