Rand Paul for GOP running mate?
In coming out against a Chuck Schumer bill to establish a federal ban on synthetic marijuana, Rand Paul has put himself in the vanguard of politicians who question excesses in Washington’s war on...
View ArticlePaul Ryan for GOP running mate?
There are many reasons why Mitt Romney might want to pick House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan as his running mate. The 2012 presidential race will be about Ryan budget anyway. David Plouffe...
View ArticleTom Coburn for GOP running mate?
Whom Should Mitt Romney pick as his running mate? One interesting pick would be Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn. Coburn is a notorious and long-time enemy of pork-barrel spending, who fought against such...
View ArticleSusana Martinez for GOP running mate?
Why wouldn’t Mitt Romney pick New Mexico Gov. Susan Martinez to be his running mate? If generals always fight the last war, political types are always running the last election. So they’re likely to...
View ArticleWhy Condi Rice won’t be on GOP ticket
Unlike some Republicans, I admire former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. She’s smart. She’s tough. She’s a fine Repbulican. I like that she’s “mildly pro-choice” and would love to see a female...
View ArticleFive things you should know about Paul Ryan
I was wrong about Mitt Romney’s choice of running mate, and I couldn’t be happier. I thought Romney would pick the most boring white guy possible to join him on the ticket. Instead he picked the most...
View ArticleRepublican hunters versus Democrat lawyers
When he ran for the White House in 2007, Mitt Romney made the mistake of saying that he liked to hunt “small varmints.” That didn’t quite endear him to the taxidermy corner of the GOP. Hunting clearly...
View ArticleAyn Rand at the GOP convention
In light of running mate Paul Ryan’s attachment to Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,” I’ve been reading the tome and talking to folks at the Republican convention about Rand. Have they read her work? Was it...
View ArticleWho called Carly Fiorina a “deadbeat”?
The New York Times ran an interesting story today on Carly Fiorina’s efforts to frame herself as a distaff GOP alternative to Hillary Clinton. I was particularly interested in this paragraph: She...
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