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Redefining ‘Conservative’

…and reconstruction operation in U.S. history, casting aside budget discipline. Bush and his Republican allies in Congress are deferring — for now — vows to finish the Reagan revolution against…

An Unexpected Tactic

…for free trade. The BR is a group typically affiliated with the Republican Party, and has been an ally of the Bush administration on many issues. So the BR’s explicit…

Don’t Despair

…the Republican electorate that was evident in this election will further convince Republicans that they can win without appealing to moderates. The party will continue to move right, leaving the…

Total War?

…more of the same. Voters’ high-minded claims notwithstanding, negative attacks work. Witness the just-completed Republican Senate primary in Florida, which pitted the very conservative Bill McCollum against the previously somewhat…

…to be a short-lived spike in the Democratic numbers and drop in the Republicans’ numbers, after the Republican convention. Then, after the Democratic convention, Gore’s numbers drop and Bush’s jump…

More on the Poll I mentioned before that I am apparently listed somewhere as a Republican, causing GOP Chairman Marc Racicot to send me a letter. I asked my readers…