John Tabin
TAMPA — A few things to expect tonight: Newt and Callista Gingrich are giving a speech together; they alternate speaking every one to three sentences. I suspect that this will be a little weird. Jeb Bush is giving a speech…
TAMPA — President Obama’s “you didn’t build that” remark was a revealing moment that created a potent line of attack. It was a blunt statement of Obama’s blinkered, government-centric view of the economy, and that view rubs many voters the…
TAMPA — This feels familiar. Four years ago, the first day of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul was canceled. Hurricane Gustav was heading toward the Gulf Coast, and GOP leaders didn’t want to appear insensitive in the event…
Earlier this evening the Weekly Standard reported that the Romney campaign was preparing to announce that Paul Ryan will be the vice presidential nominee — in particular, that “Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is among a group of Republicans who has…
A scoop care of Eli Lake and Dan Ephron: Casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson, a major contributor to Mitt Romney’s election effort, is pressing the Republican nominee to come out for the release of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, a major Republican…
Ted Cruz has defeated David Dewhurst in Texas, securing the GOP nomination for US Senate; he is virtually certain to win in November. This was a significant reversal from the first round of primary voting in May; while Dewhurst failed…
Over the weekend, I recorded a Bloggingheads episode with Conor Friedersdorf; in the first segment we discuss Mitt Romney’s performance on the first leg of his trip abroad, in the UK, where the British press didn’t take kindly to his…
Four years ago, Matt Drudge reported that Barack Obama was likely to select Evan Bayh as his running mate. Eight years ago, Drudge reported that John Kerry was likely to select Hillary Clinton as his running mate. Twelve years ago,…
With all due respect to Aaron Goldstein, flat declarations that Egypt has been taken over by Islamists are (a) probably false and (b) imply a silver lining to the extent that they’re true. Let’s take those points in reverse order….
Today is the 25th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s Brandenburg Gate address, and Peter Robinson, who wrote the speech, shares some documents from the Reagan library, recording the thoughts of administration advisers who pushed to excise what became its most famous…
