Ex-Sen. Bob Smith Is Back, But Have N.H. Voters Noticed?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 13th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Ex-Sen. Bob Smith Is Back, But Have N.H. Voters Noticed?
Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — Two months before the New Hampshire Republican Senate primary, Bob Smith was scrutinizing a shopping cart full of watermelons near the checkout line at Sully’s Market. “That’s a ripe melon,” the former two-term U.S. senator said as he flicked one of the green fruits with his thumb and forefinger. Next, Smith turned his attention to a less desirable specimen in the cart and replicated the ripeness test for the benefit of state Rep. John Hikel, a local supporter who was escorting the candidate on what had been billed as a canvass of downtown Goffstown but turned into…
The Left’s Hollow Complaints About Hobby Lobby
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
Progressives are fond of saying that they stand for empathy and compromise, and are quick to blame conservatives for polarizing our politics. Their feverish reaction last week to the Supreme Court’s thoughtful 5-4 decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. shows that progressives could use more of the virtues they claim as their own. The case involves three family-run, for-profit corporations. Norman and Elizabeth Hahn and their three sons own and operate Conestoga Wood Specialties. David and Barbara Green and their three children run Hobby Lobby, a nationwide chain of arts and…