When Governor Mark Sanford abandoned his job to win back his lover and destroy his family, I can’t say that I approved of that. However, once the damage had been done and the smoke had cleared, I was actually sort… Continue Reading
Man, that’s one expensive trip Mark Sanford just took to Buenos Aires. I don’t mean the airfare, hotel, and car rental. He’ll be paying that price in the future.
Iran falls into national paralysis as the nation reels from apparently-corrupted elections. Initially, there’s little way for us in the West to tell if the elections were less democratic than expected, but over time we learn that the returns came… Continue Reading
He’s the one showing both leadership and principle on this. I’m not so sure that some House Republicans are voting no on the stimulus just to be obstructionist (although I do think that Sully has overstated the case about “war”… Continue Reading
Mark Sanford is really becoming my hero. He’s turning into the leader of the anti-bailout, pro-fiscal responsibility and libertarian wing of the party, the one where I think the future lies and from which good policy will eventually emerge. Here’s… Continue Reading
I’ve said it before — conservatism isn’t really about getting in to peoples’ bedrooms and telling them when and how they can have sex. It isn’t about telling people to go to church or paying for them to do it,… Continue Reading
The corpse of the McCain campaign isn’t even cold yet. And all of these Republican politicians already have speaking engagements in Iowa in the very near future, or are in the process of lining them up: Bobby Jindal, the Governor… Continue Reading
You’ll be hearing from Mark Sanford, the Governor of South Carolina, more in the future. He has experience in Congress, is reasonably photogenic, and comes from a state that occurs early in the Presidential primary schedule. He’s making a bid… Continue Reading
I asked NAPP readers who, from a list of nine possible choices, would be the best choice for John McCain to make as his running mate. Eight of the nine were Republicans (obviously any such list will consist of all… Continue Reading
I’ve been talking about Rudy Giuliani’s pitch to conservatives for some time now. The conundrum is how to reconcile a pro-choice, pro-gay-rights, pro-gun-control municipal leader to a religious right that has formed the backbone of the footsoldiers and mid- to… Continue Reading