And you thought government and bureaucracies were poor economic stewards because they were inefficient, overly-regulatory, and moved at a glacial pace. Racists.

Yes, it’s just a primary in a small state, but it is quickly turning emblematic, so I may as well wade in — at least cautiously. To that end, I’m going to post here a comment left on another site (that was itself copied from yet another site). I can’t speak to it’s accuracy; and I can’t even speak to who the original author of the comment was. So take

Jennifer Rubin, Commentary: As many of us predicted, Obama, a peace-process worshiper of the first order, and his envoy, who is convinced that if he solved the Northern Ireland crisis he can bring peace to the Middle East, are now facing the collapse of their 18-month venture into Middle East policymaking. (By the way, given Mitchell’s performance in the Middle East, do you get the feeling that the settlement of

Looks like the Dems have decided it’s Obama’s time to take one for the team. And it ain’t pretty.* Still. Couldn’t happen to a gooder man. (h/t Doug Ross)

Note here: if it does nothing else, having the stark conservative choice forces the left wing candidate to move further right. Which, that’s a welcome change from watching the GOP fall all over itself trying to prove its progressive bona fides, if you ask me. (h/t TerryH)

Here’s my most candid admission: I don’t care if Constitutionalists / classical liberals / fiscal conservatives lose the next 10 elections — provided they stick to their principles. The media and the reality on the ground can only fool the electorate for so long — and a break in the action where conservatives are out of power takes away the left’s ability to lay blame at the feet of the

Overheard at the local coffee shop, 8:55 a.m. First overweight lady: “Have you tried the biscotti here? The chocolate macadamia?” Second overweight lady: “Yes. Delicious. You’ll love it. In fact, I think I’ll have a piece as well, now that you’ve reminded me.” First overweight lady: “We’re being so bad, aren’t we…?” Second overweight lady: “I guess. But we may as well enjoy it now, while we both still have

— Though as I anticipated, it is (as of now) a soft and bloodless one. Paul Ryan seems to get that. Responding to David Brooks — and, by proxy, to the rest of the establishment Republicans content to live within the faux binary of the current two-party competition for control of first eats at the taxpayer trough: The issue is not whether we ought to “zero out the state” or

Jonathan Rauch, National Journal: But, tea partiers say, if you think moving votes and passing bills are what they are really all about, you have not taken the full measure of their ambition. No, the real point is to change the country’s political culture, bending it back toward the self-reliant, liberty-guarding instincts of the Founders’ era. Winning key congressional seats won’t do that, nor will endorsing candidates. “If you just

Seems our First Amendment may needs some tweaking, according to Stephen Breyer: During an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America this morning, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer addressed the recent controversy over a Florida pastor’s plan to hold a Quran-burning rally on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, saying he wasn’t convinced the First Amendment would protect such an action if the case were brought to the court