08/17/20
It's time for the Republican Party to make clear what it stands for, and here's our idea of a platform (or contract) that would be in tune with the times.
Read More...Tags: potential 2020 election outcomes, GOP rally, Status quo, Dem win, Dem sweep, Senate filibuster rule, President Donald Trump, Joe Biden, William Barr, Rep. Newt Gingrich, balance budget, Congressional budget rules, tax changes, regulations, Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare, GovCare, Social Security, Illegal immigration, FISA warrants, Congressional term limits
04/22/19
It's time to bin the endless investigations of the Trump campaign/administration and unite behind the GOP tax cuts. Read More...Tags: wind and solar power, Illegal immigration, fiscal problem, Victor David Hanson, Identity politics, Mueller report, Robert Mueller, FBI investigation, William Barr , collusion in Russian interference, Obstruction of justice, burden of proof, Hogan Gidley, investigate the investigators, James Comey, Hillary Clinton, roadmap for impeachment, Senate Judiciary Committee, House Judiciary Committee, Full (unredacted) report subpoena, Salena Zito, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, TurboTax, New York Times, Washington Post
02/11/19
The president’s address to Congress was politically astute, but it painted an excessively rosy picture of the true "state of the union." Read More...Tags: SOTU, President Donald Trump, President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama, tea party movement, border barriers, Illegal immigration, dreamers, Right to Try, International Pricing Index, manmade global warming theory, fossil fuels, Green New Deal, Medicare for all, socialism, deficits, debt, paid family leave, tariffs, trade talks with China, NAFTA, USMCA, Reciprocal Trade Act, National Taxppayers Union, INF Treaty, South China Sea, Taiwan, Kim Jong Un, Juan Guaido, Maduro regime, principled realism, ISIS, USS Cole attack, Iran Nuclear Deal, anti-Semitism
08/20/18
No Labels posits that unity will result if politicians discuss the issues, but experience suggests otherwise. It might be better to debate the issues and aim for timely and well-informed decisions. Read More...Tags: The Three Musketeers, "No labels" movement, Obama administration, economic redistribution, economic growth , President Donald Trump, A Better Deal, Medicare for all, Kerri Harris, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Tom Carper, Irrational exuberance, SAFE's job manifesto, David Smick, Main Street capitalism, Social Security, John Stossel, Leon Panetta, Illegal immigration, government shutdown
07/02/18
Robust political debate is great, but underhanded tactics and vicious personal attacks are dangerous. Never mind who threw the first stone, our political leaders should get back to the issues. Read More...Tags: 2116 presidential election, President Donald Trump, James Comey, Robert Mueller, Rod Rosenstein, Heraclitus, Illegal immigration, family separations, FBI Trump-Russia investigation, Hillary Clinton, IG report, Michael Horowitz, Christopher Wray, Rep. Jim Jordan, Rep. Trey Gowdy, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Kristjen Nielsen, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, "families belong together", "abolish ICE"
02/05/18
The State of the Union address was effective political theater, which received a favorable response from the American public. But when and how is the GOP going to tackle the fiscal problem? Read More...Tags: Constitution , State of the Union address, President Donald Trump, US economy, streamline regulations, cut taxes, one American family, veterans , American flag, Illegal immigration, external threats, Ashlee Leppert, David Dahlberg, Steve Staub, Sandy Keplinger, Corey Adams, Preston Sharp, Kayla Cuevas, Neesa Mickens, Celestino Martinez, Ryan & Rebecca Holets, Justin Peck, Otto Warmbier, Mr. Ji Sung-Ho, Rep. Luis Guterrez, congressional generic ballot, fiscal problem, appropriation bills, defense budget caps, paid family leave, Ivanka Trump, DACA fix, path to citizenship, border wall funding, visa lottery, chain migration, infrastructure, firing federal employees for cause, Right to Try, Guantanamo, Iran Nuclear Deal
09/21/15
Aside from the moderator-provoked bickering, here’s what happened. Read More...Tags: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Jake Tapper of CNN, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, Ben Carson, Crhis Christie, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, Scott Walker, Vladimir Putin, Bashar Assad, Radical jihadists, Illegal immigration