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Lessons from Ronnie and Maggie
Ramesh Ponnuru has written a splendid op-ed for today’s New York Times. Splendid, not because it is new or especially original, but because, alas, it’s central message needs repeating until,… Continue reading
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Today's easy question: Why won't minorities support right-wing parties? - Spectator Blogs
I’m afraid that I can’t help but feel some of the comments left responding to this post go some way towards answering a question Daniel Hannan asked recently: why do… Continue reading
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Rand Paul: Leader of the US Senate's Tiny Awkward Squad - Spectator Blogs
Speaking of politicians worthy of your support, here’s Senator Rand Paul doing his thing: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is holding up a vote on the Defense Authorization Act until he… Continue reading
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Race, gay marriage and modern Conservatism. Lessons for David Cameron from America. - Spectator Blogs
So, we’ve had nearly a week to digest the results of the American election and contemplate what, if anything, it might all mean for politics there and, naturally, in this… Continue reading
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The View from the Cocoon of Denial and Epistemic Closure - Spectator Blogs
William F Buckley has, alas, gone the way of all flesh but his National Review lives on and arguably remains the flagship journal of contemporary American conservatism. It certainly considers… Continue reading
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Barack Obama is Re-Elected President of the United States - Spectator Blogs
Well, I was wrong. I thought Mitt Romney might do rather better than it seems he has. As I type this CNN has just called Ohio for Barack Obama, confirming… Continue reading
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Presidential Predictions: Barack Obama 294 Mitt Romney 244 - Spectator Blogs
Asked my prediction a few days ago, I looked at all the possibilities and plumped for Obama 294, Romney 244. This is tediously in the middle of the general range… Continue reading
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Barack Obama Deserves A Second Term - Spectator Blogs
No matter the result of today’s Presidential election, it will not be Morning in America tomorrow. Of course the successful candidate will talk of America’s essential greatness. He will promise… Continue reading
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The Republican party didn't leave Michael Bloomberg. He was never really in it. - Spectator Blogs
If two things could have been predicted about Hurricane Sandy it was that, first, far too many people would waste time pondering the likely impact of the storm upon next… Continue reading
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The Weakness of the Case for a Romney Comeback - Spectator Blogs
Bob Wright correctly observes that we should soon be treated to a barrage of Romney Combeack stories chiefly because the press needs a new story to tell and this is… Continue reading
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Mitt Romney is no George W Bush. That’s a problem.
Failed presidencies have long half-lives. Just ask Walter Mondale or Michael Dukakis. Jimmy Carter’s legacy wasn’t the only reason they lost but they certainly received no assistance from the great… Continue reading
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Democrats pull ahead in key US Senate races
When I looked at the battle for the United States Senate back in July, I said it’d be tough for the Democrats to retain control. But since then — and… Continue reading
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Who would vote for a vampire squid named Mitt Romney? - Spectator Blogs
In politics – especially Presidential politics – message reinforcement is a risky business. You hope that, if reminded often enough, the electorate gets and keeps an idea of your guy’s… Continue reading
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New, Improved, Human, Mitt Romney Still Faces Demographic Difficulties - Spectator Blogs
Traditionally – that is, for the last 50 or so years – Labor Day is considered the “official” start of the Presidential campaign. Since Labor Day is today t’s OK… Continue reading
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Clint Eastwood: Dada Maestro and Republican Superstar - Spectator Blogs
To hell with Mitt Romney. He can wait. The star of last night’s Republican extravaganza in the god-forsaken city of Tampa was Clint Eastwood. With the help of an empty… Continue reading
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Condi Rice gave a great speech. She still won't be a contender. - Spectator Blogs
It’s no surprise that John McCain gave a shriveled, bitter, small speech at the Republican convention during which he inadvertently confirmed that the electorate – boobs, nitwits, rubes and all… Continue reading
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Paul Ryan and the Audacity of Seriousness - Spectator Blogs
If Paul Ryan looked and sounded like the tyro lawyer in a John Grisham movie delivering his first big courtroom speech then that’s because, in a way, he was just… Continue reading
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Rape is rape and abortion is abortion. Except when they're not. - Spectator Blogs
Way back in my debating days at Trinity College, Dublin we knew you could guarantee large crowds and impressively – that is, pleasingly – bad-tempered debates twice a year. These… Continue reading
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Is Barack Obama a Tory? - Spectator Blogs
At The American Conservative, Noah Millman argues that Barack Obama’s administration is the kind of small-c conservative leadership Thomas Friedman and other so-called centrists have been asking for: [T]he Obama… Continue reading
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Romney seeks ‘incredibly boring white guy’
With just over three months to go to the Republican convention, what sort of vice presidential nominee is Mitt Romney looking for? Well, a Republican official ‘familiar with the campaign’s… Continue reading
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