Elections
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Facts in Arizona case put the lie to ‘racism’ claims about Voter ID
Yesterday’s ruling on Arizona’s voter-registration ID law is very limited and technical. The fact that Justice Antonin Scalia wrote it should reassure conservatives (even those who haven’t read it) that it isn’t some wild-eyed, illogical…
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Voters have noticed GOP governors’ successes — but will the RNC?
The following is a guest post from pollster Chris Wilson, WPA Research, and part two of two in a series on Republican governors. (Part one is here.) Having spent several hours over the past week…
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For the Left, not all non-profit advocacy groups are created equal
This is a guest contribution from Sarah Lee, a freelance writer who specializes in campaign finance issues and works for a Washington-area non-profit. Campaign spending by non-profits and super PACs became one of the Left’s…
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Pa. legislator who trolled, bullied constituents online is now under investigation
Uh, oh. PITTSBURG (KDKA) — First he denied it, now he concedes it’s true. Anti-drilling state representative Jesse White admits he used fictitious names and identities — like Victoria Adams — to attack pro-gas supporters…
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Dem to IRS victims: ‘I get the feeling many of you…believe you should be free from any scrutiny at all’
A few sparks have flown in today’s IRS targeting hearing, in which the victims of the agency’s inappropriate and perhaps illegal activities are testifying. Not all the members of the House Ways and Means Committee…
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Bachmann retires — GOP loses one of its biggest financial black holes
When I first met Michele Bachmann (I think it was 2004 or ’05), she was a sharp state senator from Minnesota who wasn’t afraid to speak her mind. In those days, she wasn’t known for the foot-in-mouth…
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Scandals may bode ill for Dems in 2014
The following is a guest post from pollster Chris Wilson, WPA Research. Jonathan Weisman and Matthew Wald write in The New York Times: “Since last year’s elections, Republicans in Congress have struggled for traction on…
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Obama’s legacy: Scandals at home, incompetence abroad
A perfect storm of controversies and incompetence has reached a head in the last couple of weeks, plaguing the Obama administration and testing just how good Jay Carney is at his job. On the foreign…
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Fundraising from rapes, disasters?
Over the weekend, the DCCC sent out this email below about rape in the military in an attempt to get personal information and emails from potential donors. I found it somewhat tasteless, given what the…
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IRS scandal: Wherever Lois Lerner goes, ‘prayer interrogations’ seem to follow
Over at The Weekly Standard, Mark Hemingway has a brutal write-up on a less examined part of the career of Lois Lerner, the director of the IRS exempt organizations division. Lerner is the supposedly “apolitical”…