Santorum Stuns Romney

This morning the race for the Republican presidential nomination has been turned upside down again with three stunning wins by former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Rick Santorum(R) in three states. Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. Although former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney(R) is still the front runner, both in terms of perception and the delegate court, the Santorum [...]

A Fairness Quiz for the President

President Obama has frequently justified his policies—and judged their outcomes—in terms of equity, justice and fairness. That raises an obvious question: How does our existing system—and his own policy record—stack up according to those criteria? Click here to read this Wall Street Journal article.

llinois scrapes the bottom of the barrel in job creation

As Governor Pat Quinn continues to use taxpayer money as perks to keep companies and jobs from moving out of the state to greener pastures, what returns are taxpayers receiving for their monies?   On January 26 The Illinois Policy Institute published a revealing Tax & Budget Brief — Wrong way, Illinois:  Failed policies lead [...]

In Illinois, more registered voters than eligible voters.

A recent investigation by Defend the Vote , found that 16 out of 110 election jurisdictions inIllinois have more registered voters than eligible voters.  In addition, 40 election jurisdictions have 90% or more registered voters than eligible voters.   These figures include both active and inactive voters.  Most often, voters are marked inactive when the election [...]

Gingrich vs. GOP Esablishment

The Republican establishment believes that the birth and rebirth of candidate Gingrich should have ended in the cradle, that he had no right messing up Romney’s coronation in South Carolina and had better be stopped in Florida. Click here to read this article from Politico. 

Dismissing debt limit is irresponsible, foolhardy and unforgivable

While all eyes and ears were focused on Monday evening’s Fox News Republican presidential debate and the daily speculating about the outcome of the South Carolina Primary Elections on Saturday, January 21st, my concern centers on another $1.2 trillion increase in the nation’s debt limit requested by President Obama on Thursday, January 12th.   The $1.2 [...]

Five Ways Conservatives Will Have to Sell Their Souls if Romney Wins

Here we are in what may be, forgive me for the cliché, the most important election of our lifetimes and the GOP may end up choosing a candidate who’s one part Charlie Crist and one part John Kerry as our nominee. If that’s the case, conservatives should certainly vote for him over Obama. After all, [...]

Is Romney passionate or authentic enough to defeat Obama?

In the minds of many political pundits and the Republican Establishment, Mitt Romney has already been chosen as the unstoppable Republican candidate after having won two back-to-back state contests — the caucuses in Iowa and the New Hampshire Primary Elections.    The American people have one more chance to evaluate the six remaining Republican candidates [...]

Up next, South Carolina a make-or-break state

Even before Mitt Romney clinched the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, most of the Republican candidates already had turned their eye to the next state in line, South Carolina, which is shaping up to be the key make-or-break test in the party’s presidential nomination marathon. Click here to read this Washington Times article.

Haven’t We Lived Through This Primary Before?

I’m thinking of a Republican primary. It starts with a candidate (John McCain/Mitt Romney) who ran once before, came in second place, and won over the party’s elite class without winning over its base. Other candidates, understandably unwilling to accept this, line up… Read the rest of this Slate article by clicking here.