Sarah Palin: It’s Her Party And She’ll Resign If She Wants To

It has been amusing to watch the speculation of the Alaska Governor’s motivations and future aspirations after announcing her resignation last Friday. Senate bid? “No, Alaskans would never forgive her for leaving them” said the Sunday shows. Presidential bid? “Not possible now,” say the smartest strategists and campaigners. Host a talk show? Sell books? Go on the lecture circuit? All possible, though not all probable. But the one thing most of the pundits on both the left and the right in Washington D.C. have declared certain – Palin’s political career is D.O.A.

Not so fast, my friends. Since we’re all engaged in wild speculation, allow the reading of one more set of tea leaves, if you please.
 
You can roll your eyes and tease Palin’s supposed lightweight intellectual status. You can bury your head in shame when Charlie Gibson peers down his nose through his reading glasses and stumps her with international policy questions. You may say she had no business on the national stage from the get-go last fall when John McCain announced her as his vice presidential pick. But what you cannot ignore, nor take from her is what she is about to seize on in a big way. (more…)

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Tags: 2010, 2012, Governor, mccain, Obama
Posted Jul 8th 2009 at 12:34 pm in Politics | 178418265 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cstigall/2009/07/08/sarah-palin-it%e2%80%99s-her-party-and-she%e2%80%99ll-resign-if-she-wants-to/Sarah+Palin%3A+It%E2%80%99s+Her+Party+And+She%E2%80%99ll+Resign+If+She+Wants+To2009-07-08+19%3A34%3A33Chris+Stigall

Resuscitating the GOP 2: The Brand

“And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.” — Mark 3:25

It is both reasonable and fair to ask reformers of the Republican Party – those suggesting that we jettison the right wing and seek the gooey center of American politics — exactly how many of their convictions they are willing to compromise in pursuit of electoral success. It is also fair and reasonable to ask whether the people can truly admire or trust any public servant that is willing to sacrifice their convictions upon the altar of political power.

Party reformers are quick to point to the Democratic Party model that has proved successful, to whit: silencing the far left of their party and supporting centrist or blue dog candidates. Or so they say. The list of pro-life, pro-family, pro-second amendment, Global warming skeptic democrats in party leadership positions is very short indeed. (more…)

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Tags: 2010, 2012, bush, gop, GOP the Brand
Posted May 18th 2009 at 11:44 am in Politics | 137706One Commenthttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jphillips/2009/05/18/resuscitating-the-gop-2-the-brand/Resuscitating+the+GOP+2%3A+The+Brand2009-05-18+18%3A44%3A14Joseph+C.+Phillips

Resuscitating the GOP

A popular topic of conversation these days is what ails the Republican Party. Everyone from barbershop pundits and opinion writers to former Bush administration officials have waded in with opinions and cures.

More than a few have proffered that the problem with the Republican Party is that it has moved too far from the political center and given too much sway to the fringe right. They hold that in order to survive and become vibrant again the Grand Old Party must jettison (or at least silence) the far right and must begin appealing to the moderate wing of the party. In other words the party must become even more like Democrats. I suspect this brilliant advice was dreamed up by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid while doing shots of Tequila in some smart bar in Georgetown. They never dreamed Republicans would be so daft as to actually consider it.

Giving voice to a version of this madness, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, spoke to a group of corporate security executives and warned that the ills of the party could be traced to the repeating of the far right mantra. Powell went on to say, “Americans do want to pay taxes for services,” he continued, “Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less.” (more…)

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Posted May 11th 2009 at 1:52 pm in Featured Story, Politics | 132362One Commenthttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jphillips/2009/05/11/resuscitating-the-gop/Resuscitating+the+GOP2009-05-11+20%3A52%3A23Joseph+C.+Phillips

Empty Suit, California Style

To the delight of California’s illegal aliens, socialists, unqualified minority job-seekers and militant bicyclers who blow up Hummer dealerships in the name of suffering polar bears, smarmy San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday he is running for governor in 2010.  Newsom chose San Francisco-based Twitter─the de facto, mandatory communication tool for hip celebs and gossipy high school girls─to officially reveal his plans.  Indeed, inexperienced, over-packaged, provincial narcissists with radical agendas, cocaine issues, elitism fetishes, an undeserved sense of entitlement and contempt for the American way of life aren’t just for the White House anymore.  California has found change it can believe in. 

At a time when reckless, lightweight, non-achieving ideologues are all the rage in American politics; when nary a meaningful accomplishment is needed to move up the political ladder; when substance takes a backseat to teleprompters and pedestrian, car salesman charms; Newsom is trying to parlay his overly-bleached smile, expensive suits and camera-ready prop wife (not pictured below) into the most visible governorship in the United States.   (more…)

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Tags: 2010, Antonio Villaraigosa, Barack Obama, California, Diane Feinstein
Posted Apr 27th 2009 at 10:27 am in Featured Story, News, Politics | 114682One Commenthttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/rhunter/2009/04/27/empty-suit%e2%80%a6-california-style/Empty+Suit%2C+California+Style2009-04-27+17%3A27%3A50Riley+Hunter