Pity the Politician

by Russell E. Saltzman

We just had a revolution—a polite one. Continue Reading »

26 Feb 2015

Social Liberal Hubris

by Pete Spiliakos

Mark Udall’s senatorial defeat might have been the sweetest victory for social conservatism on Tuesday. He organized his campaign around the theme that Republicans were hostile to women, and that his opponents would ban contraception—and all of this with a side order of abortion extremism. Udall’s defeat by Cory Gardner (and the mockery Udall has received across the political spectrum) might indicate that the Democratic “war on women” campaign tactic has outlived its usefulness. Maybe it has, but social conservatives should be careful to distinguish between Mark Udall’s war on women campaign, and the more effective (though still overrated) war on women campaign run by Barack Obama in 2012. Continue Reading »

6 Nov 2014

What the Midterms Mean for Social Conservatives

by Brandon McGinley

I’m never more of a partisan than on election night. All my misgivings about the Republican Party dissolve and I become like a sports fan tabulating my team’s essential statistics. Then Wednesday arrives, and the spasm of partisan enthusiasm fades into a renewed realism. Continue Reading »

6 Nov 2014

It’s Different This Time—A Cry from the Heart

by Carl Scott

I wore black today. Black suit, black tie, and a black shroud over the Romney-Ryan sign in my yard. No, I do not think, contrary to countless heartfelt comments one sees on the conservative blogs today, that the republic died today. But make no mistake: something did die today. Obama voters, you . . . . Continue Reading »

7 Nov 2012

How the President Galvanized the Evangelical Vote

by Kate Pitrone

Daniel Henninger is not the only columnist to note what the president has done to motivate evangelical Christians in this year’s election, but I like the way he writes about it.  ” Romney’s Secret Voting Bloc ” is something of a miracle.  “There and in other . . . . Continue Reading »

31 Oct 2012

Abortion Politics

by Dave Andrusko

A funny thing happened on the way to last November’s elections. Pundits who throughout the summer had billed the elections as the first post-Webster “referendum on abortion” increasingly argued, as fall rolled around, that abortion had “faded” as a decisive issue for voters. Some of this . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 1991