Because of talk like this… Love him or hate him, this is exactly what he was saying in 2004. And while some are puzzled by Obama’s appeal and think Americans are being irrational, I don’t think it’s any surprise that we’re going with a guy who has consistently been making the case for a “united” [...]

Philadelphia is shaping up to be a key city in a key battleground state in this election, but machine problems and long lines may plague the polling stations and voter disenfranchisement will be a serious risk. Unfortunately for voters, the people charged with running a smooth election in Philly seem surprisingly unconcerned. Philly’s veritable election czar, Marge Tartaglione (D), in particular, shocked ANP with her comments at a recent hearing. See more videos at http://americannewsproject.com

Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Andrew J. Bacevich warns us not to expect big changes from the next president. Bacevich’s reasons that the forces of large special interests, existing government commitments and allies and adversaries with strident self-interests will conspire to tie the hands of the next president. Bacevich is correct. If history has [...]

Other than Abraham Lincoln, is there any American president since our nation’s founding as mythic as Teddy Roosevelt? I’ve always had a soft spot for ole’ TR and not just because he detested partisanship and managed to balance toughness with compassion in a way that is rarely seen in our modern era. I also have [...]

With the $700 billion market bailout inflating the power of government and a big-spending, big-regulating lDemocrat or a big-spending, big-regulating Republican poised to take the White House, a lot of experts and politicians are giving last rites to small government. Just today, I’m reading the era of small government is over. And Reagan capitalism is [...]

With a start date of June 30, 2009 no less! From AP: The negotiations over a withdrawal timetable follow long insistence by President Bush that setting any schedule for U.S. troops to leave would be dangerous. The draft agreement with Iraq would link troop reductions to achievement of certain security milestones, although the details have [...]

Andrew Sullivan pens one of the more level headed walks through the post Cold War era and details where we find ourselves now and where we must go… The end of the Cold War was an opportunity to create a new one. For some, we now realize, the Cold War was not about democratic values [...]

Reports today that Russian forces have left South Ossetia and are moving toward Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi are troubling to say the very least. If Russia does indeed try to take the entire country by force and overthrow the government, we’re looking at a brand new geo-political ball game. Now, there’s no indication that permanently [...]

Greg Djerejian echoes what many in the blogosphere are saying about McCain’s hardline stance… An honorable man who served his country well, it is clear his time has past and his grasp on the most basic foreign policy calls we’ll need to make in the coming years is very tentative indeed. He’ll be surrounded by [...]

At least that’s the latest report. We probably won’t have confirmation on this until sometime later today. From NY Times: MOSCOW — President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia announced Tuesday that he had ordered a halt to his country’s military operation in Georgia, although he did not say that troops were pulling out and he [...]

I’ve been incorrectly saying “Ossetians” so I’ll use the correct verbiage from here on out. (Looks like both can be used, according to Mikhail Gorbachev) This little factoid comes from the Times Online, which provides a very good timeline of what has gone down in the past, and sums it up as such… Russia’s policy [...]

I’m sure you’ve heard the reports of what this process actually feels like (a slow drowning), so I’ll spare you Hitchens’ explanation. Instead, let’s look at the aftermath… The interrogators would hardly have had time to ask me any questions, and I knew that I would quite readily have agreed to supply any answer. I [...]

More about his decision… I know at least one of my fellow bloggers here at Donklephant strongly disagrees, and while I understand and appreciate the views of those who think this FISA legislation is still a gross violation of our civil liberties, the previous incarnation of this bill earlier this year (without tougher restrictions on [...]

They know the surge is making conditions safer. They know Iran is involved in Iraq. And yet… A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 65% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year. That’s the highest total recorded in the tracking poll which has been conducted regularly [...]

It looks like a small device was set off next to a military recruiting station. Here’s more… The police said the explosive device involved in the Times Square blast this morning was “roughly similar” to the devices used in two earlier bombings at foreign consulates in Manhattan, in 2005 and 2007, Police Commissioner Raymond W. [...]

Just watch. These aren’t bad people, they’re just ridiculously ill-informed. But there are a lot of similar views out there and if the Democrats think November will be a cake walk, well, take this stuff lightly at your own peril. (h/t: C&L)

Looks like my previous post applies less to Ron Paul and more to Michael Bloomberg. From GazetteXtra: NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Bloomberg may soon begin a massive operation to get on the ballot in up to 15 states even though the billionaire mayor may not decide until May whether to run for president, according [...]

Hey Ron Paul supporters, here’s a Just a helpful list. At least if you want to convince him to become an independent presidential candidate… Mar. 17: Utah Mar. 21: Idaho May 8: Texas Jun. 1: North Carolina Jun. 4: Arizona, New Mexico Jun. 13: New Hampshire Jun. 17: Colorado Jun. 23: Illinois Jun. 25: Rhode [...]

Why? Because the Democratic legislature thought it cost way too much. Interesting twist, no? The question I have is if California can’t pass it, will this spell doom for a national healthcare initiative? From WSJ: The idea was that Mr. Schwarzenegger would set a national precedent, leading to a groundswell for reform in Washington. Not [...]