Category Archives: Opinion

CPAC: Gathering Place for Coalition Conservatives?

Is the Conservative Political Action Conference still the top networking opportunity for all three legs of the conservative movement? I have written nearly 100 columns here at REDSTATE from the perspective of what is popularly called the “social wing” of … Continue reading

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Top Eleven reasons to ignore liberal whining about GOP loss in Virginia

  Did Democrats win Virginia because Ken Cuccinelli too conservative?  Should GOP primary voters choose more moderate candidates in 2014? One of the Democratic Party’s most accomplished operatives and ally of Hillary Clinton beat conservative Ken Cuccinelli in Virginia, ushering … Continue reading

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Does National Review still speak for most conservatives?

One author raises questions worth discussing in debate on the role of issues in political campaigns Argument continues among Republicans whether the stand by Senators Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Mike Lee and some GOP Senate Conservatives, and the … Continue reading

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Can Obama Summoned National Guard Really be Closing I-495 Today?

A Sunup Eyewitness Report from the scene (written before sunup, 7:15 AM, 10/11/13).  While there are those whose scholarship, wit, wisdom and all around smarts will make them better commentators of what is happening on the national scene during the … Continue reading

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Obama DOT Plans use of National Guard to close I-495 Capital Beltway tomorrow?

President approves Dept. of Transportation proposal to counter anti-Obama Trucker protest Friday, October 11? Sources within the Department of Transportation have revealed that their plan to use National Guard resources to close federally funded Interstate Route 495, circling the nation’s … Continue reading

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Government Shutdown: Advantage Obama. What now?

Their 15 to 1 social media and mainstream media advantage, willingness of Obama forces to lie, are why they shutdown the government (midnight, Government Shutdown Night, 9/30/13). There’s a simple reason why Barack Obama and his allies just shut down … Continue reading

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Which GOP Senators to vote with Harry Reid to invoke Cloture and silence Ted Cruz today?

Last chance to telephone Senators and tell them “vote with Ted Cruz not Harry Reid” More attention has been focused on the effort to defund Obamacare thanks to the now most vilified U.S. Senator of the year, Ted Cruz of … Continue reading

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Cruz vs the Balrog: You Shall not Pass. Six Days left to stop ObamaCare

Senator Ted Cruz and Senate conservatives make final stand as 1.6 million Americans sign “don’t fund obamacare” petition.  Was House vote last week a Pyrrhic Victory? The image we show here once again represents Senator Ted Cruz and his allies … Continue reading

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House Should Defund Obamacare, Tell Balrog Obama, You Shall Not Pass.

Bill O’Reilly and Karl Rove double-teamed on Fox news yesterday to continue the argument against the House of Representatives voting to defund Obamacare.  If they were there at the bridge facing the evil Balrog (monster) in Lord of the Rings, … Continue reading

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Should Congress Authorize Obama Military Strike on Syria?

Should the United States Senate and House of Representatives authorize President Barack Obama’s request for a military strike on Syria?    Send article as PDF   

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