Those of you in Michigan, just to give you an illustration, you have the presidential campaign going on there now, the primary campaign, and you’re hearing from all kinds of people about how Michigan is a one-state recession, and we’re going to fix it. Romney‘s got his plan to fix it; McCain is offering his […]

Big success going on in Iraq. Nobody is talking about it, not only military success, but political success as well. Sixty insurgents were killed in an offensive, Al-Qaeda insurgents. One hundred ninety-three have been detained. Seventy-nine weapons caches have been found and captured. “Also on Monday, the senior US officials in Iraq issued their first […]

Democrats are making all kinds of election-year economic stimulus programs — which, of course, will not stimulate anything but their own political fortunes. Senator Clinton’s approach is to destroy the housing sector by freezing foreclosures, which would plunge banking and mortgage holders further into debt. Congressional Democrats are calling for tax rebates, extended unemployment benefits, […]

GOP Debate…HUCKABEE — Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Carl Cameron, “Governor Huckabee, your advisor, Ed Rollins, recently said the Reagan coalition of economic, social, and national security conservatives is gone. You’ve been quoted as saying that you’re not running for another Reagan term. Tell us, sir, what part of the coalition is gone and what has […]

The November elections will not be a referendum on Iraq. The growing stability there — thanks to the troop surge that Democrats fought tooth and nail — slammed that door in their faces. Identity politics (woman, minority, religion, etc.) won’t decide the election, either. Ultimately, the politics of personality will give way to the issues […]