Another notable quote from the Chris Christie lovefest: New Jersey GOP Gov. Chris Christie said he is growing frustrated by having to constantly deny that he is running for president. “Short of suicide, I don’t really know what I’d have to do to convince you people that I’m not running,” Christie told reporters at a press conference Wednesday in Trenton…. Read more →
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) has begun bypassing Congress to take his message of fiscal reform to a more-eager electorate: “Americans expect to be talked to like adults, not children,” he said at an AEI event this morning. “They know our system is broken.” The congressman has received mostly awkward looks inside Congress for his “Roadmap for America’s Future,” an in-depth,… Read more →
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) has begun bypassing Congress to take his message of fiscal reform to a more-eager electorate: “Americans expect to be talked to like adults, not children,” he said at an AEI event this morning. “They know our system is broken.” The congressman has received mostly awkward looks inside Congress for his “Roadmap for America’s Future,” an in-depth,… Read more →
AEI’s vice president, Henry Olsen, has an excellent new article out in Foreign Affairs. It’s long, but the detail is necessary and worth reading. It puts the current Tea Party fervor in the context of American and international populism, explaining why American populism and democracy has so far been different, not leading to dictatorship or Communism, and attempting to draw… Read more →
AEI’s vice president, Henry Olsen, has an excellent new article out in Foreign Affairs. It’s long, but the detail is necessary and worth reading. It puts the current Tea Party fervor in the context of American and international populism, explaining why American populism and democracy has so far been different, not leading to dictatorship or Communism, and attempting to draw… Read more →
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything political that has made me laugh this hard. So California Senate contender and former HP exec Carly Fiorina decided to write an attack ad against primary opponent Tom Campbell. An attack sheep ad. While Nathaniel and I were watching this last night and cackling, he made the point that the ad actually has… Read more →
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything political that has made me laugh this hard. So California Senate contender and former HP exec Carly Fiorina decided to write an attack ad against primary opponent Tom Campbell. An attack sheep ad. While Nathaniel and I were watching this last night and cackling, he made the point that the ad actually has… Read more →
Trends of the Next 100 New Years WORLD interviewed AEI’s president, Arthur Brooks, who seems a bit pessimistic about the next year, but also offers some long-term hope: Q: Do you have any good news for conservatives? Seventy percent of Americans agree that the free enterprise system is the best way to organize the economy despite severe ups and downs…. Read more →
‘Angry White Men’ Stomp All Over ‘Soccer Moms’ Voters are in a sour mood, and it has as much to do with Congress as Mark Perry’s “mancession.”
‘Angry White Men’ Stomp All Over ‘Soccer Moms’ Voters are in a sour mood, and it has as much to do with Congress as Mark Perry’s “mancession.”
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