Archive for January 5th, 2008
Talking Points on the Right
5 January 2008For years now I’ve noticed how the left works off talking points. One day you hear some theme and suddenly it’s everywhere, virtually word for word. Whether it was “the politics of personal destruction” or “Republican corruption” it was clear that every Democrat talking head was working from the same play book, using virtually identical [...]
The Pundits are Wrong
5 January 2008Watching the caucus returns Thursday night one thing stood out. Virtually all the pundits credited Huckabee’s commanding victory to evangelicals. It was often noted that Huckabee didn’t have his own ground team in Iowa. Rather, he had the natural ground team of local churches. This, they said, made the difference in Iowa but they speculated [...]
