It is a well-established fact that the United States is a center-right nation, yet over the last fifty years, the country’s laws and policies have slowly drifted leftward. One reason for this is that the Right has passively accepted the premise that the Left holds the middle ground. By labeling conservative ideas as extreme, the Left is laying claim to a default position in the center.
John Avlon Trashes Minnesota to Paint Bachmann and Pawlenty as Wingnuts
March 29, 2011 By
Not content to let Eric Alterman have all the fun of belittling Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Daily Beast writer John Avlon has joined the Bachmann bashing bandwagon, too. The Beast’s resident “extremism” hand-wringer is taking a more roundabout approach, suggesting that Bachmann is symptomatic of a broader radicalization of Minnesota, for which she and Gov. Tim Pawlenty “are going to have to answer for.”
Newt for President? I Don’t Know – And Neither Do You
June 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Another presidential race is around the corner, so tradition demands that we ask: Will Newt Gingrich run? As usual, the former Speaker of the House is non-committal. The Daily Beast’s Lloyd Grove just sat down with Gingrich to see if he could discern anything more definite:
“We are looking at it very seriously,” the erstwhile Republican [...]
The Health Care Battle Will Continue Until At Least 2012
March 23, 2010 By 2 Comments
The health care battle isn’t quite over. Many states are going to fight it as unconstitutional, and the GOP is on track to win the Senate in November, as I wrote on February 26. The trend for the Democratic candidates is still downwards and probably can’t be stopped or reversed by November. A Senate and/or House [...]
Perry for President? Maybe, But Slow Down
March 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Hot off the heels of Texas Governor Rick Perry’s decisive victory over Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson for the Lone Star State’s GOP gubernatorial nomination, Daily Beast columnist Mark McKinnon thinks the governor is well-positioned for a bid at the presidency, or at least the VP slot:
There’s a fight right now for the soul of the [...]
CPAC Shills for Islamic Terrorists
February 25, 2010 By 66 Comments
Troubling developments at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Gingrich Ain’t Bluffing This Time
January 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Gingrich 2012 campaign will have to “clarify” a few things.
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich reinforced his reputation as an attention-whore in 2008 by floating the possibility of a late entry into the presidential race. It wasn’t long after we started saying the words “President Obama” that the man Chris Farley impersonated with [...]
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Quote of the Day
December 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
They do not have more money. They are broke. Most of the entitlement programs are on the pathway of bankruptcy.
The federal government is running a Ponzi scheme. It just makes the national debt that much worse.
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, interviewed on Fox News.
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