Chris Christie may have done himself a big favour
Conventional wisdom held that Christie’s major problem in winning the Republican nomination for president was that he was too soft. Now the Tea Party types might see him as their kind of guy in giving Democrats a good old kicking when they need it
- 16 January 2014
Will Paul Ryan and GOP budget negotiators snatch defeat from jaws of victory?
The sequester helps explain why we’ve seen two consecutive years of lower spending in Washington for the first time since the 1950s
- 20 November 2013
E.W. Jackson: Bats**t in Virginia
Seemingly oblivious to the disasters that were Akin and Mourdock’s candidacies for US Senate last time for the GOP, the Virginia Republicans have selected someone possibly worse
- 6 June 2013
Republicans have a chance to destroy Obama
Conservatives may have a legitimate case for impeachment, but there's an even better opportunity at hand to cut the achilles tendon of liberalism
- 29 May 2013
America's new isolationists are endangering the West
Obama’s multilateralism and a growing trend for Republicans to turn their backs on the world pose a grave security threat
- 22 May 2013
Immigration is a win or die issue for Republicans
Barack Obama captured over 70 percent of the Hispanic vote in the last election, and Hispanics are becoming one of the demographics that could make or break modern Conservatism
- 7 April 2013
Bush, Dole, W., McCain, and Romney: Libertarians?
Libertarians already face an uphill battle. The last thing we need is to be linked to a bunch of big-government Republicans
- 3 April 2013
The Fifth Column(ist): Post-CPAC Edition
Notes and musings from a conservative living and working in New York City
- 19 March 2013
Three cheers for Governor Bobby Jindal’s plan to abolish income tax
If Jindal succeeds with his superb plan, I imagine he will vault himself to the top tier of Republicans looking to replace Obama
- 15 March 2013
Will the GOP fumble away guaranteed sequester victory?
If GOPers capitulate to Obama, that will be a very dismal sign that the folks who came to DC thinking it was a cesspool have instead decided that it’s really a hot tub
- 21 February 2013
How not to solve political differences
Reagan and Clinton both believed that legislation stood a greater chance of succeeding if no one cared who took the credit. The Obama administration should take note
- 20 February 2013
America’s lessons in governing
The Commentator’s European readers could learn lots from how we, in the United States of America, run our government
- 31 January 2013
Right, then? Where now for the Republican Party?
2012 is no more the end for the Republican Party than 2004 was for the Democrats
- 12 December 2012
10 reasons why the GOP should keep to no-tax-hikes
Here are five policy reasons and five political reasons why Republicans should keep their no-tax-hike promises
- 6 December 2012
Republican hand-wringing misses the point
Instead of blaming everyone else for their lack of success in 2012 it is time for the Republican Party to have a period introspection and contemplation
- 13 November 2012
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