Category: The Republican Minority
Dishonesty and Insults Are Not the Ways to Earn Our Trust, Senator Inhofe
Republican Senator and conservative icon James Inhofe has disgraced himself and his conservative beliefs today. In an op-ed that appeared at National Review’s The Corner blog he chose to defend earmarks not with principle and defensible logic but with half-truths, ridiculous assertions, and a main argument so risible that I find it hard to believe [...]
Boehner Drops the Debt Hammer: It’s a “Stand-Alone” Vote
I will never claim to be John Boehner’s biggest fan, but this move is sheer, ballsy political brilliance. For the first time in years, House lawmakers will soon have the chance to vote on a standalone measure to increase the federal debt limit next year under the new Republican majority — a vote that’s shaping [...]
I’d Love to Claim Credit for This Smart GOP Move, But…
Now, see Republicans? That wasn’t very hard, was it? Now that the GOP is set to take power in the House of Representatives this January, the party is integrating Tea Party representatives into its official apparatus. The House Republican Party’s newly-formed transition team includes a number of House veterans, but it also includes freshmen Adam [...]
Rand Paul: Now that I’ve Been Elected, I Have Discovered that Earmarks Aren’t All that Bad!
I am as eager as the next conservative to see the Republicans tear into government spending. I want to see Obamacare tossed out a window of the Capitol like an old mattress. I want to see department budgets crushed. I want to see the bureaucrats driven before us. I want to hear the lamentations of [...]
Building the Lasting Majority Begins with Michele Bachmann
In my last post, I wrote that the Tea Parties and the GOP are going to have to learn to blend their strengths if they have any hope of being a lasting majority. The GOP can start that process by giving Michele Bachmann a leadership position in the next Congress. This blending will not happen [...]
Conservatives, It’s Time to Grow the Hell Up.
Dan Riehl is not happy with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie today. Why, you might ask? It’s not as if Christie has been a milquetoast conservative. He has gone head-up against public sector unions and beaten them. He is regularly combative with the MSM in his own state and around the nation yet does not [...]
Finally, Transparency in Congress.
Now this is transparency. On Friday, Rep. David Dreier (R-CA), the House Rules Committee Ranking Republican, sent a letter to House Chief Administrative Officer Dan Strodel requesting that work begin immediately on installing cameras in the Rules Committee hearing room. The Pelosi regime resisted putting cameras in this hearing room because, though the Democrats claimed [...]
Apparently, Some Members of the GOP Liked Being in the Minority.
It certainly didn’t take long for key players in the soon-to-be Republican majority in the House to start wandering off in their own directions. Lamar Smith, the Texan who will likely take over the House Judiciary Committee is all ready to launch a few investigations at the Obama administration. You know just how highly “investigate [...]
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