Obamacare’s problems have taken a toll on the president’s job approval numbers. What is worse is that President Obama’s poll numbers are sinking even though the stock market is hitting new highs and the job market is slowly healing. Even the economy stays on the same path (or a . . . . Continue Reading »
Kevin Noble Maillard is trying to read into the significance of New York City mayor-elect Bill de Blasio being part of an interracial marriage: Enter the domestic hipsterdom of racially mixed family, a multivalent Rorschach for political campaigns. It appeals to multiple demographic groups. . . . . Continue Reading »
Ramesh Ponnuru argues that Chris Christie’s impending win shows that a social conservative can win in purple (or even blue) territory. Samuel Goldman argues that the price for these social conservatives being elected is that they must not actually do much to advance their policies. I’m . . . . Continue Reading »
David Weigel has a good (both civil and probing) interview with Nebraska Republican Senate candidate Ben Sasse. I’m not sure I agree with Weigel’s framing of Sasse as a Ted-Cruz-type. Reading the Weigel interview and other stories about Sasse, my sense is that Sasse . . . . Continue Reading »
I very strongly recommend Mike Lee’s speech at the Heritage Foundation on the importance of American conservatism taking a reformist and pro-middle-class turn. What is most encouraging is that this speech on upward mobility, the importance of pro-parent tax reform and the centrality of . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Continetti has a terrific column about how the Center for American Progress was able to connect liberal fundraisers, grassroots activists, intellectuals and Democratic politicians to move the Democratic party and the political culture to the left. By 2008, even though the various . . . . Continue Reading »
Henry Olsen has written a fascinating and important article about the voting habits and worldview of the white working-class. Republicans aren’t doing so well with them. Olsen reports that Obama won non-southern whites who earn less than $45,000. Mitt Romney did a mediocre-to-lousy job of . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl Scott writes about the WSJ Weekend Interview with Stanley Druckenmiller, ” in ” Pay No Attention to that Baby-Boomer behind the Curtain !” I was going to write about that piece in simpler terms. Redistribution does not really go from rich to poor, but from . . . . Continue Reading »
At least Mike Lee takes an occasional interest in the struggles of middle-class and working poor families. My On The Square column is on how the Republican establishment and Tea Party populists each have self-serving and self-destructive illusions about persuadable voters. . . . . Continue Reading »
I haven’t had much to say about the partial government shutdown/debt ceiling squabble because I find it simultaneously confusing, irritating, and boring. I wouldn’t have adopted the strategy of Ted Cruz and the House Republicans, but I hold out hope that all the huffing and puffing on . . . . Continue Reading »
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