Political Conventions and Citizen Activism — How It’s Done (Because I’ve Done...
Image courtesy Politico.com Beginning soon at a local precinct near you, delegates will be selected who will eventually ascend to represent their State at the national RNC convention. How do I know...
View ArticleHow the #GOPConvention Rules and Delegates Would Work
Image Courtesy Phil Skinner, ajc.com If you’re a political junkie like me and have been a little bit more concerned than usual about how things might go at the RNC National Convention this summer, fear...
View ArticleWhen #NeverTrump Goes Pseudointellectual
James Madison once said the following: It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however...
View ArticleEt Tu, @TedCruz?
Last night, it was former Republican presidential candidate and Texas Senator Ted Cruz’ turn to take the stage at the Republican National Convention and give his speech. While that speech was nearly as...
View Article#NeverTrump Selective Outrage — and Circumvention
“Donald J Trump may not be the most subtle, but he may just be like Andrew Jackson, the kind of person we need to break through and actually get the system to work again. And this, I would argue, is a...
View ArticleFaith/Virtue Should Inform Politics/Issues (In Response to @EWErickson)
“If Virtue and Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security” — Samuel Adams, Chief Massachusetts Leader of the American Revolution Keep this...
View ArticleThe Reality of Political Correctness
If you control the language, you control the argument If you control the argument, you control information If you control information, you control history If you control history, you control the past...
View ArticleSpeaker Boehner Vows Action Against Obamacare, Illegal Immigration
In some very bold statements against the White House, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) promised action on Obamacare… …He did, however, say the House will vote to repeal Obamacare and will also likely...
View ArticleDateline 2016: Dr. Ben Carson to Announce Candidacy for President
Update: A listing of stations airing “A Breath of Fresh Air: A New Prescription for America” can be seen at RightSideWire.com. With the 2014 Midterm Election barely into the history books, pediatric...
View ArticleIllegal Immigration Turns Into High-Stakes Poker Game
Who’s going to blink first? First, the Speaker lays down his line against presidential executive orders on illegal immigration. Then, Friday’s luncheon with the Washington powers-that-be resulted in...
View ArticleNewly-Elected GOP Senators Welcomed on the Hill
@JamieDupree: As a Georgian, I’ll especially be keeping an eye out for Senator-elect David Perdue, pictured far left. Hopefully he won’t push for the same stance on bills
View ArticleConvention of States Update: Virginia Latest State to Consider Article V...
ConventionOfStates.com recently reported that Virginia is the latest State (of twenty) that is shortly considering an application for Article V application. A number of high-profile individuals are...
View ArticleGOP Presidential Eligibility — Rubio, Jindal, Cruz Edition
Courtesy: EJI.org Today, @LegInsurrection tweeted a posting by Prof. Jacobson from back in September of 2013 that could probably be considered the definitive posting on whether or not Sen. Marco Rubio,...
View Article@TedCruz and Presidential #Eligibility
Courtesy: Andrew Harnik/AP Earlier this month, I had posted on what Professor William Jacobson at LegalInsurrection.com had tweeted regarding considering presidential eligibility for 2016’s slate of...
View ArticleGOP Presidential Announcement Videos — Cruz, Paul, Rubio
In case you missed them, here are the announcement speeches for all three of the currently-announced GOP presidential candidates: Disclosure: I am currently for #LibertyNotHillary (Rand Paul),...
View ArticleThe Donald Could Narrow Down GOP Field; Immigration Comment Outrage Suspect
Courtesy: Business Insider What a week the past week in politics has been, and the big issue was (and is) illegal immigration. What’s fascinating to me is not just that GOP presidential candidate...
View ArticleWhy @realDonaldTrump is Defying All Political Odds
Courtesy: Politico As I continue to watch the GOP 2016 field of candidates line up in their poll positions for the first of two debates on Fox News next week, I can’t help but continue to be intrigued...
View ArticleTX Gov Rick Perry: Turning Adversarial Lemons into Lemonade — for 2016?
You may not be familiar with the currently-ongoing story of Texas Governor Rick Perry being indicted for vetoing State funds that were originally appropriated for a particular State agency, but catch...
View ArticleGo Vote
Even with lots of poll projections being presented for this year’s mid-term election, there remains only one poll that counts — your vote. So, two things I’m recommending you do. First, go vote. Get it...
View ArticleThe People Spoke — Now It’s Time To Govern
Congratulations, Republicans — we, the People spoke in a sea-change of a way. In the Senate, all winning Senators ran against Obamacare. In the House, the GOP hadn’t won as many seats since 1928. Heck,...
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