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Carly Fiorina — with luck, California’s next U.S. Senator *UPDATED*

[I didn’t take notes at the meeting I’m about to describe.  If you were there and did take notes or have a better memory than mine, and if you find any mistakes in what I wrote, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND...

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In November, it’s all about the conservative Congressional body count *UPDATED*

My mother has announced her voting position this November, and it can be summarized as “a plague on both their houses.”  A Democrat since she came to this country, she is disgusted by the Obamites, and...

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Worst campaign ad ever?

Some ads are so bad they’re good.  And some ads are so bad . . . they’re just really, really bad.  Lisa Murkowski’s first stab at her write-in campaign seems to have fallen into the latter category....

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Your Democrat government at work

I think Nancy’s new motto should be “La, la, la!  I caaan’t hear you!”

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Another good reason to elect ex-military people to political office

I am something of a sybarite.  Not in a big way, but in a little way.  I like two creature comforts:  a very comfortable bed (a liking that grows more important as I get older and suffer from fairly...

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Democrat priorities

We’re looking at a potential financial meltdown, and the lame duck Congress manages to find the time to send Obama a bill to mute the volume on TV commercials.  Is it any surprise that Americans are...

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Amusing New York Times headlines

Although Congress is in lame duck mode, it’s still a Democrat-led Congress in both houses, so much so that Dems can, technically, pass anything they want without Republican votes.  That’s why I found...

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Something very, very weird is going on in Washington *UPDATED*

Are the wheels coming off the bus, or are we witnessing the most brilliant, and dangerous, political theater in our life times? Here’s what it looked like a few days ago:  the President caved on...

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It takes a bureaucracy to kill a bureaucracy

Years ago, NPR did a story about the disgraceful way in which President Bush used executive orders to circumvent Congress.  Shame on him!  Sadly, I can’t find that story (although, maybe, if I had the...

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Eric Cantor

My well is dry today, as you’ve probably noticed, but I can highly recommend this article about Rep. Eric Cantor. Hat tip:  Soccer Dad, who isn’t blogging right now, but who is still paying attention....

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