Judson PhillipsThere are two things the Democrats do very well. They weaponize government against those they disagree with and they take care of their base. While Republicans don’t want to weaponize the government, they don’t want to de-weaponize it either. And they are not taking care of their base. The Republicans have the opportunity to do…
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Barbara Comstock: How Republicans lose.
Barbara Comstock, the allegedly Republican Congressman from Virginia’s 10thCongressional district is arguably the most vulnerable Republican on the ballot in 2018. Comstock is arguably a politician without a constituency. She may be one of the squishiest Republicans in the House of Representatives. Liberals don’t like her because she is a Republican. Conservatives don’t like her…
Marsha Blackburn for Tennessee.
No one was shocked back in September when Tennessee Senator Bob Corker announced he would not seek reelection. Publicly available polls showed him losing to almost any serious primary contender. His internal polling had to be brutal. Shortly after Corker’s announcement, Tennessee Congressman Marsha Blackburn announced she would run for the seat. To paraphrase Star…
The Worst Russian Threat Is Not to Our Elections: Obama’s Poison Russian Pill
Bob BennettIn an article titled “Obama Appointed Islamic Society Official To Approve Russian Uranium Sale and Gulftainer Port Deal,” Mary Fanning and Alan Jones describe the saga of Obama appointee Aimen Nabi Mir. He had no relevant experience, but Obama inexplicably put him in charge of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States…
Mark Green for Tennessee
When Bob Corker announced he would not seek reelection to the United States Senate, it set off a frenzy of moves in Tennessee political circles. Long time 7th District Congressman Marsha Blackburn announced she would run for Corker’s seat. That opened up her seat in the 7th Congressional District. And an amazingly good candidate has…
Judd Matheny for Tennessee
Between the scandals and politicians trying to move up the political food chain, there are going to be a lot of changes in Washington after the 2018 election. Tennessee is seeing some of these changes, as 6th District Congressman Diane Black is running to replace the term limited, liberal governor Bill Haslam. Black has held…
Roy Moore for Alabama
Tea Party Nation endorses Roy Moore in the December 12th election to replace Jeff Sessions in Alabama. The special election in Alabama, triggered by Jeff Sessions’ appointment as Attorney General, has turned nasty. Republican nominee Roy Moore is being hit from two sides. The first is friendly fire, coming from the Republican Establishment who are…
Mary Jones for Virginia
Last week, Virginia saw a nightmare election. What should have been a winnable election was blown by an establishment nominee. The GOP lost all three state-wide elective offices and they blew a super majority in the House of Delegates. Now, they are either tied with the Democrats or could even lose the House of Delegates,…
Hospitals Are Profiting Off the Altruism of Lawmakers
Peter Weyrich
In 1992, Congress acted to make drugs available at a discount to poor and underinsured patients. As in most cases where the federal government intervenes in areas the Constitution reserves to the states, the 340B program has encountered significant distortions that threaten the good intentions Congress had when setting up the program. It suffers from…
John Adams for Virginia
When conservatives start talking about races, invariably conservatives start talking about the sexy races. The Senate, the House, the governor’s race. Far too often, conservatives ignore other important races, such as the race for Attorney General. In most states, the Attorney General race is looked at as a warm up for the governor’s chair. Indeed,…