All posts tagged: OP-EDS
Some say that the Republican Party needs to find new issues to champion if it hopes to become America’s majority party. There is something to this. But being a conservative party, the GOP should also look to the past, where wisdom often resides. In that spirit, Republicans once again should take a strong stand against
Read MoreWe’ve both had the honor to work in the White House. We’ve seen presidents, vice presidents, chiefs of staff and national security advisers during moments of international crisis. We know that in these moments human beings make mistakes. There are failures of communication and errors of judgment. Perfection certainly isn’t the standard to which policy
Read MoreSince Nov. 6, Republicans have, for perfectly understandable reasons, expressed their deep disappointment with the election results. But even in defeat something significant and positive occurred: Republicans fought Democrats to a draw on the issue of Medicare. That was supposed to be impossible. Republicans were warned that if their nominee made even sympathetic noises about
Read MoreIt wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t easy, but Mitt Romney has essentially locked up the GOP nomination. On Super Tuesday, the former Massachusetts governor won the most states (six out of 10), the most votes (nearly 1.4 million vs. 819,000 for his closest rival, Rick Santorum) and the most delegates (more than 210 Super Tuesday
Read MoreSince the founding of the republic, most Americans have believed there is an important connection between personal character and political leadership. Many qualities define character. But thanks to male politicians on both sides of the aisle—including Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Eliot Spitzer, John Ensign and John Edwards—the issue of character often
Read MoreThanks to Donald Trump—real-estate mogul, reality-TV star, and possible candidate for the Republican presidential nomination—a fringe conspiracy theory is now front and center in American politics: the claim that President Barack Obama might not be a natural-born American citizen. By focusing on Mr. Obama’s birth certificate, Mr. Trump has garnered a lot of attention and
Read MoreOn the matter of a possible government shutdown, this needs to be said: The impasse is the product of a striking failure of governance by President Obama and his party. The reason we’re debating the 2011 budget several months into the fiscal year is because for the first time in almost four decades, Congress failed
Read MoreThe Obama administration’s budget is deeply deceptive. Its claim to reduce the deficit by more than a trillion dollars over 10 years is based on annual growth rates far higher than what the Congressional Budget Office predicts. Inflating the economy’s growth in the manner President Obama does means his administration is assuming almost $2 trillion
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