Good Monday morning Fellow Seekers of Wisdom and Truth,
Friday morning at the Humphrey Institute, former congressman, now lobbyist and big-time Republican insider Vin Weber gave an outstanding overview of the state of conservatism, focusing largely on the race for the Repub nomination for president.
Weber is the best I know at promoting his (Republican) side and […]

Good Wednesday morning Fellow Seekers of Wisdom and Truth,
On an August day 149 years ago (the actual anniversary, Aug. 21, slipped by last week while I was away), Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas held the first of their famous  series of seven debates.  Although they would both run for president in 1860, it is sometimes forgotten […]

Karl Rove’s job is to win political campaigns and he has been very good at it.
He took an intellectually lazy Texas governor with boyish charm and helped make him president in 2000. He beat the historical odds, and helped the party of the incumbent president pick up seats in the 2002 midterms. He then took the same […]

Nick Coleman’s second column on the topic was correct. The bridge collapse will be politicized. Democrats will (already have) cite it as evidence of what happens when your answer to every question is “no new taxes,” and that will certainly be a political assertion.
As my esteemed former colleague put it:
“If you think everyone should play nice […]