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The destruction of the conservative mind 25 Jan 2012 | 10:33 am
Newt Gingrich is the Obama-era conservative movement's id, bridging the two most enduringly terrible impulses of modern conservatism. On one hand, he exemplifies everything that went so terribly wron...
Andrew Sullivan falls back into the tank 19 Jan 2012 | 07:27 am
Andrew Sullivan's Newsweek cover story has rightly been getting quite a bit of press. Among others, Conor Friedersdorf had an excellent global rebuttal of Sullivan's piece. But here's mine, which I w...
Were Huntsman and Romney the same after all? 17 Jan 2012 | 09:31 am
On one hand, count me among those surprised as to why Jon Huntsman never caught fire like the rest of his rivals. Huntsman's record of actual governance was arguably more conservative than anyone else...
Ron Paul rising 13 Jan 2012 | 05:15 pm
Third in Iowa, second in New Hampshire. The story of this election season is unquestionably Ron Paul. Paul has routinely been doubling, if not tripling (as he did in New Hampshire) his vote share fro...
Is the Tea Party dead? 9 Jan 2012 | 12:53 pm
It's a legitimate question after self-described conservatives resurrected Rick Santorum's political career in Iowa and virtually ended the presidential aspirations of Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann. ...
Last night was a terrible night for Mitt Romney 5 Jan 2012 | 02:25 pm
Mitt Romney "won" the Iowa caucuses last night by 8 votes. Eight. Over Rick Santorum, who is mostly broke, completely unable to self-finance a multi-million dollar campaign and who -- despite relentl...
Ron Paul for the Republican nomination 22 Dec 2011 | 12:42 pm
A Ron Paul endorsement might be the last thing you'd expect from someone who offered a full-throated endorsement of John McCain in 2008. But the country is much different four years later, and it's c...
Newt Gingrich hates the Constitution 19 Dec 2011 | 02:15 pm
Back with a vengeance. Newt Gingrich has emerged as the "conservative" alternative to Mitt Romney. Right. Over the remainder of the primary season, we could probably dedicate a post a day to some of...
Debate reax 9 Sep 2011 | 02:52 am
Mitt Romney was the clear winner. It's obvious that he has cemented himself as the moderate/electable alternative to Perry and Bachmann, and he won nearly every exchange with Perry due to his superior...
The growing case against Rick Perry 26 Aug 2011 | 05:29 am
I've been mostly apathetic about Rick Perry's entrance into the GOP primary, if for no other reason than none of his principal challengers thrills me. It's well-documented that I'd like to see the nom...
