Obamateurism of the Day
Trailing. Remember how the national media portrayed George H. W. Bush as out of touch for supposedly marveling at a grocery store bar-code scanner? The story turned out to be almost entirely false,...
View ArticleObamateurism of the Day
All class. Normally I’d find some sort of clever way to introduce an OOTD, but on this one … I’ve got nothing: Another illustration of presidential hubris involved the Bush family. The White House put...
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Moderation. “‘We want a conservative nominee because that’s our best chance of winning. Look at the races in the last 30 years, we nominated a moderate: [John] McCain, [Bob] Dole, Gerald Ford. When...
View ArticleGeorge H. W. Bush to formally endorse Romney tomorrow
Can Poppy put an end to the primary? When I first read this Associated Press report, the first thought that came to mind was, “Didn’t former President George H. W. Bush already endorse Mitt Romney?”...
View ArticleCould Christie’s high approval rating put New Jersey in play for Romney?
Hmmm. If so, it would be quite a coup for Chris Christie, the famously combative chief executive in the Garden State. New Jersey hasn’t gone Republican in a presidential election since 1988, when...
View ArticleGallup: Latest Obama quarterly job-approval rating shows him vulnerable
Carter Country. Gallup had a dose of good news and bad news for President Obama on Friday. The good news? His quarterly job approval rose about two and a half points over the previous quarter. The...
View ArticleNewest Romney fundraiser is …
Unity. How’s this for unity? Conservatives have had varying levels of enthusiasm and reluctance in embracing Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee for President. When former Vice President and...
View ArticleWill: The party that produced four Bush nominations in 20 years is hardly...
Playing games. Let’s play a game that we used to play in school, and lay out a series of data points to see if anyone can guess what they have in common. Ready? Here we go: Bush, Bush, Dole, Bush,...
View ArticleVideo: A tribute to presidents past
Nostalgia. But really. It was only a brief aside from the RNC’s evening proceedings, but I thought it merited a mention: As I’ve argued before, I maintain that history is going to be kind to President...
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