It's all the rage these days on the other side of the aisle to complain about burdensome regulation, particularly of the environmental variety. Gosh, our small-government friends say, if only we were more like China. They really know how … [Read more...]

Poor David Brooks. He so desperately wants to be the outside-the-box, creative conservative. The guy who believes in what the good ol' Republican party used to stand for, and who feels free to chastise today's GOP for its unfaithfulness … [Read more...]

Michele Bachmann announced during the debate that she's running for president. Let the rejoicing begin. … [Read more...]

Items worth noting (in between periods and during time-outs, of course): State Rep. Ryan Fattman, apparently reeling from the national attention (resulting, at least in part, from our front-page story that has been tweeted nearly 100 … [Read more...]

Mitt Romney must recognize that he's got a really big problem on his hands with respect to the auto industry.  Michigan is, of course, a must-win state for him.  Yet his current Michigan tour has been dogged by protests who object - … [Read more...]

Hilarious. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign imploded Thursday afternoon with virtually his entire senior staff leaving en masse, according to multiple sources familiar with the moves. “When the campaign and the … [Read more...]

I could not - and would not - make this stuff up.  But State Rep. Ryan Fattman, a 24-year-old, newly-elected Republican from Sutton, had this to say regarding the ongoing dispute over the "Secure Communities" program: Mr. Fattman dismissed … [Read more...]

It's revealing, and a tad sobering, to realize just how extreme the Republican party has become in quite a short period of time.  Bruce Bartlett, according to his bio, "held senior policy roles in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush … [Read more...]

Three cheers for taking credit where credit is due.  This is from a speech given today in Toledo to Chrysler workers (email, no link).  Bodes well for 2012, IMHO. What would be life like here in Toledo if you didn’t make these … [Read more...]

The review keep coming in for Romney's official announcement yesterday, and they're not good.  The AP - not exactly a left-wing partisan organization - published a fact-check this morning that eviscerates much of the speech's content. … [Read more...]