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 […]

ABC – Gary Langer: This was so off-the-charts wrong. All of these polls. I think there were a couple of exceptions, but all the big-time polls, as you know, had it Obama up by five to ten, some cases 12 points. Now, they got the Republican race fairly close, but they really blew the Democrat […]

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 […]

I’m not abandoning conservatism like many are while debating the current crop of candidates. These are ones who are abandoning conservative beliefs, for reasons that scare me… You’re not thinking. You’re feeling. You’re seeing something that’s conservative when it’s not because you want it to be. You’re falling into this trap of becoming victims. You’re […]

New Year’s Eve, the Gallup poll released its annual survey on Americans and the level of satisfaction with their personal lives. Eighty-four percent of Americans say that they are satisfied with their personal lives at this time, including a solid majority who say they are very satisfied. The personal satisfaction level contrasts sharply, though, with […]