High Ground Underground

The past couple/few weeks, we at least here in California have been hearing a radio ad warning us of the danger of nominating another Establishment moderate, Romney, like Dole & McCain. The ad did not advocate a particular candidate. And then the other day I got a Townhall.com advertisement email from "Winning Our Future" with almost identical wording. I include most of it at the end (and it does advocate a specific candidate), for any who may not have heard it or something similar, or who'd like some context for what Ann Coulter is talking about in the article I'll share first. We're a bit surprised here to actually have GOP candidates showing interest in us (other than Obama for Hollywood campaign donations), as usually it's all decided by the time of our June primary -- an indication some are expecting a long, protracted primary battle. The radio ad, and now email, infuriated me with their absurdity (which makes me wonder about their unspoken, real p...

In observance of President’s Day, let’s consider how our current president has lived up to his presidential oath of office, and whether he is worthy of being entrusted with another term. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” 1. Under his “leadership” the national debt has been driven up at an unprecedented rate, forcing a weakening of the economy, downgrading of our credit rating & severe cutbacks in the military, leaving the country weaker, less protected, and less well-preserved. After promising to cut the deficit by half by the end of his 1st (and last!) term, he continues to raise it & the debt to unprecedented heights, with 4 consecutive trillion-dollar deficit budgets submitted. 2. He has been preoccupied with legislation (Obamacare) that contributes significantly to the economic burden, and weake...

This primary season is just a continual roller coaster ride. After Mitt’s big wins in Florida & Nevada (2 key swing states, 46% & 48%) Feb. 4, Santorum pulled out a surprise caucus trifecta on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and then Romney came back (again, as after S. Carolina) in the Maine caucuses Feb. 11 with 39% (Ron Paul 36%, Santorum 18%, Ron Paul 6%). He also seemed to make his case fairly well at CPAC the same week, evidenced in their straw poll with Mitt 38% vs Santorum 31%, Newt 15%, Ron Paul 12%. And Mitt’s expected to do well in the only 2 other primaries before Super Tuesday – Michigan & Arizona Feb. 28. Then 10 states on Super Tuesday, March 6. I’d ask who’s changed more – the fickle among the GOP or Romney, who was the clear conservative choice at CPAC in 2008? Who’s been the steadiest in the polls? Look at the polls over the last year, and the flavors of the month that have now continued with Newt and Santorum voting surges. Easy come, easy go. If we’ve learned anything ...

“A Thumpin’” As Krauthammer said today after the Florida election results, it was “a thumpin’” (Mitt's 46% to Newt’s 32%). Romney won more votes than any previous GOP candidate, and dominated every category of voters. Some data from the Romney campaign “...that illustrate why the Obama campaign is worried about facing Mitt in the general election: • Mitt had a broad base of support, winning among conservatives, Tea Party members, Evangelicals, women, men, and Hispanics. • With over 770,000 votes, Mitt received the most votes in Florida GOP Primary history. • The idea that Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are splitting the conservative vote was proved wrong -- again. Not only did Mitt win more support from conservatives and Tea Party supporters than either candidate, Mitt garnered more votes than both candidates combined. • Mitt won Hispanic voters, a key swing voting bloc in the general election, increasing his support of 14% in 2008 to 54% in Tuesday's results. • Every GOP ca...

The Gift that Keeps on Giving Newt seems to be riding a second wave, this one in good part of the making of the liberal media running the debates. He’s now capitalized in 2 debates in a row on gimme questions providing the perfect segway to lashing out against the liberal media – a favorite target of conservatives. First was the Jan. 16 debate response to Juan Williams’ insinuation that his having poor kids work (e.g., school cleanup) was racially demeaning. Conservatives are tired of liberals’ overreach with the race card. The other Jan. 19 to King’s leadoff about his ex-wife’s public accusations of him asking for an open marriage. His indignant responses elicited wild applause and a standing ovation. Santorum has said that “I don’t know how much Newt paid King for that question, but it wasn’t enough.” He, too, felt it was a significant factor in his last-minute surge in the South Carolina polls, and his win there. An anti-mainstream-media vote. Of course there were likely other facto...

Iowa & New Hampshire It was the narrowest of squeakers in Iowa, but Mitt did a bit better than expected. Maybe my calls the Saturday before to get out his supporters to the caucuses actually helped give him those several votes that made the difference. And yes, there was at least one Iowa “carcass” – Bachman. And for all the hoopla we heard 4 years ago about how many dollars per vote Romney spent, it was Perry by far with the dollars per vote this time – no doubt another soon-to-be carcass with a fraction of 1% in New Hampshire. And a historic win for Romney today in New Hampshire – no non-incumbent GOP candidate has ever won both Iowa & New Hampshire! And I think that says a lot, that the people who know him best (New Hampshire) came out so strongly for him. Things will no doubt be tougher, though, in S. Carolina on Jan. 21 and Florida Jan. 31. Most agree that if he wins them, it’s over. But many are screaming about a too-early coronation. If the anti-Romney vote remains divid...