Nothing is certain but death and taxes, says the old adage. But political consultants who are mapping strategy for the big presidential election year of 1992 should face up to the new axiom of current politics: Nothing is certain but taxes and … [Read more...] about Lessons of the Elections
Lee Atwater: New Myths and Old Realities
With their potential presidential candidates in disarray under the lash of George Bush's 90 percent popularity rating in the polls, the liberals have grabbed Lee Atwater’s death like a drowning man lunging at a floating log. With their pals in the … [Read more...] about Lee Atwater: New Myths and Old Realities
Look For the Union Label
The 1990 Alabama gubernatorial election may have done to the National Education Association (NEA) what the Bush-Dukakis 1988 election did to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). It has become a political detriment to be a member. When the … [Read more...] about Look For the Union Label
Abortion Lessons From the ’90 Election
Abortion was not the “silver bullet” in the 1990 election that some were predicting a few months ago. But it is a knife with an edge that cuts identifiable political patterns. One of the clearest patterns is that the voters consistently reject … [Read more...] about Abortion Lessons From the ’90 Election
Will California Republicans Offer a Choice Not an Echo?
California is a trend setter for all sorts of movements that have swept across our nation from no-fault divorce to the tax-cutting Proposition 13. Now the California Republican State Central Committee meeting on March 9-11 will set the stage for … [Read more...] about Will California Republicans Offer a Choice Not an Echo?
Leap Year Foolishness About the Electoral College
On December 19 when the Electoral College officially elected George Bush the 41st President of the United States, the CBS-TV Evening News pompously referred to this institution by which we elect our chiefs of state as “antiquated,” and NBC-TV … [Read more...] about Leap Year Foolishness About the Electoral College
Pro-Life Victories In the 1988 Election
A favorite piece of sloganeering by the abortion/Planned Parenthood crowd when they attack the pro-lifers is, “Don’t let a minority impose its values on the rest of us.” They ignore the fact that it was a minority of seven men in Roe v. Wade who … [Read more...] about Pro-Life Victories In the 1988 Election
Seizing the Moral High Ground of Politics — November 1988
Let’s Debate the Furlough Issue
Why hasn’t the Dukakis campaign accepted author Robert James Bidinotto’s challenge to debate the controversial Massachusetts program of giving furloughs to murderers who had been sentenced to life-without-parole? The media have been urging us to deal … [Read more...] about Let’s Debate the Furlough Issue
Liberals Make Americans Uncomfortable — October 1988
