by Digby | May 11, 2015 | Conservatism
This story about a presidential visit to South Dakota: The motorcade wouldn’t pass for at least another hour, but already a small crowd was forming on the sidewalk. They huddled under blankets, carried signs and set up lawn chairs. “Am I wasting my time standing...
by Terrance Heath | May 8, 2015 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
They say everything’s bigger in Texas, and it looks like that applies to right-wing freak-outs, too. Things in the Lone Star State have gotten so loony that every former Texas governor Rick Perry can’t make sense of it. On Monday morning, Americans were shocked by...
by Bill Scher | May 7, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy
In March I asked "Are Republicans Insane Enough To Propose a Balanced Budget?" because balancing the budget in 10 years without any tax increases would mean embracing politically suicidal cuts. The answer: Yes, they are! Republicans not only proposed it, they passed...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 7, 2015 | Conservatism
Here we go again. If you believe the latest emanations from the right-wing fever swamps, President Obama is coming to take away your Christmas lights. "Federal Agency to Regulate Christmas Lights," warns The Daily Signal, the Heritage Foundation news site....
by Terrance Heath | May 6, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016, This Is The GOP
The addition of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee — along with Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina — to the increasingly crowded field of GOP presidential hopefuls officially makes this the week of the long-shot GOP candidates. Huckabee’s path to the White House is a...
by Bill Scher | May 6, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Thursday election in Great Britain will be a fascinating case study on multiple levels. Can an incumbent party survive a record of austerity? How can a party recover from past failures on the economy? Can the left side of the ideological spectrum come to agreement on...
