Be careful what you wish for:
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Republicans hope to solidify their grip on the Statehouse in next month's elections, but the GOP's goal of winning enough House seats to essentially render Democrats irrelevant could prove an elusive target.
Convention organizers are concerned that a reduction in the number of direct flights between Indianapolis and other cities could hurt their chances of attracting big events.
We automatically think of George McGovern as an unwavering liberal progressive, but some consider him a libertarian hero, too:
When she's right, she's right:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says in a new interview that she can’t stand “whining” by women who are unhappy with the work and family choices they’ve made in life and complain that they have no options.
It’s worth noting, in the wake of three major national debates, that all four national candidates — Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden and Paul Ryan – seem to think of themselves as superheroes. Among other predictions, they suggest that they themselves will create jobs, jumpstart the economy, achieve energy independence, save Medicare and improve higher education.
This sounds about right:
The inaugural results of a new Gallup question -- posed to more than 120,000 U.S. adults thus far -- shows that 3.4% say "yes" when asked if they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
[. . .]
I agree -- wish we were hearing about judicial nominations from the presidential candidates:
Hey, dudes, bet you thought "hip right-winger" was an oxymoron:
DENVER (AP) — It's not all hippies backing November's marijuana legalization votes in Colorado, Oregon and Washington.
The conservative Weekly Standard has an interesting and (I think) perceptive look at how Indiana's "people's choice" health-care approach offers a good alternative to the top-down Obamacare's approach:
The Cato Institute, which is very good at watching budgets and crunshcing numbers, has issued its final 2012 report on the nation's governors, , grading them on their taxing and spending records.
