Friday, December 31, 2010
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
The Hunting Episode Really is Emmy Worthy
On the WSJ blog an author of a book on hunting named Pete Bodo has a thoroughly reasonable defense of all the weirdo issues being brought up regarding the hunting episode, She's a Great Shot, in TLC's Sara Palin's Alaska series.
I thought the episode's intimacy, quietness, good humor, camaraderie, humanity and humility were all off the charts on my endearing meter. It clearly wasn't the hunt Sara expected or wished for but she handled it with grace. And her affection for her father was lovely. If you missed this one be sure to check it out.
I thought the episode's intimacy, quietness, good humor, camaraderie, humanity and humility were all off the charts on my endearing meter. It clearly wasn't the hunt Sara expected or wished for but she handled it with grace. And her affection for her father was lovely. If you missed this one be sure to check it out.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Bret Bair's Profiles
Asterisks mean will not run or who have overwhelming obstacles to being successful:
Governors and former Governors:
*Mitch Daniels
Haley Barbor
Mitt Romney
Tim Pawlenty
Sarah Palin
Mike Huckabee
*Chris Christie
Bobby Jindal
Senators:
John Thune
Jim DeMint
Representatives
Mike Pence
*Newt Gingrich
Long Shots:
* Rick Perry (Gov)
Rick Sanatorum (Former Sen)
Ron Paul (Rep)
Donald Trump
*Rick Perry and Chis Chistie are convincingly denying a run, Mitch Daniels insulted social conservatives too much by not understanding that social conservatives see our national debt as a moral issue and make up a large portion of the Tea Party. Newt Gingrich burned too many wives.
But generally Bret's list is establishment or establishment compatible. Pawlenti and Jindal are not standing up tall enough in order to resist our coming catastrophe. Ron Paul unnerves people on defense.
My feeling is only Jim DeMint and Sarah Palin are the serious Tea Party compatible candidates. I think for Palin to decide not to run (and I take her at face value when she says that) even DeMint would have to step up the rhetoric a bit, and frankly that's hard to imagine.
So my bet is on Palin being the best candidate and win the primary. She will successfully paint a vision that our nation's founding principles being the way out of our current crisis. Whenever she decides to fully engage with the the LSM she'll thoroughly exceed expectations and win over independents.
Governors and former Governors:
*Mitch Daniels
Haley Barbor
Mitt Romney
Tim Pawlenty
Sarah Palin
Mike Huckabee
*Chris Christie
Bobby Jindal
Senators:
John Thune
Jim DeMint
Representatives
Mike Pence
*Newt Gingrich
Long Shots:
* Rick Perry (Gov)
Rick Sanatorum (Former Sen)
Ron Paul (Rep)
Donald Trump
*Rick Perry and Chis Chistie are convincingly denying a run, Mitch Daniels insulted social conservatives too much by not understanding that social conservatives see our national debt as a moral issue and make up a large portion of the Tea Party. Newt Gingrich burned too many wives.
But generally Bret's list is establishment or establishment compatible. Pawlenti and Jindal are not standing up tall enough in order to resist our coming catastrophe. Ron Paul unnerves people on defense.
My feeling is only Jim DeMint and Sarah Palin are the serious Tea Party compatible candidates. I think for Palin to decide not to run (and I take her at face value when she says that) even DeMint would have to step up the rhetoric a bit, and frankly that's hard to imagine.
So my bet is on Palin being the best candidate and win the primary. She will successfully paint a vision that our nation's founding principles being the way out of our current crisis. Whenever she decides to fully engage with the the LSM she'll thoroughly exceed expectations and win over independents.
Sen.-elect Marco Rubio Delivers Weekly GOP Address
Fine words. the video's definitely worth watching. But regarding this address Ed Morrissey writes: "The GOP may not have had a speaker like Rubio since Ronald Reagan, excelling at both the message and the mechanics of oratory." Hmmm.
Even though Rubio doesn't live up to much of his hype it comes not from him but usually from the establishment GOP, Ed Morrissey excepting. (His oratory skills are good but not remarkable and his reputed "sunny" persona is closer to "earnestly gracious.") He does inspire in me confidence in the future of GOP. He's conservative, serious and smart, and his guardedness is a plus. It's like Rubio knows he needs to tread carefully across the minefield of America's dire situation before a intensely pro-Democratic media. The media's hatchet jobs in the midterms seemed to work sufficiently in at least creating a chilling effect even in those already irked by the liberal spin. Similar to Allen West, Rubio's guardedness is appropriate to the situation. Though he takes the opposite tack from Sarah Palin, I like his message and approach. He's being himself.
But the weird hype surrounding him that pretends he is warm and personable worries me. When Republicans lie to themselves we face crushing defeats.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
21 Democratic Senators who face reelection in two years
California: Dianne Feinstein (D)
Delaware: Tom Carper (D)
Florida: Bill Nelson (D)
Hawaii: Daniel Akaka (D)
Maryland: Ben Cardin (D)
Michigan: Debbie Stabenow (D)
Minnesota: Amy Klobuchar (D)
Missouri: Claire McCaskill (D)
Montana: Jon Tester (D)
Nebraska: Ben Nelson (D)
New Jersey: Bob Menendez (D)
New Mexico: Jeff Bingaman (D)
New York: Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
North Dakota: Kent Conrad (D)
Ohio: Sherrod Brown (D)
Pennsylvania: Bob Casey, Jr. (D)
Rhode Island: Sheldon Whitehouse (D)
Virginia: Jim Webb (D)
Washington: Maria Cantwell (D)
West Virginia: Carte Goodwin (D)
Wisconsin: Herb Kohl (D)
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Announces 2012 theme in California speech
At the Bakersfield Buisiness Conference, the Governor linked what she considered the dual campaign themes of 2010 and 2012, and indirectly the difference between what should be expected coming out of the 2010 election and what should be expected coming out of 2012:
"These two elections, 2010 and 2012, go hand-in-hand. ... The theme of 2010 has got to be rebuke their errors, reject, repeal; and then the theme of 2012 — it's renew, revive and restore."
Palin told the crowd: "Folks, in 2012," the message should be "renew our optimistic, pioneering spirit, revive our free market system and restore constitutional limits and our standing in the world, as that abiding beacon of freedom. ... Not transformation but restoration with a 'Great Awakening' that we already feel emerging across America. We will win this year, we will win this year. And I believe we will win in 2012."
Friday, October 8, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
Freedom Watch: Palin, Paul and Demint
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