One thing we’re going to hear a lot about during the Republican primary season is what kind of conservative each candidate is. More than that, each candidate is now trying to build their brand. Right now, I see three potential conservative brands coming out.
I’ve talked before about Sam Brownback’s full scale conservative branding. This is […]

Genghis Conn, in response to a call by TrueBlueCT for universal health care in CT and not Rell’s pay-to-stay healthy version:
Well, what’s the plan, then? What do the Democrats want to do? Rell has something on the table. As with most of her plans, it could use a little work, but it’s a place to […]

The passing of President Ford and James Brown reveal a great deal about our country and how we relate to our history. These men, neither perfect, receive our highest honors at their deaths as we recognize their undeniable importance. And as we do that, we forgive the blemishes on their reputations and choose […]

Shorter Joe Lieberman: Our long national nightmare must go on!
Today’s Washington Post op-ed page:
Why We Need More Troops in Iraq
By Joseph Lieberman
Friday, December 29, 2006; Page A27
I’ve just spent 10 days traveling in the Middle East and speaking to leaders there, all of which has made one thing clearer to me than ever: While we […]

Well I think it’s time for two pieces of CW to change. One, Romney is not a top-tier candidate. We’ve spent a lot of time debunking that and this four-state poll backs us up. Two, McCain is not the sole front runner. Giuliani beats him in Iowa and Nevada; McCain wins in South Carolin and […]

Rudy Giuliani, as noted yesterday, is going to run on his national celebrity awarded to him on the ashes of Ground Zero. Giuliani was shown with poise and gravity on 9/11; images of him arriving on-scene were shown on cable news the moment he stepped out of his SUV into the chaos of lower Manhattan. […]

Read this piece from Newsweek comparing the Ford administration to the George W. Bush administration. Note that its comparison of the two administrations consists solely of parallels between the Ford administration (as some see it) and Bush’s candidacy in 2000. Also note that it does not reference any actions or statements by Bush or Cheney […]

Apparently the Bush presidency, in particular the war in Iraq in which almost three thousand Americans have died, alongside hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, is just one big reality TV show starring George W. Bush. So says David Ignatius:
What makes reality TV gripping is that it’s all happening live — the contestants make their choices […]

Rudy Giuliani’s appeal as a Republican presidential candidate resides solely in his celebrity following the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks on New York. He was declared “America’s Mayor” and went on take up extremely strong positions advocating the war in Iraq and unconditional support for Israel. Giuliani’s strong showings in early Iowa and New Hampshire polls must […]

I rarely see articles written about John Larson - I probably know less about him and his career than anyone else in the Connecticut House delegation. I was excited to see a long David Lightman piece on Larson in the Courant, simply because even Hartford’s paper doesn’t seem to spend much time on the activities […]