by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Media
Now that Mitt Romney will be Obama’s opponent in November, the Democrats are rolling out the false narrative they will use to demonize Romney and obscure four years of failed economic policies that have created the worst recovery from a recession since the Great Depression. Continue reading “Class Warfare the Last Refuge of a Failed Presidency”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
This should prove to be an ideological election about the economy. Not all campaigns are so clear-cut. Sometimes moderate Republicans raise taxes (as George H. W. Bush did); at other times, pragmatic Democrats cut spending (as Bill Clinton did). Continue reading “Freedom or Fairness in 2012?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
As the election year heats up, we seem not to have noticed the surreal nature of the campaign. Continue reading “Obama’s Surreal Campaign”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
The Latest Scandals
Taxes: What does it matter that Gingrich released one year of his tax records? Any candidate can prep them a year in advance. Continue reading “The 2012 Election Circus–the Acts, the Players, the Hype”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
In a scathing denunciation of Mitt Romney last week, Fareed Zakaria praised Barack Obama for his nuanced understanding of what Zakaria has called the “Post-American World”: Continue reading “A Post-American World?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
The bogeyman of the Washington insider is often a target of the Gingrich campaign, but we have as yet no definition. To be an “insider,” should the candidate have served in the federal government for, say, ten years? Continue reading “A Campaign Dictionary”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
The Race Going into South Carolina
The primary race that has just started and should still be wide open is already supposedly almost over — but still isn’t quite. Continue reading “South Carolina Debate: A Perfect Distraction”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
Newt Gingrich soaring in the polls 90 days ago — with an inspired strategy of critiquing Obama, reprimanding the left-wing media during the debates, playing down his ego while showing mastery of the issues, and calling for an end to internecine bickering — stumbled for a while under the natural negative ads that always target the perceived front runner of the moment. Did he not expect that? Continue reading “Postmodern Populism”
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
Mitt Romney recently said something on Fox News Sunday that raises questions about his understanding of history and its pertinence for foreign policy. In the course of talking about the war in Iraq and the “lessons learned” from that conflict and its “errors,” Romney responded to a question about an incident from his father’s brief 1967-68 run for the Republican nomination. Continue reading “What Does Romney Really Think About Vietnam?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Nominating Mitt Romney is sort of like taking Grandma’s castor oil. Republicans are dreading the thought of downing their unpleasant-tasting medicine but worry that sooner or later they will have to. Continue reading “Romney: The Castor-Oil Candidate”