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Power Line:If It Weren't For the Honor... ...a terrorist might prefer not to be al Qaeda's leader in Saudi Arabia. We noted just six weeks ago that the leader of al Qaeda's Saudi branch had been killed in a shootout...

Native Voice, July 29-August 12, 2005: NATIVE VOICE: Do you think you will run again? DASCHLE: I haven't decided what my future political plans are. These are matters that can only become clearer as time goes on. Life has a...

Bush gives in to pressure over illegal migrants

Sounds here like someone in the administration finally woke up and smelled the coffee on the issue of border enforecement. With the emergency declarations of Arizona's and New Mexico's Donk governors, they must have figured out that they were in serious danger of being outflanked on the right by the Donks. Whatever works to get them going!

Now, the test of time: will some things actually begin to improove, or is Chertoff paying little more than lip service? The Chief hopes for the former, but all too often in the past the performance has been the later. Stay tuned, time WILL tell.

I'd like to think that I've stayed as far away from the "It was Clinton's fault!" or "It was Bush's fault!" arugments as I can. This is because I'm confident making the following assertion: America has not spent the last...

A woman in a car with a cigarette in one hand and a cell phone in the other. I will not speculate as to how she was steering the vehicle....

BRAC. No, it's not just the sound you make after eating the onion soup. It seems as though tomorrow (Friday) is the day. Sometime in the morning we will know whether Ellsworth Air Force Base will stay open or not....

The Rapid City Journal is writing about the upcoming decision by BRAC on Ellsworth, which could be today or tomorrow according to the paper:Reaction from Ellsworth Air Force Base advocates to the initial votes of the Defense Base Closure and...

GOP hopefuls breaking from Bush

This is illustrative of why the Chief is not very excited about most of these GOP thus far noted as possibles for the top of the ticket in '08.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee staked out his own ground on the issue of stem-cell research.

Supporting federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research (prior to last week's announcement by Harvard that they could convert skin cells to embryonic type stem cells) constitutes a Federally established demand for fetally derived embryonic stem cells, which in turn converts abortion into an even more commercial proposition to meet that demand.

Sen. George Allen of Virginia publicly disagreed with Mr. Bush's refusal to meet a second time with anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan.

Yech! Why would anyone want to meet with that whiney left-wing frump and give her the platform and added attention (Film at 11!) she craves.

Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska compared the war in Iraq to the Vietnam War, an analogy that is anathema to Mr. Bush. Sen. John McCain of Arizona has long disagreed with the president's tax cuts and confidence in Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.

In the case of both Hegel and McCain, having an excellent and heroic war record in Viet-nam is apparently gives no guarantee of having a cogent and rational capacity for political thought 35 years later.
'nuff said.

Yet none of these senators has positioned himself as more conservative than the president, a move that might appeal to disaffected sectors of the Republican base. "It's a real dilemma for these Republican senators," said Democratic strategist Mary Anne Marsh. "They're trying to differentiate themselves from Bush on certain issues. And yet the Republican activists who dominate the nominating process are sticking with Bush on those issues."

HAH! This Donk has figured it out, on this at least.

Analysts from both parties said Republicans would do well to tap into the biggest sources of discontent among conservative Republicans -- lax immigration laws and excessive federal spending. Although no candidate has taken a prominent stance against the expansion of government under Mr. Bush, a dark horse is strongly challenging the administration on immigration. Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican, adamantly opposes Mr. Bush's plan to grant legal status to millions of Mexicans who illegally entered the U.S. Although Mr. Tancredo's White House prospects are considered remote, his candidacy could pull the Republican field rightward in the way former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean pulled the Democratic field leftward in last year's primaries.

Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) is far and away ahead of the pack as far as the Chief is personally concerned!

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