W. James Antle III
Texas is a big state, and some big things happened during its primary last night. To recap: 1. Mitt Romney clinched the nomination.There will still be some quibbling over the official delegate count, but for all intents and purposes Romney…
The recall election against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was started because of his efforts to curb the collective bargaining powers of public sector unions. Some union leaders, however, feel the Democrats have deemphasized that issue now that the recall is…
Ted Cruz forced David Dewhurst into a runoff last night in Texas, but trailed the frontrunner by a little more than ten points. Dewhurst’s 44.6 percent is closer to a majority than Cruz’ 34.2 percent. Dewhurst could also conceivably pick…
Today on the main site, I covered Barack Obama’s attempt to resurrect Ted Kennedy’s 1994 Bain attacks against Mitt Romney. Kennedy was able to derail Romney’s Senate campaign by portraying his Republican challenger as a profiteering job destroyer. Yet Obama…
Tonight Mitt Romney will beat Ron Paul in the Texas primary, and possibly clinch the Republican presidential nomination. But the Paul network will be active in the state’s Senate primary, like other races across the country. BuzzFeed reports: Quietly, from…
I’m in complete agreement with Ross Kaminsky that the Bain-bashing from Newt Gingrich and the others has reached the point where it sounds as if Elizabeth Warren is seeking the Republican nomination. But we’re kidding ourselves if we think Barack…
According to a Gallup poll released on Memorial Day, veterans support Mitt Romney over Barack Obama by 58 percent to 34 percent. Obama has a four-point lead among nonveterans and the two candidates are tied among all registered voters. While…
1. By most accounts, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker performed ably in his first debate against Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, his Democratic challenger in the recall election. But how many people really watched a Friday night debate before Memorial Day weekend?…
Aaron notes that Elizabeth Warren has pulled even with Scott Brown in the latest poll despite the Native American flap. It’s Massachusetts; Barack Obama will be on top of the ticket this November. So you can always expect a candidate…
I wrote about TAS alumni Phil Klein’s new Mitt Romney ebook on the main site. One point I didn’t get to bring up was Phil’s rebuttal to a popular big-government conservative argument: that the Medicare prescription drug benefit and No…
