As I watched the trailer for the coming-soon (and preposterously premised) movie, “Cowboys & Aliens,” I thought about Afghanistan. Yes, there’s a showdown looming between two different worlds. President Barack Obama has promised to start significantly withdrawing troops by next July, and the military (led by Superman-Gen. David Petraeus) is working on a counterinsurgency strategy [...]
A new campaign ad by Colorado House candidate Cory Gardner misses the mark… by hitting the wrong Markey. The Republican’s 30-second spot attacks Democratic incumbent Betsy Markey for backing President Obama’s 2010 spending plan. Except Betsy Markey, a conservative “Blue Dog” Dem, voted against the president’s budget. Gardner, a state representative, may have been thinking [...]
A new campaign ad by Colorado House candidate Cory Gardner misses the mark… by hitting the wrong Markey. The Republican’s 30-second spot attacks Democratic incumbent Betsy Markey for backing President Obama’s 2010 spending plan. Except Betsy Markey, a conservative “Blue Dog” Dem, voted against the president’s budget. Gardner, a state representative, may have been thinking [...]
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is out with a new web video, criticizing Obama’s failed policies and “endless summer vacations.” While the web ad is well produced, to me, the video is interesting because it features images of Rand Paul, Sharron Angle, Joe Miller and Christine O’Donnell — all candidates who defeated establishment candidates [...]
A pair of major national polls has a mixed bag of findings for Republicans and Democrats, but a common denominator is that at least 6 of 10 likely voters think the country is on the wrong track, almost as many disapprove of the jobs that congressional lawmakers in both parties are doing, and most do [...]
When the Dove World Outreach Center announced last month that it would commemorate the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by staging a burning of the Koran, Islam’s holy book, it seemed to confirm the Gainesville, Fla.-based church as a fringe element even among Christian fundamentalists. That reputation was solidified Tuesday night when CNN [...]
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