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Tort Reform Lawsuit Abuse

By J. Wesley ⋅ April 5, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I think tort reform is one of the most underutilized issues for Republicans.  One of the first things they should do is stop talking about torts.  The average American has only a vague notion of what a tort is or else thinks it’s a pastry.  You don’t get an emotional response from people by attacking pastries.  (Though you might […]

Latino Voters, Conservatism and the GOP, Part I

By J. Wesley ⋅ April 4, 2008 ⋅ One comment

In one of our comment threads, our pal Marc was lamenting that Republicans can never win over Latino voters. As he sees it, the Democrats’ capacity for pandering outweighs anything Republicans might be able to do. He’s right, to an extent. As things stand now, Republicans will do well to hold on to the Latino […]

What would make you a “suicide voter”?

By J. Wesley ⋅ April 3, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

This election has more people talking about crossing over to the other party or else sitting out the election entirely than any I’ve seen.  On the Democratic side, 20%+ of both Hillary and Obama supporters say they’ll switch if their liberal loses.
You have a lot of less-than-gruntled people on the Republican side as well.  For […]

Hillary for New York Governor?

By J. Wesley ⋅ March 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Several sites are reporting that Dem leaders are dangling the New York governorship to Hillary as an incentive to drop out. That’s as likely as the Terminator being content with killing Sarah Connor instead of John. This is the kind of thinking that led to Munich — “Of course he’ll be content with the Sudetenland.”

Can’t Shake the Devil’s Hand and Say You’re Only Kidding.

By J. Wesley ⋅ March 27, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Barack Obama had no illusions about the racist beliefs of the very wrong Rev. Wright. It would require a childlike suspension of disbelief normally found only in Renaissance Faire enthusiasts (or Obama supporters) to believe otherwise.
So the rest of us are left with two options:
1. Obama felt an ideological affinity with Wright, and stayed because […]

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