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Opinion Piece: Rush Limbaugh and the Republican Party

What Rush Limbaugh truly means to the Republican party is a question that is becoming more and more impossible to answer. 
Former Presidential candidate Mitt Romney recently joked in a CNN interview that his Republican colleagues, and in specific — Sarah Palin ”aren’t that cute.” This was a quote Mr. Limbaugh didn’t seem to take in as much of a playful stride as Romney, instead attacking the week old GOP council. ”They despise Sarah Palin. They fear Sarah Palin. They don’t like her either. According to them, she’s embarrassing.”
Without playing into the overall political message …

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Tactical Piece: Rebuilding the GOP

June 5, 2008. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich publishes a piece on the upcoming presidential election in Human Events – the self described headquarter of the conservative underground. It is titled: “My Plea to Republicans,” and ties the recent loss in a Louisiana Congressional election to what he warns could end in disaster in the coming November election. His strategic piece highlights painful figures for the GOP – an 18 point Congressional polling  deficit “reminiscent of the depths of the Watergate disaster.” He warns the GOP’s current attack ads and …

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Opinion Piece: Tax Day Tea Parties — The Wrong Step in Every Direction

Measuring a person’s right to express themselves is constitutionally guaranteed, but one thinking quite radically may cite some minor flaws. 
In the wake of one of the worst recessions our domestic economy has ever experienced, one might expect the inevitable — a grassroots political rally that uprises middle and urban America to protest somewhat unpopular decisions by the federal government. But in one of the rarest cases, this essential Democratic concept seems to partially damage the political system with its string of complications. 
Held across the country, the April 15 Tax Day Tea …