To fully understand the  importance of centrist Republican candidates in the 2008 elections, it is  important to take a look at the results of this year’s hard fought  Republican primaries and see how these candidates performed in the general  election.  It is in primaries,  after all, where the voters must choose the candidate that best represents  their own positions on the issues, the District at large, and the chances  for victory in November.  Their performance in the fall is, therefore,  a good indication of the types of Republicans

First, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate President-elect Barack Obama. He conducted a near-flawless campaign, inspired millions and ushered in the largest voter turnout since 1908.  That is democracy at its best, and as a result, I am proud to be an American today.

The RLC will be announcing our final slate of endorsed candidates in early October. To be considered for RLC endorsement, candidates must fill out our survey by close of business on October 1st. If you know of a great candidate for state or local office that deserves our support, please pass along our survey to them. For any candidate-related questions, email mike@republican-leadership.com.

This is the kind of objective thinking a moderate like me appreciates.

A leader is a person who can unite and work on both sides of the aisle to address domestic and foreign policy.  Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama and the Democratic leadership have failed to address the energy crisis in America. The Speaker of the House went to recess without a debate or a vote to address gas prices - they are not focused on the concerns of American people. 

Senators Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota)  and Carl Levin (D-Michigan) deserve some credit for being smart enough to go to the GAO and ask a sensible question when they commissioned a <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1249465620080812">recent study</a> on why more than two thirds of foreign corporations and about half of the domestic companies doing business in the US get away with not paying corporate taxes in any given year.

Sen. Radogno is having a fundraiser on Sunday, September 14 from 5pm to 7pm.  The location is Tobert E. Coulter Post 1941 American Leagion Hall, 900 S. LaGrange Rd, LaGrange.  The tickets are $25 for an individual and $50 for a family.  To attend call Debbie Dietz at 312-920-0240.

In my years living in DC and watching American politics I've had plenty of chances to observe political opportunism, legislative neglect and pure partisan idiocy at their worst.  Yet I'm not sure that I've seen anything to match the pure spite and arrogant irresponsibility of the current crop of Democrats in Congress.

The supply siders had it right with the lower of taxes.  With the lower rates on income, dividends, and earnings, the economy grew faster.  With that, dividends, income etc grew.  The rich invested less in tax shelters and taxes grew.

Former Senator and McCain campaign advisor Phil Gramm has obviously spent too much time out of office and in the private sector, because this week he committed the ultimate political crime. He told the truth. In an interview with the Washington Times he is being quoted as having said:

<a href="http://electionlawblog.org/archives/011095.html">The Election Law Blog</a> has a helpful summary of today's Supreme Court decision against limits on campaign financing.  The Court ruled that just because a candidate is wealthy does not justify increasing the fundraising limits on his opponent. This follows previous court rulings that frown on limiting the fund raising of candidates.

In an effort to maximize his fundraising potential Barrack Obama has  announced  that he will finance his campaign entirely with private contributions. While his campaign presented this as a populist move based on his large number of small contributions from individual donors, it was no coincidence that he made the statement while sitting at a roundtable with leaders of Democratic PACs and the president of the AFL-CIO.

We do have a major leap in energy prices here in this country. No one can deny that.  The problem is that we have some knuckleheads in Congress dealing with the problem.  Instead of looking were we might come across some more oil for example, Congress narrowly defeated a bill to tax the oil companies more.  Their Profits are too high says those in Congress (mostly the Democrats lead by Pelosi and Reid).  Who gives them the right to decide what is too high?

What is Gov Blagojevich up to these days?   He seems to have caused the state government to come to a complete halt.  They cannot get a Capital bill passed because Speaker Madigan feels he can't be trusted to spend it properly.  With the conviction of Tony Rezko recently, the Gov might be looking over his shoulder.  He ran on a platform to end pay to play in IL.  Well, he just made the others look like amatuers.  Speaker Madigan is putting out information now on impeachment.  Can this be a sign of things to come?  Is he doing this to put his daughte

Here are a few notes on my participation in the Texas Democratic Party Convention with 14,000 folks this weekend.

In a recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal, they outlined a preview of what might happen to our economy if we have the massive tax increases proposed by both leading Democratic candidates.