The Never Ending Campaign for Liberty
I often argue with a friend of mine who is a McCain supporter about McCain’s ability to bring conservatives who are upset with the catastrophe of the Bush presidency back into the fold.
This clip of McCain on Morning Joe highlights the problem I see for McCain:
Responding to the impassioned plea of an women in [...]
Today the Supreme Court ruled on three cases. I can’t speak to the third, but two - one on free speech and one on the Second Amendment - are victories for individual rights.
In Davis v. FEC the court invalidated the so-called “Millionaires Amendment” of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance speech regulation.
While BCRA does not impose [...]
In his Evans-Novak Political Report, Robert Novak - who has the pulse of the Conservative movement - examines potential problems for McCain. Novak (and co-writer Tim Carney) see problems for McCain with libertarian and evangelical factions of the conservative movement:
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), who garnered significant chunks of the Republican primary electorate in the [...]
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Over on the National Review, Mark Levin rushes to John McCain’s defense against George Will whose recent column goes after McCain for his criticism of the recent decision of the Supreme Court to allow habeas corpus rights for terror suspects being held in Guantanamo. (McCain’s response showed his blatant disregard for civil liberties and the Constitution.)
Levin’s post certainly evokes the old [...]
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This week in a 5-4 decision the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that the detainees, some of whom have been held for six years, had rights under habeas corpus, a long-standing legal principle by which people can challenge their imprisonment.
While criticizing the decision John McCain made the following remarks:
The United States Supreme Court yesterday rendered a decision [...]
A Ron Paul supporter issues this field report from the Indiana State Convention.
Good news first:
The absolute high point of the day was the nomination of Greg Zoeller for Indiana AG. I spoke with him at a pre-convention party, and Greg seems to be committed to the same Constitutional principles as Dr. Paul; small government, less [...]
Michael Goldfarb in his own words…
… but let me just say to Ron Paul supporters everywhere, and on behalf of the New Right (by which I assume Paul means the Jew Right), get lost. There should be plenty of room for the Paulnuts in Obama’s big tent.
More at Third Party Watch
Later in the same Minnesota Public Radio report the Minnesota state GOP Chairman says: “There’s no benefit for Republicans to continue on with a battle after the battle has been fought and a victor has been declared.”
The victor has been declared huh?
Yeah right, and Mission Accomplished.
