Tuesday links
Don’t like what the groundhog has to say? It’s probably wrong – Punxsutawney Phil has been correct just 39% of the time since 1887. And here are way too many Groundhog Day links, including an analysis...
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Hillary Collapse 2.0 Is Now Underway!
From the Tuesday Morning Jolt:Hillary Collapse 2.0 Is Now Underway!On the other side of the aisle, the Democrats are speaking more openly about the fact that they’re losing their minds:In her speech...
View ArticleThe Inside Dope, Already
I used to like the Newsweek campaign book. All of us political junkies did. Newsweek would assign reporters to the various campaigns. The deal was, they could watch the campaign unfold, and not say...
View ArticleConversions
The new Bookmonger podcast is now available–a 10-minute conversation with Daniel Oppenheimer, author of Exit Right: The People Who Left the Left and Reshaped the American Century. We discuss the major...
View ArticleTed Cruz’s Smashing Victory in Iowa
I was proud to endorse Ted Cruz several weeks ago, so I obviously could not be more pleased with the caucus results last night in Iowa.It is only the first step in a long process, but it was a...
View ArticleRubio Wasn't the Winner Last Night, But He Played One on TV
Marco Rubio came third in Iowa last night. He didn’t win. He didn’t almost win. He came third, just behind Donald Trump. He is not a “cinch” for the nomination. He has not “proven his critics wrong.”...
View ArticleThe Obama Administration Misled Americans During the 2013 Debt-Ceiling Debate
You may not remember but in 2011, during the debt-ceiling showdown, I spent a lot of time arguing in the Corner against a straight up debt-ceiling increase. I fought that battle again in 2013. My main...
View ArticleTrump vs. Fox: The Donald's Big Error
Defeat has many fathers, they say. But it was last Thursday, as Donald Trump boycotted the Fox News debate out of pique at moderator Megan Kelly, that I proclaimed on John Batchelor’s radio show that...
View ArticleVoters Have Spoken in Iowa, and They Will Not Stand for Cronyism
Several of us have remarked that on the issue of cronyism Senator Ted Cruz has been more principled and courageous than any other candidates in this race as he continued to stick to his opposition to...
View ArticleTrump's Latest Insane Excuse
Oh, come on.Because I was told I could not do well in Iowa, I spent very little there – a fraction of Cruz & Rubio. Came in a strong second. Great honor— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February...
View ArticleSeven Things that Caught My Eye Today (Feb 2, 2016)
1. You can’t build a party, or a majority, on the Trump constituency. But ignoring it is both politically stupid and actually wicked.— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) February 2, 20162. 13 Mollie Hemingway...
View ArticleCould Marco Rubio Collect All of South Carolina’s Major Endorsements?
Just as Marco Rubio was exceeding expectations in last night’s Iowa caucuses, news began leaking out that a major endorsement was on the way: Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina.It is, of course,...
View ArticleThe Coming Trump/Establishment Onslaught against Marco Rubio
Ted Cruz won in Iowa, but there are now four politicians whose presidential ambitions immediately depend on grinding Marco Rubio into dust in New Hampshire. He did what he had to do last night — indeed...
View ArticleCivil Society in Action
When we conservatives talk about civil society, we tend to emphasize churches, civic and fraternal groups, charities, schools, small businesses, and the like. All of these are immensely important. But...
View ArticleThe Race After Iowa
My column on Cruz’s win, which was impressive but also showed some vulnerabilities. One additional point: While the Democratic caucuses showed a deep generational split, the Republican ones instead...
View ArticleA False Attack On Cruz's Tax Plan
Rubio consultant Todd Harris is tweeting out a Fortunearticle that claims that Senator Cruz “wants to raise taxes on your grandma.” The argument goes that Cruz’s plan includes a value-added tax, which...
View ArticleHillary Did Not Win Last Night
All the newscasts now are proclaiming Hillary Clinton the extremely narrow winner of last night’s Democratic caucuses, at least in terms of “delegate equivalents,” which is the only way the Donkey...
View ArticleMarco Rubio and the Difference Between Being 'Establishment' and Someone...
Let’s begin with a simple proposition — unless a candidate is seeking to fundamentally transform the GOP coalition (see, for example, Donald Trump), then winning a general election means uniting every...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: N.H. Will See ‘Cannibalism of the Mainstream Candidates’
If the remaining governors in the Republican primary — John Kasich, Jeb Bush, and Chris Christie — cannot beat Rubio in New Hampshire, “They should really drop out,” Charles Krauthammer said...
View ArticleServing “Europe and the Public Good”
The Economisthas praised Angela Merkel as “the indispensable European”.If these comments by the former head of ZDF Bonn [ZDF is a public broadcaster] are accurate, we now have a better idea of what...
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