The Euro Lives to Fight Another Day
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 1st, 2011 4:31 am by HL
The Euro Lives to Fight Another Day
An Amen for Albany
Walter Olson, Wall Street Journal
For those of us who support same-sex marriage and also consider ourselves to be right of center, there were special reasons to take satisfaction in last Friday's vote in Albany. New York expanded its marriage law not under court order but after deliberation by elected lawmakers with the signature of an elected governor. Of the key group of affluent New Yorkers said to have pushed the campaign for the bill, many self-identify as conservative or libertarian. A GOP-run state Senate gave the measure its approval.Ground shifts could be felt among the conservative commentariat as well. At…
Perry Has History of Acrimony With George W. Bush
Mark Barabak, LAT
Rick Perry was in Iowa three years ago, talking up a favored candidate, when the subject turned to George W. Bush, the president and a fellow Republican who preceded Perry as Texas governor. Bush, or “George,” as Perry called him, was no fiscal conservative — “never was” — and his work on tort reform, a subject dear to Republican hearts, paled next to Perry's achievements, the governor said.
Perry Adviser: Secessionism Criticism Is Baseless
Erin McPike, RCP
By Erin McPike – June 30, 2011Critics of Rick Perry already have begun to drop into the political conversation two hurdles facing him should he launch a presidential bid this summer, but they don't pass muster with the Texas governor's chief political adviser, David Carney.Ask a political strategist inside the Beltway to assess Perry's prospects for landing the GOP nomination — or the presidency — and a common response is: “He called for Texas to secede from the union, so he'll never be president,” even though that's not quite true. The second thing you…
Why, Oh Why, Was Obama in Iowa?
James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
“With a key test of the GOP presidential field just over a month and a half away, candidates are descending on Iowa this week to sharpen their appeal to voters in the first caucus state,” the Hill reports. “Four announced or potential Republican candidates, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), are visiting the Hawkeye State this week–as is the man they are looking to defeat in 2012: President Obama.”We suppose the pool of “potential” candidates includes every natural-born citizen over 33½ other than Bill Clinton and George W. Bush–but fine,…
