Gingrich: invest in shares of ramen noodles, Dollar Store

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said today that the U.S. economic downturn is much worse than political leaders admit and predicted the recovery will take three to five years.
The financial meltdown points to “a much more profound problem than people think” as American industries and education have lost ground to China and India, [...]

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Paul on the package.

Money quote:
There is a lot of stimulus and growth in this bill – that is, of government. Nothing in this bill stimulates the freedom and prosperity of the American people. Politician-directed spending is never as successful as market-driven investment. Instead of passing this bill, Congress should get out of the way by cutting taxes, cutting [...]

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Perspective.

Apparently crowds sent then-former-president George Bush off with a rousing chant of:
Na na na na,
na na na na,
hey hey hey
goodbye!
And, as always, one of Ann Althouse’s commenters absolutely nails it:
Actually, the “Na na hey hey” thing is perfectly appropriate. Large portions of the left and right have always seen politics from the perspective of a [...]

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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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There is heretofore only one prohibited word on this blog

And that is “Bush.” At least when following the name “George W.” And unless used well in context.
But what a long, strange eight years it’s been, no?
For the record I wish President Obama very well. To the shock of my wife I will add that many of his challenges appear [...]

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File in the “Not Gonna Happen” Category

Former congressman Tom Davis (R-VA) claims to have the cure for the GOP’s Wilderness-itis:
So what do we do? First, we eliminate checklists and litmus tests and focus on broad principles, not heavy-handed prescriptions. Free trade. Strong defense – at home and abroad. Government as small as is practicable in these times. Economic, education [...]

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Pop quiz!

Who is my favorite bass guitar-playing conservative, you ask?  That’s easy.  It’s J. Tobias Reuel.
My second favorite might be Mike Huckabee, although one never knows what sort of musical instruments Ron Paul has tucked in a case under the bed.  But let’s for sake of argument say that it Mr. Huckabee, since the former Arkansas [...]

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The cult of the presidency: GOP edition

Why are we, and I do not exclude Tobias or myself, counting the moments until the 2012 presidential election?
That’s simple. The myriad of other elections and referenda are mere local affairs, even elections for U.S. senators and representatives. We get together only once, and only every four years, to achieve something together. [...]

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No Need For Distractions While We’re Soul Searching

Here’s a no-nonsense analysis of the GOP as it currently is and as it hopes to one day find itself. I didn’t expect this kind of objectivity from an article published by a San Francisco newspaper, but then I saw the post-article mini-bio and discovered that it was written by Bill Whalen, a research fellow [...]

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Tilling New Soil and Replanting Existing Soil

After the 2006 and 2008 election fiascoes, the GOP needs to make up some ground and do it quick. That’s obvious. This article in Milwaukee’s Journal-Sentinel suggests that we till some Upper Midwest soil. In the article, a Democratic election analyst named Ruy Teixeira (no relation to the whiny, money-grubbing former Texas Rangers’ 1st baseman) [...]

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