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How to roast Reagan

Democrats tiptoe the line between honoring Ronald Reagan and opposing everything he stood for. Well, if they want to be effective in chastising Reagan, they need to take their cues...

Posted on January 26, 2008 3:53 AM

Bill Clinton on "polarizing" politics

Having spent the last few weeks polarizing the Democratic nomination race, Bill Clinton takes the time to grab the mantle of victimhood and blame "right wing Republicans" for the polarization....

Posted on January 25, 2008 11:55 PM

Bill Clinton comes to town

A reliable informant called me yesterday around noon to tell me former President Bill Clinton was coming to Walterboro, the town I live near in South Carolina. Arrangements had been...

Posted on January 25, 2008 3:37 AM

The last year in Iraq

The progress since December 2006 in Iraq in terms of areas contested by al Qaeda, coalition soliders killed in action, Iraqi civilian deaths, and incidents of ethnic/sectarian violence, in handy...

Posted on January 19, 2008 6:18 AM

Under oath, Bloomberg won't say if he'll run

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has repeatedly denied he's considering an independent run for President this year, BUT when asked the question directly, under oath in a lawsuit over his...

Posted on January 15, 2008 12:10 AM

Why did the polls blow it in New Hampshire?

The final polls in New Hampshire - and there were plenty outfits issuing them - forecast a big win for Barack Obama, predicting he would win going away with a...

Posted on January 10, 2008 4:22 AM

Designing a better "Exit Poll"

About the time the news outlets stopped hiring professional polling firms to conduct the "exit polls" of voters and formed a "pool" to hire only one to poll for all...

Posted on January 8, 2008 2:09 AM

Brilliant and insightful debate analysis

Wizbang readers want debate analysis that is brilliant, insightful, and concise. Unfortunately, we didn't budget for that, so you get me. Over at Politics, I offer commentary on the Republican...

Posted on January 6, 2008 4:51 AM

Get the spin now & beat the after-caucus rush

Iowa's caucuses are tonight, marking the "official" beginning of the Presidential nomination campaigns which began a year ago. While it may be difficult to get a meaningful result tonight -...

Posted on January 3, 2008 2:50 PM

Iowa's shameful sham is a subsidy scam

Iowa's phony position as the "first" political contest of the Presidential race ensures their billions of dollars of federal ethanol subsidies are safe from reformers, and that competing ethanol from other countries will be kept out by unfair restrictions. Taxpayers and consumers are robbed to feed the giant Iowa subsidy hog because the politicians won't cut it off, lest they wish to run for President some day (and most fantasize about it constantly). So enjoy the meaningless charade of the tiny fraction of Iowans who've been badgered into braving the cold to waste a couple of hours pretending to practice democracy tomorrow night: you paid for it.

Posted on January 2, 2008 4:58 PM

Democrats' tax dilemma

One of the Democratic Congress' consistent themes has been their desire to "roll back" tax cuts "for the wealthy." The simplest way for them to accomplish this goal is to...

Posted on December 15, 2007 5:24 PM

'tis the season for Politics

With only 24 vote-getting days left before the Iowa Caucuses, the most recent topics and gift ideas at Wizbang Politics are also available via the tab at the top of...

Posted on December 11, 2007 3:05 AM

The latest on Politics

With less than a month remaining before the first votes are cast for President in 2008, these are the most recent posts on the Politics page - which you can...

Posted on December 5, 2007 4:34 AM

Currently on Politics

Welcome our new contributor at Wizbang Politics (also instantly accessible by the tab at the top of this page), Bill "The Florida Masochist" Jempty - a Democrat with not only...

Posted on November 29, 2007 4:29 AM

CNN's Dem debate debacle

Before last week's Democratic debate in Las Vegas on CNN, Hillary Clinton backers issued "warnings" to moderator Wolf Blitzer. Since a Clinton supporter in a conference call had suggested Tim...

Posted on November 20, 2007 4:00 PM

It's hard up here for a Gump . . .

Southern candidates haven't fared too well in contested New Hampshire primaries, the single exception being Al Gore in 2000 - and one could argue Bradley hardly "contested" the nomination that...

Posted on November 20, 2007 3:45 PM

Currently at Politics

I apologize for my recent lack of posting, but it wasn't until Kevin came outside his house to point out my picket sign misspelled "Wizbang" that I realized I wasn't...

Posted on November 16, 2007 3:57 AM

Election and Politics topics on tap

The latest posts over at the Politics page, also easily reached via the tabs at the top of this page: Hillary is political Viagra for Republicans . . . "Arousing...

Posted on October 24, 2007 1:52 AM

Campaign slogans we'd like to see

One thing missing from the current cycle of Presidential campaigning is the catchy slogan which used to be a staple of American politics. Who could forget those pithy lines which...

Posted on October 12, 2007 2:18 PM

Politics topics now playing

[UPDATED to add late entries.] Over at the Politics page (or tab): Rudy Lectures A Ron Paul Supporter . . . which will bring a wry smile to everyone except...

Posted on October 10, 2007 2:15 AM

Now on tap at Politics . . .

The latest topics on our Politics page, which - repeat after me now, you know the words - can also be easily accessed via the tabs at the top of...

Posted on October 8, 2007 5:11 AM

On Politics . . .

The latest topics on our Politics page, also easily located via the tabs at the top of this page: Obama's hopes focused on Iowa . . . the Illinois Senator...

Posted on October 6, 2007 3:32 AM

One strange man, one strange vote

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HR 203, a Resolution Condemning the persecution of labor rights advocates in Iran. The dictatorial regime of the mad mullahs has been...

Posted on October 5, 2007 1:46 AM

White Males Need Not Apply

While every election cycle brings the "discovery" of some new demographic - usually some subset of suburban women with children like "Soccer Moms" or "Security Moms" - the most enduring...

