A Rejection of Liberal Democratic Governance
by Fred Barnes • Weekly Standard Republicans won 7 Democratic seats (so far!), lost none, and took control of the Senate. Harry Reid is history. Democrats…
Voters’ Verdict Explodes Liberal Myths
by Byron York • The Washington Examiner As Democratic losses mounted in Senate races across the country on election night, some liberal commentators clung to the…
A Harsh Referendum for Obama
by Carol E Lee • The Wall Street Journal President Barack Obama hoped the midterm elections would help break the capital’s gridlock. Instead, they became a…
In Illinois, Vote Fraud Called ‘Calibration Error’
Investors Business Daily As early voting begins in the Land of Lincoln, President Obama casts his ballot and a Republican state senator voting for himself finds that his ballot was…
What Election? Network News Gives Up On Covering Midterms
by Noah Rothman • Hot Air It is probably safe to assume that you have been following the midterm elections closely. You decided to click on…
Free Speech Needs No Amending
Senate Democrats would restrict fundamental First Amendment rights in an election-year stunt As election season enters full swing, Senate Democrats are taking the opportunity to garner votes by attempting to…
Changing the Benghazi Talking Points
How they were changed to obscure the truth by Stephen F. Hayes Even as the White House strove last week to move beyond questions about the Benghazi…
The Electoral College — The Last Round
by Gordon S. Jones My last column on the Electoral College prompted a number of thoughtful responses, so I would like to deal with those, and then make some…
More on Electoral College “Reform”
by Gordon S. Jones Now that a Virginia state senator has dropped plans to re-work his state’s method of allocating votes in the Electoral College, let’s consider some other proposals…
[Movie review] Lincoln: A President Engaged in a Great Civil War
“The genius of ‘Lincoln,’ finally, lies in its vision of politics as a noble, sometimes clumsy dialectic of the exalted and the mundane. Our habit of argument, someone said recently,…
Mandates, Taxes, Spending Cuts and Crazy Talk
by George Landrith After a long, tough campaign, Barack Obama won reelection by a slim 51% to 49%. Now Obama is claiming a broad mandate to increasing taxes and demands…
Monday Morning
“Obama’s campaign doesn’t seem president-sized. It is small and sad and lost, driven by formidable will and zero joy.” by Peggy Noonan November 5, 2012 We begin with the three…
Going out on a limb: Romney beats Obama, handily
Romney 315, Obama 223 by Michael Barone November 2, 2012 Fundamentals usually prevail in American elections. That’s bad news for Barack Obama. True, Americans want to think well of their…
Reagan’s announcement for the presidency, and a challenge that we “keep our rendezvous with destiny.”
“A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and—above all—responsible liberty…
Obama and Benghazi-gate
by George Landrith The most recently revealed State Department e-mails regarding the attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi show that President Barack Obama has not been shooting straight with…