Mitch Daniels For President In 2012

By Jim

Indiana GOP Gov. Mitch Daniels is emerging as a favored contender for the 2012 presidential election.  Politico says that as governor he has practiced the sort of fiscal conservatism that he preached as “The Blade” during his tenure as President George W. Bush’s head of the Office of Management and Budget. In many ways,... »

Liz Cheney – Republican Rock Star

By Jim

She punctuated her Nashville speech emphatically with the statement that conservatism is resurgent and urged activists to stay involved. “We can’t win if we don’t fight,” Liz said, noting that she was taught that lesson years before “by a great American, my dad, Dick Cheney.” The New York Times observed that, “By speech’s end,... »

Dick Cheney’s Book Will Reveal Secrets

By Jim

At the urgng of his daughter, former Vice President Dick Cheney is busy writing, what some eagerly anticipate, a revealing book. Liz Cheney, described her father’s forthcoming memoir as a record for posterity. According to the Washington Post, Cheney assuredly will not break a lifetime’s reticence about his feelings. Alluding to Bush’s forthcoming memoir, Cheney... »