Well, thank goodness for Cornell’s legal prof, William A. Jacobson.  Professor Jacobson has unearthed a video of Nancy Reagan from the 1995 Goldwater Institute Dinner, in which she proclaims publicly that Ronnie “passed the torch” of the conservative movement to Newt and his fellow conservatives of the 1994 Contract With America forces.
Jacobson, who endorsed Gingrich [...]

Filed under: Commentary of the Day, Election, Goverment Reform, Politics by Kyle-Anne Shiver

Well, someone had to do it. Whether we like it or not, the liberals will do all they can to instil fear of Mormonism among secularists and mainline Christians alike, if Mitt Romney is the nominee. Ignoring this factor in “electability” appraisals is just not smart politics.
Yet, the Republican establishment seems to believe [...]

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I’m not sure how this endorsement slipped under my radar, but I completely missed it until today.  With all the uproar about the Republican Party insiders’ dread of a Gingrich nomination, I had almost begun to think no one who had ever worked side-by-side with Newt Gingrich could stand to be in the same room [...]

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John Hawkins has the best summary so far of why Romney’s electability is more myth than reality.  The full column at Townhall is a must read for all Republican primary voters.  Hawkins’ thinking mirrors my own on this and he enumerates 7 fundamental reasons why the Democrats are drooling at the mouth hoping to go [...]

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Pope Benedict XVI at midnight mass Christmas Eve:  “Today Christmas has become a commercial celebration, whose bright lights hide the mystery of God’s humility, which in turn calls us to humility and simplicity. Let us ask the Lord to help us see through the superficial glitter of this season, and to [...]

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