It is sad and funny at the same time. It was predictable, a lot of people did predict it. They were right. What went on on Capitol Hill Tuesday is a testament to the cluelessness of the people in charge of supposedly saving this economy. It is absolutely absurd to watch all this go down. […]

In the Los Angeles Times today. The headline says it all: “Political Temperature May be Just Right for Health Care Overhaul.” Ohhhh! Political temperature may be just right. I wonder what the political temperature is? Well, the temperature is: “[T]he bleak environment [and ‘the ballooning budget deficit’] may paradoxically spur the kind of costly, sweeping […]

Ever wonder… Why is it that conservatives don’t protest and riot and so forth like the left does whenever they don’t get their way? We have a respect for the democratic process. When we lose we lose and we try to fight our battles internally (as is happening now), and we try to come back […]

Well, when executives from the Big Three automakers went before Congress this week, their pleas for $25 billion in bailout money were met with disdain. In a moment of supreme irony, Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd, who chairs the banking committee, scolded the auto execs, telling them there was no way they couldn’t see the crisis […]

A recent article in Congressional Quarterly examines the best way for Republicans to “repackage” their agenda. Thankfully, many elected Republicans are embracing a theme that “the problem is not conservative principles” — but rather how poorly Republicans practiced conservative principles once they got to Washington. Others view “the problem” differently. Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson […]