What if I had been right a year ago? What if the parties had nominated Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton instead of Barack Obama and John McCain? Would the race be as one-sided with those candidates? Personally, I think that… Continue Reading
Andrew Sullivan, an unabashed Obama Republican, offers ten reasons why conservatives should vote for Obama next week. I can’t blame the guy for trying. And he’s got some good points. But he’s got some weak ones, too. Read Sully first… Continue Reading
In terms of largely economic policy, Pete Du Pont’s alarmist forecast for the Obama Administration sounds pretty expensive to me: So where is the new Obama administration likely to take us? Seven things seem certain: The U.S. military will withdraw… Continue Reading
I really like this photograph of our next President. It’s a detail of a photo that was taken earlier today by an AP photographer who is assigned to the Obama beat in Honolulu. Hawaii is a pretty reliably Democratic state,… Continue Reading
Here’s the logic. Obama has particular appeal to non-white voters. Non-white voters tend to be more religious (read: more Christian, although not necessarily the case) than white voters. Religiously active voters are much more likely to support Prop. 8 because… Continue Reading
I hadn’t planned on making a candidate endorsement. But I think at this point, it’s what’s needed. Now, bear in mind that I’ve been a pretty loyal Republican for most of my life. I’ve in the past held my nose… Continue Reading
The state of Hawaii adopted universal health care for infants and newborns earlier this year. Today, Hawaii’s Governor had to suspend the program because it was bankrupting the state.
The United States is not a country with strong party discipline. Every campaign features a few cross-party endorsements. Every Democrat gets a few prominent Republicans to endorse him, and every Republican gets a few prominent Democrats to endorse him. So… Continue Reading
By now, if you’re still following news from the Presidential campaign, you’ve come across the two-day-old trope of pouncing on Sarah Palin for differentiating “pro-America” parts of the country from other areas. Compounding it was another remark, which I’m not… Continue Reading
Perhaps the first and foremost concern I have for what the President of the United States does is what kind of people the President will appoint to the Supreme Court. That has the most impact on my day-to-day and professional… Continue Reading