Posted on September 2nd, 2008 by Daniel McCarthy
Yes, Jesse Venture, former Reform Party governor of Minnesota, said he might run for president in 2012, at Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic today. I doubt he actually will make the effort — although in his talk he called for leveling the playing field for third parties, he knows full well that any third-party [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Events, Uncategorized
Posted on September 1st, 2008 by Daniel McCarthy
What could be more helpful in the midst of a hurricane than a politician? If there is flooding in New Orleans, I’m sure the victims will say, “Don’t send food, water, money, medical supplies–send us candidates!”
While Bush and other great samaritan-statesmen are skipping out on the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, so they can [...]
Filed under: Events, Politics
Posted on August 15th, 2008 by Kelley Vlahos
Certainly all the attempts by the media to conjure the Spirit of ‘68 when speculating about the demonstrations outside the Republican and Democratic conventions at the end of the month are in vain. In fact, sadly misplaced. While there is definitely a very active contingent of activists out there that would like to put [...]
Filed under: Election, Events, media
Posted on July 18th, 2008 by Daniel McCarthy
Conservative student publications on campuses across the country serve as farm teams for the Right. TAC intern Patrick Ford, for example, comes to us from the GW Patriot at George Washington University. And for that matter, I got my own start with a campus conservative publication I co-founded at another Washington — the Washington Witness [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Events, Magazines