Katie Paul rounds up the conservative responses to the Inauguration speech

Here.
Her piece includes the reaction from a 2012 GOP hopeful. (No, contrary to what you may have heard, Politiwatch is not in the tank for Romney. If I had to guess, I’d say that Tobias is leaning toward Jindal. As for me? Ron Paul was so dead-on with his [...]

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Is This The “A” List?

Brian Gaines, who is with the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and is also a political science professor, had this to say when asked by the Daily Illini about the next GOP presidential candidate:
Whether successful or not, I don’t think anybody is likely in the next two years to emerge as the likely [...]

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Real life, satire, ever closer.

The staff of Times and Seasons has selected Mitt Romney as 2008 Mormon of the Year.
“During 2008, Romney concluded the most credible presidential campaign of any Mormon to date and dominated the U.S. national news early in the year like no single Mormon has in recent memory,” organizer Kent S. Larsen said in an e-mail [...]

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The strange case of Romney v. Romney

Does anyone else find Mitt Romney’s various positions on economic recovery plans self-contradictory?
This is surely the time for economic stimulus. But — and this is the crucial point — the government can’t just make itself bigger and more oppressive in the guise of stimulating the economy. That would make matters worse. Nor should we forget [...]

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GOP 2012 Readiness Test, Part 1

Many post-mortems in the past month have espoused upon the GOP’s failures in embracing technology and message dissemination. I took a look at the 2012 candidates’ website to see if they have learned anything from these lessons. I rated these websites on a scale of 1 to 5 in three areas: Issues pages, Web 2.0 [...]

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When Republicans Act Like Republicans…

This is how the news headlines read:

Auto Bailout Appears Halted in Senate as GOP Resists
Republicans Attempt to Stall Spread of Bailout Culture
Killing the Stimulus Plan Key to GOP Rebound
Ron Paul, Bailouts Are An Embarassment
Romney: Auto Industry Bailout Check Is Not the Solution
House Republicans Unveil Free-Market Solution For Big Three

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Romney’s Serious About 2012 Bid

Here’s the link.
Here’s the PAC.
Here’s the bio.
Here are the positions.

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Inferior product design, onerous labor contracts, an economic slowdown…

…and now, terrible manufacturing processes.
A friend mentioned a piece he heard recently describing an as-yet untold factor in our automotive manufacturing decline. While many assembly line workers spend most of their time with their hands on the product, many others spend most of their time sitting, reading, and chatting. Meaning, if [...]

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And now the UAW responds to Mitt Romney.

Here.
In fairness, this morning U.S. Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) made the only case possible for an automakers’ bailout. He insisted that, were this a question of three companies, he would vote against the bailout and let the Big Three fail. Yet with all of the liabilities that Detroit has on its balance sheets, it [...]

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As non-Palin matters go, this is interesting. Sort of. I guess.

Mitt Romney voices his opposition to the bailout.
General Motors answers.
As alluring as it is to blame Detroit’s troubles on its non-response to market conditions, a steep economic downturn and burdensome labor contracts certainly haven’t helped.

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