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Open Letter: Conservative Priorities for the Lame Duck

Open Letter: Conservative Priorities for the Lame Duck

November 9, 2018 Washington, DC Congress returns to work after the elections for a lame duck session that already has numerous items on its agenda. Government funding expires on December 7, several statutes must be reauthorized or extended, and House and...

Brazil’s New Leader Strives to Break Old Patterns

Brazil’s New Leader Strives to Break Old Patterns

Jair Bolsonaro hopes to pull the country out of economic crisis and political scandal with ambitious reform initiatives. It won’t be easy.   by Allison Fedirka November 8, 2018 Summary Brazil punches well below its weight class in the geopolitical ring. It is the...

Revenge of the White Woman

Revenge of the White Woman

by Alexandra DeSanctis November 8, 2018 In the wake of the elections, progressives are accusing white women of betraying the sisterhood. Amid the inevitable outrage fest touched off by the election results, hardcore partisans on the left solidified around one...

President Trump Beats the Green Wave and the Liberal Media

President Trump Beats the Green Wave and the Liberal Media

by Newt Gingrich November 8, 2018 The big story of the 2018 election is how totally the news media missed the issue of what waves were building. There was no red wave. If there had been, Republicans would have kept the House and had even more pickups in the Senate....

The Morning After – Election 2018

The Morning After – Election 2018

by Rod D. Martin November 7, 2018 So this morning we're exactly where I left off last night (which is exactly as I expected). Arizona and Montana still too close to call, but Republicans leading. There's a very good chance we'll end up at 55 Senate seats, up from 51,...

#YearOfTheWoman, GOP Edition

#YearOfTheWoman, GOP Edition

by Rod D. Martin November 7, 2018 #YearOfTheWoman, GOP edition: 1st woman elected IA Gov.   1st woman elected SD Gov.   1st Korean-American woman elected to Congress.   1st female TN Senator.   1st female AZ Senator* (results pending).   1st...

The Rod Martin Report – Final Pre-Election Update

The Rod Martin Report – Final Pre-Election Update

Final Pre-Election Update     Dear Friend, Vote. Vote now. And take friends. As you well know from The Rod Martin Report, from RodMartin.org, and from my constant stream of updates on Facebook, I have been warning for well over a year now that...

Latest Generic Ballot Numbers – Nov. 1, 2018

Latest Generic Ballot Numbers – Nov. 1, 2018

by Rod D. Martin November 1, 2018 LATEST GENERIC BALLOT NUMBERS (remembering that historically, the Republicans win the House at D+5 or better): as of this morning, Rasmussen has it D+3, YouGov D+5, Ipsos D+7, Morning Consult D+8, Harris D+9. Last week, Harris was...

The 2018 Democrats: Wolves in Wolves’ Clothing

The 2018 Democrats: Wolves in Wolves’ Clothing

by Victor Davis Hanson October 22, 2018 If the New Democratic Party was smart, it would do what the old Democratic Party did long ago: always sound centrist if not conservative in the last weeks of a campaign, get elected, then revert to form and pursue a left-wing...

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