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NY-23 Gingrich could not be more wrong

“If you seek to be a perfect minority, you’ll remain a minority,” Gingrich said in a written statement. “That’s not how Reagan built his revolution or how we won back the House in 1994.”
Why is Newt trying to rewrite history, including his own?  Does he believe sucking up to the Liberal Republicans [...]

Newt Gingrich Stop. Republicans Exclusionary Stop.

I am normally a fan of Newt. In fact he may be one of the most well read and articulate conservative commentators/speakers today. But his speech on Monday fell into the Mainstream Media trap.
The sound bite I have heard the most often is “Now one of the challenges to the Republican Party, are we prepared [...]

Still not buying the Gov. Jindal story.

I saw Governor Jindal on Meet the Press with David Gregory. Governor Jindal (of Louisiana) is being touted by many Republicans and the answer to Obama or even more crazy as the next Ronald Reagan. I do not buy it. He makes some good points about “strings attached” and long term spending impacts. But he [...]

Moderate Republicans and Crossing the Aisle

Well, it has been a while. Licking wounds, pondering the future… no. Sometimes work and kids take you away. In this case it was a needed and welcome diversion. It has given me time to work up a lather over the post-election coverage. So on we go….
There are two dominant opinions working there way around [...]

Background

I am a political junky and Reagan conservative [at least I think so].
I grew up during Carter and shaped much of my beliefs in the years that followed. I lived through the airraid drills in the schools, the Iranian hostage crisis, and double digit unemployment (my father was included). [...]