The Observer at His Own Funeral

George Neumayr The American Spectator 11/4/2010

At his post-defeat press conference, Barack Obama worked hard to project an air of somber reflection, even as his remarks revealed that he had learned nothing from the defeat.

Amidst the practiced pauses and detached narration of the crash came a litany of excuses, evasions, and arrogant denials. He […]

The last refuge of a liberal

Charles Krauthammer The Washington Post 8/27/2010

Liberalism under siege is an ugly sight indeed. Just yesterday it was all hope and change and returning power to the people. But the people have proved so disappointing. Their recalcitrance has, in only 19 months, turned the predicted 40-year liberal ascendancy (James Carville) into a full retreat. Ah, […]

Another Liberal Crackup

The real reason Evan Bayh wants out of Washington.

Wall Street Journal 2/17/2010

The political retirement of Evan Bayh, at age 54, is being portrayed by various sages as a result of too much partisanship, or the Senate’s dysfunction, or even the systemic breakdown of American governance. Most of this is rationalization. The real story, […]

Liberal bastions lament as the blue fades

H/T Jules Crittenden who wrote:

You know about the ”Thank Me, I’m from Massachusetts” t-shirts, right? O, bitter irony!

Liberal bastions lament as the blue fades By David Filipov The Boston Globe January 22, 2010

AMHERST – They filed in and out of coffeehouses, all but crying in their cappuccinos, barely touching their carrot […]

George Will: Liberalism is What is Killing California

George Will Real Clear Politics 1/10/2010

…Kevin Starr, author of an eight-volume — so far — history of the (formerly) Golden State, says California is “on the verge” of becoming something without an American precedent — “a failed state.” William Voegeli, writing in the Claremont Review of Books, tartly says that “Rome wasn’t sacked in […]

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