Posts Tagged ‘Mitt-Romney’

Republicans aren’t quite dead yet.

January 14th, 2010 | No Comments

When Obama won in 2008, he brought a lot of Democrats in with him.  That was just the icing for what had been a slow erosion of the Republican pinnacle of the early 21st century.  Republicans have rarely wielded a whole lot of power in the Senate and Congress, so being outnumbered probably meant a [...]

Sarah Palin to be McCain’s VP?

August 29th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Due to not really being terribly glued to the tv over this election, I gotta admit I have been fairly clueless to guessing VP picks.  The media throws so many names out so fast, then criticizes the names they threw out themselves, and then writes off the names they threw out themselves.  So, the whole [...]

That Mormon thing again

January 30th, 2008 | No Comments

The story about John McCain winning Florida has devolved in the discussion group to almost exclusively a debate about Mormonism. Could someone PLEASE explain to me again what the issue is and why it matters?  We don’t elect a Pope or head of the church.  We elect an administrator to safe-guard our military and fiscal [...]

National Review endorses Romney

December 12th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Ed Morrissey at Captain’s Quarters respects William F. Buckley’s endorsement of Mitt Romney.  I don’t.  However, Ed goes on to say he’s not terribly convinced this will mean a lot to the average voter.  I do agree with that. The problem I have with Buckley is he picks and chooses which Republicans he thinks are [...]

Would you vote for sticky rice?

June 27th, 2007 | No Comments

This is amusing, and stupid. Galvin says the federal Justice Department is pressuring Boston election officials to translate candidates’ names into Chinese characters in precincts with prominent Chinese-speaking populations. But there’s more than a little lost in translation, according to Galvin. The article goes on to point out the problems converting names to Chinese encounters [...]