The State of the Race
Our Political Editor, Patrick Sullivan gives his selection of the most relevant news stories and opinion editorials on the race for the White House 2020,
- 6 March 2020
Today's Top Stories
The stories driving the news and political agenda for Monday 20th January.
- 20 January 2020
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
Romney was right
At the time, Romney was derided for bringing up Mali in one of the presidential debates. Looks like he was right after all
- 15 January 2013
The Hagel nomination and Obama’s second term
Chuck Hagel is not a terrible choice to lead the Pentagon, but he's not much better than that
- 8 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
The continuing Kennedy legacy in US politics
Time and again it can be seen that candidates who successfully play the Kennedy card in elections, even if it is only superficially, tend to benefit
- 28 November 2012
Obama's economic failure
As Jay Leno put it, “Economists say we’re heading for a fiscal cliff and we elected a guy whose campaign slogan is ‘Forward!’” Barack Obama: the Thelma and Louise President
- 20 November 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
The Ron Paul Effect: How the GOP threw the election by disenfranchising Ron Paul supporters
Instead of welcoming the passion and dedication of the Ron Paul movement, the party chose to alienate an entire generation of young Republicans, scorning the sensible message of limited government and non-interventionist foreign policy
- 9 November 2012
The 16 trillion dollar question
The American economy is a rapacious beast; it constantly needs new territory to feed its growth, if that territory is not forthcoming, it will quickly eat itself alive
- 7 November 2012
Yesterday it was heart in mouth. Today it's hat in hand
Obama has won the US Presidential election, giving way to four more years in the White House
- 6 November 2012
Mitt Romney does Gangnam Style
Recent video sees Romney doing Gangnam style... kind of
- 6 November 2012
Racism smears may underestimate Romney's polling figures dramatically
In the British elections in 1992, the pollsters were certain Conservatives would lose. But mainstream media bias made people afraid to say who they'd really vote for, and race wasn't even an issue...
- 5 November 2012
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