The Exquisite Contrarian

The Telegraph reports Sarah Palin’s political bandwagon is wobbling under the weight of contradictions, basing this assessment on polls showing Tea Partiers and Alaskans both dramatically decreasing their support for the serial opportunist. Though the article covers by noting Palin’s next book will most certainly top the charts, it also notes Palin’s decisions to endorse the [...]

It’s becoming increasingly hard for Republicans to claim the Obama administration isn’t “tough on terrorists”.  Heck, they’re even taking away conventional constitutional rights. Attorney General Backs Miranda Limit for Terror Suspects – NYTimes.com.

The GOP meme: if you say it’s not luck enough times, it’s not luck. Using words like ‘socialist’ of course have the same impact.  Just remember, kids, all you need to do is say something enough times and it becomes reality.  If you have any questions regarding how this works, in Dick Cheney’s absence Sarah [...]

Here’s a little writeup we found particularly logical regarding what the GOP can learn from Conservatives in Great Britain.  We’re not entirely convinced the GOP still knows how to do more than call people names, but there’s no reason to lose hope.

When is opposing the President purely political and without logic?  During the all-important healthcare debate, perhaps.

From McCain: GOP willing to negotiate on health care | The Daily Caller – Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment: McCain said “we want to negotiate and we want to get something done, but the majority of American people say we want you to start over.” Of course “the American people” McCain’s referring to are saying [...]

We definitely agree.  Outside a slightly petty interaction with Senator McCain, the President handled this meeting extremely well, even working hard to focus on key points of contention while avoiding for the most part any sign of conflict or ego in interactions with the GOP leadership. “He’s very much what we could call in academic [...]

And now he’ll be permanently banished from the GOP for even considering such a horrible act.  I guess he saw the writing on the wall when the entire GOP was outraged after he had the audacity to – gasp – hug the President. Here’s a story regarding his possible next steps: Will Charlie Crist ditch the [...]

Fineman writes: Politics, like nature, abhors a vacuum—which is why God created Roger Ailes. The president of Fox News is, by default, the closest thing there is to a kingmaker in Anti-Obama America. And that, in turn, makes him the de facto leader of the GOP. True.  And he’s been the GP chairman for years. [...]

‘Of the public criticism, Steele said his fellow Republicans should “cut it out.” ‘”All I'm saying is 'cut it out,'” Steele told ABC. “If we have party differences that are inside the party, let's deal with them inside the party. You don't see the Democrats running around trying to beat up their national chairman or [...]