Written by Samuel Smith
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., argued in Thursday night’s Fox News Republican presidential debate that an unborn child’s right to life is inherent under the United States Constitution and the passage of a constitutional amendment is not required to ban abortions.
Huckabee’s first response at the the primetime debate, which featured the top-10 polling GOP candidates, was prefaced by moderator Chris Wallace asking him how he would persuade Independents and Democrats to vote for him when he advocates strongly for constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage and abortion.… Continue Reading
Written by Thomas Sowell
The more optimistic among us may hope that the Republicans will nominate somebody who stands for something, rather than the bland leading the bland — the kind of candidates the Republican establishment seems to prefer, even if the voters don’t.
With 2015 just getting under way, the buzz of political activity makes it seem almost as if we are already in the midst of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Among the Democrats, Hillary Clinton is honing her message to appeal to the mindset of the left wing of her party, whose support she will need in her second attempt to get the nomination as the Democrats’ presidential candidate in 2016.… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, Calvin Coolidge, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Elizabeth Warren, Herbert Hoover, Hillary Clinton, Jeff Sessions, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Scott Walker, Theodore Roosevelt, Trey Gowdy
Federal Issues, Political | David E. Smith | January 23, 2015 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Early Presidential Prospects
Written by Brent Bozell
We are watching the wheels come off the most radical and dangerously incompetent administration in history. “I am not on the ballot this fall,” President Barack Obama proclaims, “but make no mistake: these policies are on the ballot. Every single one of them.”
This statement should be the final nail in the coffin for the Democrats. The GOP should be poised to win a landslide of historic proportions.
So why is there so much debate over whether they’ll win — at all?… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, George Bush, John Boehner, Kevin McCarthy, Mike Lee, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, Ronald Reagan, Ted Cruz
Federal Issues, Illinois Politics, Political | David E. Smith | October 18, 2014 5:00 AM | Comments Off on If GOP Blows Nov. Election, Its Anti-Conservative Strategy Will Be to Blame
Written by Micah Clark, AFA of Indiana
Scores of commentators have been rehashing the results of the November 6th election and advising the GOP on what it ought to do. Let me say this to Republicans: only a party of fools would now take advice from the same media establishment that worked around the clock to ensure your defeat. Instead of listening to the “talking heads” appearing on TV, both Republicans and Democrats would be wise to look at some amazing voter data from some truly large voting blocs. … Continue Reading