Marc Comtois
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To build on Justin’s latest post, I’d point you to John Hinderaker’s post in which he boils down what has happened to the Republicans over the last year and asks why they appear so weak-kneed: So what has happened in the past twelve months to terrify so many of our Republican office-holders? Two hurricanes struck,…
It has been revealed by J. Michael Levesque that he himself had broached the topic of “infidelities” with the Governor earlier this year. It seems the timing was…convenient, to say the least: Levesque said he personally told the governor, during a private meeting eight or nine months ago, “that I had been hearing talk on…
According to Michael Barone: The political risks of opposing an Italian-American are therefore probably less than in 1983 [when Judge Antonin Scalia was nominated and confirmed]. But they’re not zero. I wonder whether Tom Carper of Delaware (where 7 percent of the population in the 2000 census said they were of Italian ancestry), Frank Lautenberg…
According to this story: For years, slot machines at Lincoln Park and Newport Grand have seen double-digit growth. But now — while the machines are still extremely profitable — they are not producing the same boom, and that could have grave ramifications for the state. This year’s state budget is based on the assumption that…
By now, most have heard that Harriet Miers has withdrawn herself from consideration for the Supreme Court (go here or here for more). While conservatives are relieved and are patting themselves on the back, there are many Republican party loyalists who are accusing them of being “extreme” conservatives and of ultimately undermining the President. Despite…
Mac Owens (a contributor to this site) has a column up over at National Review explaining both the history of the Posse Comitatus Act, which defines the line between the militia (or National Guard) and U.S. military, and why it shouldn’t be changed despite the recent events surrounding Hurricane Katrina.
David Sirota is the co-chairperson of the liberal Progressive Legislative Action Network and has written about what he dubs “Partisan War Syndrome” and how it is negatively affecting the political prospects of the left. In short, Sirota writes about how partisanship and political opportunism–the anything to get Bush syndrome, as it were–has eclipsed ideological steadfastness…
If you find yourself stuck inside while the rain falls this weekend, and you feel like reading a historical critique of an attempt to link modern conservatism to that of the short-lived Whigs of the antebellum era, then head over to Spinning Clio, settle in (perhaps with some coffee!) and have a read.