Election 2008 aftermath Archives


Sore winners should lay off Musgrave

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Republican Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, targeted five years ago by the Tim Gill machine for the crime of defending traditional marriage (more…)

Nine lessons from my CD-2 race

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Needless to say, 2008 was not a good year for Republicans. Our nation faced major financial and energy crises brought on by (more…)

Celebritizing of politics isn’t good

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Before leaving for a brief sojourn through South America, I noticed something troubling on the news. On one channel, hordes (more…)

2008 was no realignment

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Adding considerable luster to the achievement of the Founding Fathers in building success and stability in the infant Republic (more…)

A Republican unity recipe

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Does the unbending commitment to moral issues by some in the GOP ordain a party fracture? So we’re being told by centrist critics (more…)

Kenyan expectations also overblown

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Roger and Kate, friends of mine from Denver who are Christian missionaries in Mozambique, happened to be in Nairobi, Kenya, (more…)

The future of the Republican Party

Monday, November 17th, 2008

(To the editors, WSJ, Nov. 17) The 11 letters to your newspaper today read like they were churned out of a Democratic talking points (more…)

Will BHO tack to center like Sarko?

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Rush Limbaugh’s giddiness since the Republican election loss has proved infectious among French advocates of American conservatism, (more…)

The blueing of Arapahoe

Monday, November 17th, 2008

There were hints in October that Arapahoe Republicans were in for another bad year. My precinct in Centennial, once as red (more…)

Practices, not principles, hurt GOP

Monday, November 17th, 2008

After being routed at the polls for two consecutive election cycles, Republicans are turning introspective, asking how (more…)

Tech outreach wooed youth to BHO

Monday, November 17th, 2008

What’s the campaign doing to attract young voters, I asked a McCain official last month. The look on her face was all I needed (more…)

Everybody wants some

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Nearly five decades after John F. Kennedy inspired Americans to ask what they could do for their country, the new national sentiment (more…)

To win on blue, think anew

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Democratic chairman Howard Dean was ridiculed for his 50-state strategy, but who’s laughing now? Dems just made big gains in states (more…)

Dems seize digital dominance

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Obama has “built the largest network anyone has ever seen in politics, and congressional Republicans are clueless about the shift,” (more…)

Greenspan’s clowns & McCain’s weasels

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

With the election behind us, it’s time now for another installment of good news and optimism, of the kind you can find nowhere else, (more…)