Elections Blog

Ben Cardin, the Democrats’ $4 million man (and that’s just the primary)

In an example of Party discipline that would have made Stalin’s commissars proud, the Maryland Democratic machine recruited and nominated Congressman Ben Cardin to defeat Kweisi Mfume, a former congressman and past president of the NAACP, who - in the opinion of many political [...]

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senator allen has every right to be angry. his reputation has been dragged through the mud by the media. vicious rumors have been spread about him. even though he hasn’t dealt with all the questions very well at times, that still doesn’t take away from the fact that quite a few lines have been [...]

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What are the correct terms for homosexual couples and their family members? Somebody tell us. I, and perhaps you, have struggled with this one for a long time. I am so behind the times that I still struggle with how to refer to unmarried heterosexual couples, much less gay ones. (See side bar) In an [...]

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Hezbollah anti-Condi banner

It is disturbing to see criticism of Dr. Rice in the conservative blogosphere after her recent keynote address to the American Task Force on Palestine gala in Washington, DC, October 11, 2006. The dinner was held to honor a Republican Arab-American, (Blog editor’s note: Please accept our appologies for using a “hyphenated American” [...]

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Rudy Giuliani, dubbed “America’s Mayor” by none other than French President Jacque Chirac, has consistently come out at, or near, the top of polls for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. These same polls have Senator McCain and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice rounding out the top three. The rest of the pack are [...]

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We are featured in a news story today on the ABC News website. It talks about our movement and the possibility of Condi running for President. My favorite part of the article talks about how Condi is being groomed to become a possible contender for 2008.
It’s media exposure like this that will encourage people [...]

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The Republican leadership of the House, and especially Speaker Dennis Hastert, need to seize the opportunity to resign their leadership positions NOW.  Their replacements need to be thrown “into the breech” as soon as possible so that they can maximize their effectiveness prior to the midterm elections.   In doing so they can  dramatically illustrate the differences between Democratic [...]

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Right, or wrong, celebrities play a large role in our nation’s political life.  It’s a point that shouldn’t be lost on us and our efforts.
It took Cher to turn the issue of better combat helmets into a newsworthy item.  And she was more successful than all of our generals, wounded veterans, etc.  (MSNBC, ABC)  Dr. Rice, being something of [...]

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The stakes for the 2006 election are huge. And it is incumbent upon all of us to make sure that when “Secretary Rice” becomes “President Rice” that she’ll be in a position to govern effectively. If control of the Senate or the House is lost in 2006, her position will be weakened considerably.

Diana Irey [...]

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She is, to almost all Republicans, the “800-pound gorilla,” in the 2008 election. (This is not a reference to her any of her physical characteristics.) However, Americans for Dr. Rice has been very careful not to follow Dick Morris’ lead and make the next presidential contest a strictly “Condi vs. Hillary” affair. The possibility of [...]

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The Democrats, far too worried about litigation than lives, were blocked today, when they tried to “rein in President Bush’s domestic wiretapping program Wednesday amid a sustained White House campaign to give the administration broad authority to monitor, interrogate and prosecute terrorism suspects.”
While refusing to give the president a blank …

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i don’t support gingrich for the republican nomination. i do support his candidacy because i think that he will sharpen up the other candidates and force them to make compelling, thoughtful, and well-thought out arguments on the issues of the day. newt is a smart guy. he may not be [...]

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senator george allen of virginia could possibly be the republican nominee for president in 2008, beating out guiliani, romney, and mccain. i’m not sure this is the best pick for the republicans. he is charming, and personable, and he says what conservatives want to hear. he did vote against the senate amnesty bill, and that’s [...]

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the republicans have a problem, and it’s more serious than the prospect of losing power in november. as much as we would like to think we have an advantage because howard dean is leading the democratic party, we can’t ignore the leadership void in our own party. who’s in charge here? the president is [...]

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A new poll finds Americans support Democrats candidate in the next Congressional elections.
When asked whom they would vote for “if elections for Congress were held today,” 45% of U.S. adults said they would vote for the Democratic candidate and 30% would vote for the Republican, according to a new Harris Interactive poll. 
This is a 4% increase for Democrat [...]

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In Opinion Editorials (”All the opinions that are fit to print” — a project of the Frontiers of Freedom center-right think tank), Lee Ellis, a retired journalist who previously worked for CBS and Gannett, filed his August 8, 2006, article, Candidates for President in 2008–Who’s Needed in an Era of Terrorism? (He must’ve worked in [...]

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It looks like the Republican spring of George W. Bush will have to wait another generation.
According to a new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll, Americans 18 to 24 years of age give President George Bush an approval rating of just 20 percent, with 53 percent disapproving and 28 percent having no opinion of him at all.
Much like Franklin Roosevelt attracted a new generation [...]

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Click here to see larger image, when enlarged to a full screen image it is quite readable.

This is a copy of the actual Waco Tribune-Herald newspaper today, Sunday, August 6, 2006. Congratulations to all that were involved. Job very well done. Special thanks to Valerie of the Crawford Texas website for scanning and sending [...]

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In a political gambit trying to position himself for the 2008 Republican primary by distancing himself from Bush (43) , Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel again parts company with the Bush administration and offers his unsolicited advice about the Middle East. (link)
If we get enough donors for an extra set of “brass ones” like we’re getting [...]

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Stabbed in the back?

It is disconcerting to see Republicans bicker among themselves and jockey for political advantage. To those of us outside the beltway, the pettiness of these disputes is sickening. This week, Insight on the News, published an article, “Dump Condi: Foreign policy conservatives charge State Dept. has hijacked Bush agenda,” that is a [...]

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