Posts Tagged ‘Mitt Romney’

So, why do we need Republicans?
Monday, March 25th, 2013

March 26, 2013 By John Seiler Republicans now are searching for a new path for their party. They're realizing they can't win with their current policies. They're trying to be a new, "hip," "with it," pro-middle class party. So here's where they're doing, as reported by Laurence Vance: "This p...

Rand Paul helps jumpstart GOP morale
Saturday, March 16th, 2013

March 16, 2013 CalWatchdog.com Editors NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. --- It’s no secret that Republicans in the Golden State have been dispirited by the last two election cycles where the GOP has been relegated to virtually no power in statewide politics.  Nationally 2012 was also a lackluster elect...

Pay no attention to the political consultants behind the curtain
Friday, March 15th, 2013
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March 15, 2013 By Katy Grimes As long as I have followed politics closely -- since Junior High school in the 1970's -- I've said political consultants will be the death of the Republican Party. And now, finally, a political consultant finally agrees with me. "The way it works is this--e...

Video: Good news: 3/4 of Americans distrust the federal govt.
Friday, February 1st, 2013

Feb. 1, 2013 By John Seiler Some good news: As Judy Woodruff reports, 73 percent of Americans distrust the U.S. government., that relentless tyrant that controls, robs and ruins our lives. This is an opportunity for Republicans. They have been nominating unrepentant big-government candidate...

Mamet: Govt. should NOT enslave us
Sunday, January 27th, 2013
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Jan. 27, 2013 By John Seiler I got some pretty good response to my article, "Brown official: You're our slave." I was attacking the statement by Gil Duran, Gov. Jerry Brown's press secretary, "We have to look beyond our personal interests to where we are going as a society.” I wrote, "Tra...

Audacity! Mich. shows Calif. GOP how to revive party
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
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Dec. 12, 2012 By John Seiler When I was growing up in Michigan in the 1960s, the Democratic Party mostly dominated the state. Kennedy, Johnson and Humphrey won the presidential contests. Democrats controlled the Legislature. And labor unions dominated the Democratic Party. Much like in Califor...

Victor Davis Hanson: ‘California is very hard to screw up’
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
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Dec. 6, 2012 By John Seiler "California is very hard to screw up," noted author Victor Davis Hanson told about 130 California business and community leaders Wednesday. He spoke at the Freedom Forum held at the Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach. The event was co-sponsored by the Pacific Research ...

Election losers still win big
Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
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Dec. 3, 2012 Katy Grimes: The chief strategist for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has finally spoken out about what happened. And as expected, he's playing down the significance of the loss. In a Washington Post op ed, Romney's Chief Strategist Stuart Stevens, said that President Bara...

Secession fever: Don’t catch it
Monday, November 19th, 2012
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Nov. 19, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- Psychiatrists talk about the progressive stages of grief people experience after suffering a devastating loss in their personal lives, moving from denial to anger to bargaining (i.e., trying to strike a "deal" with a higher power) to depression an...

The 2 simple reasons why Republicans lost the presidency
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

Nov. 14, 2012 By John Seiler An enjoyable part of the entertainment politicians give us is the barrage of explanations of why someone lost an election. We're still getting that. Tony Quinn blames it on Republicans playing the "race card." Charlie Cook says Republicans are too conservative. Dav...