Danforth’s folly
Jack Danforth’s recent suggestion that a center-right Republican should run as an independent in the 2022 Missouri senate race is ridiculous. At 85, Danforth has lost it.
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Wasinger is best choice for MO state auditor
David Wasinger, who is both an attorney and a CPA, is the Republicans’ strongest candidate to challenge Democrat incumbent State Auditor Nicole Galloway. A strong auditor candidate on the statewide ballot will also help Republican efforts to take the McCaskill senate seat.
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Doubts about McDowell’s auditor candidacy
Apparently Saudra McDowell, a candidate for the Republican nomination for Missouri state auditor, has $55,000 in judgments against her and may also fail the residency requirement for the office.
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Glory Days for Missouri Republicans
I had a friend was a big baseball playerback in high schoolHe could throw that speedball by youMake you look like a fool boySaw him the other night at this roadside barI was walking in, he was walking outWe went back inside sat down had a few drinksbut…
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Sanctimonious bipartisan grandstanding
Bipartisan calls for the resignation of State Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal are similar to the bipartisan criticism of President Trump’s nuanced response to Charlottesville. Rational discussion is intimidated, and that’s a bad thing.
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Hostility to women not responsible for Wagner’s withdrawal
Consistent with the mainsteam media’s continuing campaign to paint the Republican Party as inhospitable to women, Roll Call published a Nathan Gonzales column blaming perceived GOP hostility to women for the withdrawal of Congresswoman Ann Wagner from consideration for the GOP nomination to oppose Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill’s reelection next year. Gonzales is wrong. Wagner […]
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Quick observations of 2016 election returns
Quick hits about the year of the outside, the ineffective candidacy of Robin Smith, and establishment Republicans who paid the price for opposing Donald Trump after the convention.
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Peter Kinder is most electable choice for MO governor
Peter Kinder is the best candidate for the Republican nomination for Missouri Governor because, besides being a solid conservative, he is a proven winner. You can’t be a conservative governor if you can’t win the general election in November.
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Hillary dodges a bullet. So does Trump
The FBI recommendation not to prosecute Hillary Clinton not only saved Clinton’s campaign. It also saved Trump’s. If Democrats had a chance to switch horses now, Trump would be toast.
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#NeverTrump could set a regrettable precedent
I don’t like Trump. I still haven’t resolved for whom I am voting in November. However, the budding movement to change the convention rules after the fact in order to deny Trump the nomination he won with the votes of legitimate (albeit misguided) primary voters and caucus attendees is the wrong thing to do. Here are a couple reasons why.
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Cruz and Kasich need each other in race to beat Trump
Ted Cruz taking on Donald Trump one-on-one isn’t necessarily the best path to victory. In many primaries, it would be better if John Kasich remained in the race. This article examines where and why that is., analyzing coming primaries. Cruz and Kasich need to work together, and each needs the wisdom and humility to understand the strategic value of standing down for the other.
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Time to vote strategically, unite behind Cruz
I have favored Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for President ever since Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker dropped out. I also believe that Donald Trump would lead conservatives to electoral disaster if given the Republican nomination. Trump has been winning with large pluralities, but not majorities, but pluralities are enough to win, even in winner-take-all primaries. Trump will ride 30% victories all the way to the convention if the other 70% remains splintered. It’s time to united behind Ted Cruz.
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When did Al Gore take over Republican thinking?
When did the “It’s not fair” mentality of Al Gore’s sore losers morph into an “It’s not fair” movement to change retroactively the rules of nominating a candidate?
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Rubio is more Tea Party than ‘establishment’
The media are wrong to label Marco Rubio as an “establishment” candidate. Rubio entered the senate as a Tea Partier, and he still is.
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Impact of disappearing LGBT identity politics
Today’s Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage has an unexpected side effect. LGBT voters, heretofore distracted by wedge issues dealing specifically with their sexual orientation, are now freed from their single-issue devotion to the Democratic Party. Issues that matter to the rest of the electorate are now more relevant to LGBT voters. Many will conclude that Republicans now represent a better choice.
