Seriously, Why Won’t Perry Drop Out?
So it looks like the indications are that Rick Perry, former front-runner, last place finisher in the 2011 Republican Debate Tournament, is not hanging up his brush jacket yet. Despite his very...
View ArticleSantorum’s Flawed Plan for Working America
In my column for The Week I discuss the problems with Rick Santorum economic plan: Santorum’s concern for the American middle class has been one of the most attractive features of his candidacy for...
View ArticleMSNBC Joins the Anti-Romney Bandwagon
I have always been weary of the whine regarding the purported “liberal media”; having won 60% of presidential elections over the last 40 years, near-complete dominance of the radio airwaves, and a...
View ArticleRomneycare Bent the Cost Curve
Via an interesting post by Chris Conover, I came across this recently released National Health Expenditure report, which has data on health-care spending up through 2009. This data includes a...
View ArticleThe Cordray Crisis
Constitutional abuse begets constitutional abuse. President Obama has engaged in a dubious maneuver to force a recess appointment through a Senate that denies it has recessed. (Brad Plumer has a good...
View ArticleHeed McCain’s Warning on Immigration
Someone should listen to John McCain. Asked by First Read whether he thought Arizona was in play this election cycle, McCain reportedly responded “I think that if not this election cycle, the...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Debate Birthright Citizenship
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) has introduced a bill to repeal “birthright citizenship.” It’s probably the most significant immigration reform bill introduced in Congress since 1965 when nation quotas on...
View ArticleGridlock Forever
Far from yielding an ambiguous electoral outcome, the Iowa caucuses solidly confirmed the Balkanization of the Republican Party, a fact that will lead to potential electoral failure in 2012 unless...
View ArticleAll Good Things…
-FrumForum Goes Live FrumForum launched itself almost exactly three years ago, on Inauguration Day 2009. Over the subsequent interval, our hundreds of contributors have reached more than 5 million...
View ArticleMessage for the Commenters
Hello everyone. David and I have been in meetings all day but we made time to check in on the comment thread announcing the move to the Daily Beast and Newsweek. The support in the comments has been...
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