Unrealistic Expectations
No, Barack Obama will not pay your mortgage for you. Joe Biden will not give you a free fill-up. You may even have to hold on to that job you don’t necessarily like.
Domestic Politics
A Most Compelling Reason To Vote For McCain
Cindy McCain explains why it’s in your best interests to vote for her husband.
Looks Like A Mistake To Me
The thing that won the 2000 and 2004 elections for Bush, more than anything else, was a really strong get-out-the-vote effort in critical swing states. So seeing the McCain campaign decide to spend its last several million dollars on ad… Continue Reading
Ugliness Knows No Party
Republicans are not the only party that engages in gay-bashing to try and win elections. Over in Kentucky, Mitch McConnell is in what is thought to be a competitive race. McConnell is the minority leader in the U.S. Senate, so… Continue Reading
Last Poll Numbers
We can’t expect any more polling numbers on Prop. 8 until the only poll that really counts — the election – takes place on Tuesday. So here you go. Today’s Field Poll is showing Prop. 8 trailing by a margin… Continue Reading
Twelve Deadly Sins Of Leadership
A leader need not have all the answers to all of the problems that the leader must confront. This is to say, not personally. The point of leadership is that you are the one in charge of a team of… Continue Reading
Just A Hypothetical
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
Conservative Reasons To Vote For Obama
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
Pete Du Pont Predicts A Europeanized America
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
A Proper Response To Judicial Immodesty
My pledge to move on to issues other than Prop. 8 hasn’t lasted very long, I’m afraid. An old friend, a lawyer, wrote me today after reading the blog. He indicated, quite convincingly, that he agreed with me that same-sex… Continue Reading