by Bill Scher | Dec 18, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
With former Florida Governor Jeb Bush "actively exploring" a run for president, much of the initial analysis centers on the question if he is too moderate to win the Republican primary. The more important question is if Jeb is too conservative to win the general...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 17, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Republicans finally have something to run on: fear. This week, it’s fear of Ebola. Of course, right-wing fear-mongers always leave out how conservatism made the Ebola crisis worse. Fox News contributor Stacey Dash called for the federal government to establish...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 14, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
If this week is a preview of what we’re in for with the next Congress, get ready to step through the looking glass and into a world where executive actions are impeachable offenses, and Duck Dynasty is Broadway bound. What a difference an election makes! Remember just...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 12, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Only the worst kind of wingnut could conclude that America is “awesome” in spite of — or because of — “forced anal feeding and re-hydration” of detainees. But that’s what we heard this week. Well, now we know. America did a whole lot more than “torture some folks.”...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 12, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy
With all of the justifiable anger directed at what's in the 2015 spending bill – the omnibus continuing resolution or "cromnibus" – that the House struggled to pass late Thursday, there is also a major story to be told about what's not in the bill. It's a story of...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
The first signs of the November election returns are apparent in the $1 trillion spending bill the lame duck Congress is about to pass in Washington. Ironically, this spending bill was forged with resurgent Republicans on their best behavior. They are still a...
