The American electorate is not as politically polarized as many think. Polls may show that more Americans define themselves as “conservative” than “liberal”, but those rank and file voters are not defining “conservative” in the same way as pundits and politicos.   more

Eugene V. Debs tries to shame Republicans into supporting nationalized healthcare as conservatives elsewhere in the world do. But “everybody else is doing it” is not an argument for us to do so.  more

The U.S. has a system of universal coverage now – it’s called “show up at the emergency room” – and while it is far from perfect, the overwhelming majority actually seem pretty content with it – at least any time we get down to the specifics of some other form of “universal coverage.”  more

Now that Specter’s gone, we can turn to the real enemy – Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe!  Then the only thing between us and victory will be Graham, Lugar, McCain, Murkowski, Grassley, Hatch, and some of the RINOs in the House.  And the Governors, like Crist and Douglas and Lingle and anyone not named Palin or   more

Listening to talk radio while driving to and from work last night and this morning, and reviewing some of the conservative blogs this morning, one could not help but be struck by the level of anger at three Republican Senators – Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania – who agreed to   more

I’m embarrassed by the party’s decline among college educated and suburban voters.  But consider this paradox:  The Club for Growth, with whom I generally agree on substance, draws its primary support from the party’s college-educated, suburban, more libertarian wing.  Yet few have done more to run northeastern moderates out of the party or worked harder   more