Leave it to a former agent of the Soviet KGB to nail down why going ad hominem against the president is a bad idea when bullets are flying and blood is being spilled. It’s OK to run against the president’s polices. It’s not OK to do so in a way that gives aid and comfort to those who are seeking to do us harm. If Republicans and Democrats united on the War on Terror and...
Excellent article in The American Spectator on why conservatives need to quit moaning about the lack of a Ronald Reagan, take stock of their assets and get to work on winning the hearts and minds of American voters. Read it here.
War is serious business. Losing a war has serious consequences. The president doesn’t want to lose and he replaced the team that was heading in that direction with a team that is getting the job done. You’d think everyone would be happy. Think again. First, the media reports progress in Iraq only cursorily and only grudgingly. Second, the Congress seems to just wish the whole thing would go away, consequences be damned. But if we...
So convinced is the Democratic leadership that the war in Iraq is already lost that they have fully invested their political capital in ultimate failure. Hey, it looked like a sure bet in November 2006. But reality on the ground is starting to make that investment look a little shaky. David Limbaugh reports.
John Yoo writes in The Wall Street Journal on the coming Supreme Court showdown on executive privilege as it relates to the Bush administration’s firing of eight justice department lawyers.
Debra Burlingame knows all too well what can happen when men of Middle Eastern extraction who don’t “act right” get on an airplane. Her brother, Charles Burlingame, was the captain of American Airlnes flight 77 that was used as a cruise missle against the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. She writes in this article about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and their apparent unwillingness to support legislation that would give...
Some Republicans, facing tough races in 2008, are seeking to put a little distance between themselves and the president as it pertains to the Iraq war. That may not be the smartest politics, says Kimberly Strassel in this article from The Wall Street Journal. (opens in a new window)