I think there are multiple reasons why the Trayvon Martin incident has become a big deal socially. I have a low opinion of the motives of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, and I think Carl gets at some of the truth. When something gets this big, a lot of different kinds of people and a . . . . Continue Reading »
Do you know that the Supreme Court struck down a federal economic regulation in Lochner v. New York? President Obama knows it. It just isn’t true. I think Carl got the tone just right in his comments in this thread. Carl writes: But with Obama, it’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl is right that President Obama didn’t mean to come out against the power of the Supreme Court to strike down laws passed by Congress. Well, actually he did just that in this sentence where he said “Ultimately, I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would . . . . Continue Reading »
Social conservative journalist Ramesh Ponnuru (one of my favorites) writes that putting social conservative Rick Santorum on the Republican ticket would be bad for social conservatives. Ponnuru argues that Santorum is too often bad at picking his fights and makes a bad impression with . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, he isn’t really that, but I have some thoughts on Anthony Kennedy and Obamacare over at NLT. . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve been trying to come up with some organized thoughts about who Romney should pick as Vice President. That’s not working out so well. So I’ll go with some disorganized thoughts, 1. Obama has a likeable persona who will run a well organized, tactically competent, and . . . . Continue Reading »
I want to hold out reasonable hope for a contested convention, but I don’t see it. There are several very unlikely paths for a contested convention. The first path is that Romney would have to commit some kind of act of electoral suicide and do it very soon. He has been . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So Santorum punched himself in the face again. He is regressing. It’s like the real office he wants is Loud Guy at the End of the Bar of the United States. 2. I looked at the Illinois exit polls that were on the 6:00 PM Fox News show. My first impression was . . . . Continue Reading »
1. It looks like many of the delegates selected by Pennsylvania will not be Santorum supporters even if Santorum win the popular vote in his home state. One of the wonders of the race is how little support Santorum has gotten within the institutional Republican Party. The . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Santorum’s speech was a meandering missed opportunity. Again. I’m not a big fan of Michael Gerson, but this Gerson column is right on. Failure to put together a coherent speech is not a virtue. Reagan worked hard at communicating his ideas. . . . . Continue Reading »
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