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“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” (more…)

Republican National Committeeman Mark Hillman will not seek any elected office next year, he announced in a mass email to friends (more…)

As Heard on Backbone Radio, Feb. 15
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What a sad showing of vanity and weakness by Senators Spector, Snowe, and Collins in helping pass the generational theft bill, misnamed stimulus, for President Obama. In contrast, what a display of backbone by Sen. Judd Gregg in walking away from a cabinet post (more…)

If Republicans are serious about recovering constitutional government, it’s hard to imagine how they would be successful without Lincoln. (more…)

“Thank goodness the Republicans are rediscovering their backbone under Obama,” says John Andrews in the February round of Head On TV debates. Susan Barnes-Gelt scoffs that “tt’s a new day and the Grumpy Old Partisans are tone deaf.” John on the right, Susan on the left, also go at it this month over Obama’s honeymoon, Salazar’s agenda at Interior, (more…)

Editor: Ken Gordon, former Colorado Senate Majority Leader, circulated a list of political precepts that fired up Karen. She wrote him (more…)

Today I spoke at a meeting of the Log Cabin Republicans, a group more courageous and filled with independence of spirit than even (more…)

Lincoln inevitably came to mind when I toured the Civil War coin exhibit currently on display at the American Numismatic Museum (more…)

How could the GOP could become the Grand Old Party once again? Their chances in 2010 aren’t very good right now, even if the Democrats (more…)

The Republican Party’s vitality as we enter 2009 is attested by six strong candidates vying to be chairman. Ken Blackwell of Ohio, (more…)

The GOP ethical dustup over who would succeed House Minority Leader Mike May, now rendered moot by May deciding he will stay, (more…)

The GOP’s problem is the message, some say. For others the party is too conservative, or too religious. Still others say we’ve abandoned (more…)

Here’s the pictorial story of Colorado Republican leadership, if you can call it that, trending ever downward over the past decade. Ouch. (more…)

I’ve been learning Facebook and Twitter in recent weeks, finding them worth the investment of time. Twitter is essentially a chatroom (more…)

For rank-and-file Republicans, our party’s mission is to advance freedom through limited government, strong national security, (more…)