Pete Spiliakos

Stanley Kurtz argues that the Gang of Eight Deal was so bad because the Republicans on the Gang of Eight were rolled by the Democrats. Kurtz writes: Were our negotiators just stupid? I don’t think so. They were desperate. They believed that it was necessary to put the immigration issue . . . . Continue Reading »

Rich Lowry hopes that Ted Cruz will take a more prominent (and Ramesh Ponnuru hopes Cruz takes a more wide-ranging ) stand against the Gang of Eight plan to give amnesty to people who have already been deported, and implement a guest worker program for low-skill immigrants. Now I think there are . . . . Continue Reading »

1. I basically agree with this National Review editorial on the Gang Of Eight proposal. It is a compromise between Democrats who want the widest possible amnesty (including for illegal immigrants who have already been deported - think about that) and Republicans representing employer-interests that . . . . Continue Reading »

Right-leaning outside groups would do better to spend more of their hundreds of millions of dollars on making conservative ideas popular rather than acting as partners to (often cynical) Republican candidates.  . . . . Continue Reading »

They think the way you solve things is by electing the right people. It’s nice to elect the right people, but that isn’t how you solve things. The way you solve things is by making it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing. -Milton Friedman In the 2012 election, right-leaning super PACs spent over $290 million opposing Obama … Continue Reading »

It turns out that the “Gang of Eight” comprehensive immigration reform bill is going to have a guest worker component that will grow over time. The border security “trigger provisions are eyewash. Marco Rubio gives the game away when he explains that we need a guest worker program . . . . Continue Reading »

We seem to be in a moment when the national mainstream media either has, or is about to prominently cover the Gosnell horrors. The week-long prolife campaign to increase coverage seems to have finally broken down resistance to covering the Gosnell trial in the most prominent forums of the most . . . . Continue Reading »

It seems like this is the day when a critical mass of journalists at “mainstream” (liberal-leaning but not explicitly partisan liberal outlets) have decided that their credibility is now on the line and they have to more aggressively cover the Gosnell murders. They were finally shamed . . . . Continue Reading »

Reihan Salam just nails it in this post on immigration policy.   Every Republican talking about immigration should read it. . . . . Continue Reading »

There is something to be said for Peter Lawler’s suggestion that Rick Santorum can be seen, in part, as a right-wing version of a left-wing reactionary. I read Claire Berlinski’s excellent book on Thatcher and I was struck by some of the wrinkles in the coal miners’ strike. Of . . . . Continue Reading »