Posted on October 4, 2007 5:00 PM

Meanwhile, back at the Election again

The newest posts over on the Politics page, which you may also find via the tabs at the top of this page: Bishop Would Deny Communion to Giuliani . ....

Posted on October 4, 2007 3:06 AM

Pakistan: Bhutto says talks with Musharraf stalled

As she prepares to return to Pakistan from her long exile, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says she does not yet have the guarantees she was promised, Salman Masood reports...

Posted on October 4, 2007 2:45 AM

The latest Politics topics

Recent entries on the Politics page (also reached easily via the tabs at the top of this page): Fred Thompson: the gloves to come off? . . . Fred won't...

Posted on October 2, 2007 2:08 PM

For more political topics . . .

. . . check out Wizbang Politics, through the links or the tab at the top of this page. Currently on tap: Edwards to take public funding . ....

Posted on September 28, 2007 3:19 AM

And on our Politics menu today . . .

Politics topics are also easily reached via the tab at the top of this page . . . "Now playing": Democratic debate: Edwards on the attack . . . With...

Posted on September 27, 2007 2:50 AM

Al Franken gets refund from Strib

The whole flap about MoveOn.org's anti-Petraeus ad in The New York Times (for which they were incorrectly charged a low discount rate, and later paid the difference) is rippling throughout...

Posted on September 27, 2007 2:20 AM

NPR refuses Bush offer of exclusive interview

National "Public" Radio has turned down an interview with the President, Howard Kurtz reports for the Washington Post : The White House reached out to National Public Radio over the...

Posted on September 26, 2007 1:54 AM

MoveOn.org to pay full price for NYT ad

Now that The New York Times has declared the discount rate given MoveOn.org for their "General Betray Us" ad attacking the character of General David Petraeus was an "error," MoveOn...

Posted on September 24, 2007 3:17 AM

Another Democrat surrender bill defeated

Another day, another defeat for Harry Reid and the Defeat Caucus, reports Anne Flaherty for the Associated Press: The Senate rejected legislation Friday that would have ordered most U.S. troops...

Posted on September 21, 2007 1:54 PM

Politics topics on tap now

Now playing over on the Politics page (which you can also reach via the tabs at the top of this page): ~~ Rudy raises campaign $$ in London . ....

Posted on September 19, 2007 4:50 PM

Election topics

The latest on tap at Politics (or just click the tab at the top of this page): Who can stop Hillary? . . . "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who...

Posted on September 13, 2007 1:06 PM

Currently, at Politics

The latest topics on the Politics page (which is also only a click away on the tab at the top of this page): Thompson team hits Hillary on fundraising ....

Posted on September 12, 2007 2:12 AM

Politics topics

Now playing over on the Politics page, also accessible by the user-friendly tabs at the top of this page: Kos calls out Hillary and Obama on Iraq . . ....

Posted on September 8, 2007 3:51 AM

9/11 DVD release delayed by Clinton candidacy?

The award-winning mini-series "The Path to 9/11" was supposed to be released on DVD this spring, but it still hasn't been, nor has a date been set. The writer claims...

Posted on September 5, 2007 2:44 PM

Now playing on Politics

Recent topics of interest on the Politics page (also accessible through the handy-dandy tab at the top of the main page) include: Grand jury subpoenas Doolittle aides . . ....

Posted on September 5, 2007 1:36 AM

More on Politics

Recent topics on Wizbang Politics, also accessible by the tab at the top of this page: Four-star Veep? . . . Are Republicans looking at retired Gen. Tommy Franks as...

Posted on August 31, 2007 3:25 PM

Pakistan: moment of truth?

Rumors have been circulating for weeks about contacts between the military regime of President Musharrif and the democratic party of exiled former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the inference being that...

Posted on August 30, 2007 1:32 PM

Election news and views

Recent topics over on the Politics page (also accessible by the new tab at the top of this page): Edwards targets other Democrats . . . Who knew the Silky...

Posted on August 30, 2007 4:45 AM

Meanwhile, back at the Election

Over at Wizbang Politics, we're continuing our never-ending quest to supply political junkies with their off-season fix. A few recent topics: Purge, Comrade? . . . the Left monitors elected...

Posted on August 22, 2007 6:04 PM

You've read the whole blog already?

Remember we have a page of political and election posts over at Wizbang Politics for your further Wizbanging pleasure . . ....

Posted on August 18, 2007 6:23 PM

Iraq: the political horizon

Much is made of the Iraqi government's lack of political progress - as defined in fluid fashion by Washington politicians. The more dangerous political instability for Iraq may be that...

Posted on August 13, 2007 1:28 PM

Politicians and free trade

Political demagoguery threatens pending free trade pacts with South Korea, Colombia, Peru and Panama, as The Detroit News notes: Democrats in Congress, along with some Republicans, are promoting protectionism again,...

Posted on August 12, 2007 11:55 AM

Stuck in the middle without you

The traditional political wisdom of modern Presidential campaigns follows the Nixon Plan from 1968: run to the right (left for Democrats) in the primaries, then back towards the middle for...

Posted on August 10, 2007 1:15 AM

Fingers in the wind

Military historian Victor Davis Hanson notes that one measure of progress in Iraq is which ship the rats are jumping off in his NRO column: So how do we know...

Posted on August 10, 2007 12:29 AM

Wizbang Podcast #41 is up

The 41st edition of the Wizbang Podcast is up for your listening pleasure. Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: The Real Problem with Press Bias -When...

Posted on October 8, 2006 7:15 PM

Showing the rest of New England how it's done

In the aftermath of recent incidents of child-molesters getting extremely light sentences (a man who repeatedly raped a girl over 4 years, from when she was seven, getting two months...

Posted on January 20, 2006 11:00 AM

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