Showing posts with label Republican. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republican. Show all posts
Cruz Makes Play for Libertarian Voters. Is Anybody Game?
by David Boaz. As he moved from evangelical Iowa to fiscally conservative New
Hampshire, Sen. Ted Cruz didn't waste a minute in changing his tune. In his Iowa victory speech Cruz gave a shout-out to libertarians, who are thick on the ground in New Hampshire. He declared, "That old Reagan coalition is coming back together, ... ... MOREJoel Kurtinitis: Ted Cruz’s Quiet Coup In Iowa
The process of discovery. I
came home exhausted on Caucus night, just as I had many other nights in
the year leading up to our first-in-the-nation nominating contest. As a veteran of the Ron Paul revolution,
I considered myself a hardened political warrior, charging the trenches
of the establishment and lobbing internet hand grenades at ... MORENick Gillespie: Two Cheers (& More!) For Rand Paul!
This was only the beginning. With Rand Paul's suspension of his campaign for the Republican
presidential nomination comes an understandable deluge of autopsies, elegies, screw-yous, and snarky subtweets. Yet I come not to bury the "libertarian-ish" Paul but to praise him. In five short years as a senator,
he's already elevated a host ... MOREThomas Sowell: Politics After Iowa
Just how strong is "the will to believe." Senator Ted Cruz's upset victory against Donald Trump has robbed "The Donald" of his stock answer to any criticism from rivals— that he is winning and his critics are losers. Now that he has lost, Mr. Trump may finally have to try to come up with some substantive arguments about the complex issues facing ... MORESteve Chapman: Cruz, Rubio Tie God To Governing
Why is faith over reason a plus? If you attend a Republican presidential event on the campaign trail, you may come to wonder if you made a wrong turn and ended up in church. If you are not a believer—an evangelical Christian believer, that is—you may feel ever so slightly unwelcome. The deity-centric approach is working for Ted Cruz ... MOREThe Only Small Government Candidate Leaves The Race
by Anthony L. Fisher. The era of big government continues. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has suspended his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. In a statement released this morning, Paul wrote: It's been an incredible honor to run a principled campaign for the White House. Today, I will end where I began, ready and willing to ... MOREJenny Hopkinson: A Win For Cruz, A Loss For Ethanol
Only Ted and Rand stood up to the special interests. Corn country just picked a candidate who wants to put an end to one of its favorite government programs. Sen. Ted Cruz’s victory in the Iowa Republican caucus, besting Donald Trump by 3.3 percent, is the first time a candidate opposed strongly by the state’s ethanol industry ... MOREThomas Sowell: Grow Up
A narcissist with followers. Of all the many things said about Donald Trump, what was said by Roger Ailes, head of the Fox News Channel, said it all in just two words: "Grow up!" It is amazing how many people have been oblivious to this middle-aged man's spoiled brat behavior, his childish boastfulness about things he says he is going to do, and his ... MOREForecast Of Distrust With A Chance Of Revolution
by Glenn Reynolds. When Americans have more faith in the military than the political class, democracy is in trouble. According to a recent Associated Press poll, the public lacks confidence in government. And by “lacks confidence,” I mean “really lacks confidence.” Specifically, “More than 6 in 10 respondents expressed only slight confidence — or ... MOREJohn Stossel: Running On Empty
Using tax dollars to buy votes in Iowa. Cars run on fuel. Politicians run on votes, and they'll do almost anything to get them. That includes supporting mandates that force us to use ethanol, a fuel made from corn that Iowa farmers grow. They support ethanol because Iowa is the first state to vote on presidential candidates. Candidates ... MOREThomas Sowell: Do Emotions Trump Facts?
More hope and change may be coming. Those of us who like to believe that human beings are rational can sometimes have a hard time trying to explain what is going on in politics. It is still a puzzle to me how millions of patriotic Americans could have voted in 2008 for a man who for 20 years — TWENTY YEARS — was a follower of a preacher who ... MOREHigh Price Of Principles: Ted Cruz And Rand Paul Will Pay In Iowa For Their Failure To Pander To The Ethanol Lobby
by Alexander Bolton. Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Rand Paul (Ky.) are trying to avoid an ethanol landmine in Iowa. Both Republican senators have criticized federal subsidies for ethanol, which are popular in Iowa, the state hosting the first Republican contest in the 2016 race for the White House. Iowa kingmakers in the party such as Sen. Chuck ... MOREIf You Support Trump, You May Be An Authoritarian
by Scott Shackford. Reason has not been shy
about pointing out Donald Trump's lack of interest in liberty and
freedom in what motivates his so-far-extremely-successful campaign for
president (check out Damon Root's cover story from our December issue). That Trump would appeal to authoritarians should come as no surprise.
His campaign is ... MOREThomas Sowell: What Are Elections For?
Donald Trump and the insight of Eric Hoffer. After months of watching all sorts of political polls, we are finally just a few weeks away from actually beginning to see some voting in primary elections. Polls let people vent their emotions. But elections are held to actually accomplish something. The big question is whether the voters themselves ... MOREStop Expecting Rand Paul To Be Ron Paul
by Eric July. Libertarian elitism is something that truly annoys me, but it really shows itself when we have these Rand Paul vs. Ron Paul discussions during our current election cycle. Do not get me wrong, it isn’t completely absurd that someone would compare a man to his father. But if one is alluding to an expectation that Rand is supposed to be ... MORE
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