GOP Operatives Come Out for Gay Marriage
With the latest Rasmussen poll showing that support for gay marriage has fallen to its lowest level in a year, a group of GOP operatives have signed onto an amicus brief asking…
Robert George Thanks Scott Walker
Prof. Robert George congratulates Gov. Scott Walker for promising to support a 20-week abortion ban in Wisconsin and nationally: Yesterday I called for Republicans who aspire to the presidency to…
ThePulse2016.com Gets Noticed!
Salon‘s Deputy Politics Editor Luke Brinker noticed the pro-life revolt that Frank Cannon almost launched, and also picked up on Frank Cannon’s point—this was not a smooth political move: “Coming out of…
Walker Forges a Truce With Pro-life Conservatives
In an open letter to the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List a day after a disastrous interview on Fox News Sunday regarding his pro-life views, Governor Scott Walker attempted to…
Walker Clarifies His Terrible, Horrible Interview on Life
Frank Cannon was the first to catch the terrible blunder Scott Walker made in his Sunday interview on abortion, where he seemed to suggest he was powerless and impotent in the…
Newsflash to GOP: You’re Going to Get Attacked
Frank, I agree: that was one horrific interview on abortion for Scott Walker. For some reason or another, many politicians think that they can package their beliefs in such a…
Huckabee’s Pitch Stays Trained to Social Issues
In a WSJ story on Mike Huckabee’s refusal to run from the social issues, the very influential Iowan Bob Vander Plaats notes the role Huckabee is already playing: “Mike Huckabee…
More Pro-life Leaders Appalled at Walker’s Interview
Noted pro-life leader Prof. Gerard Bradley reacted to Scott Walker’s remarks, in which Gov. Walker claimed he couldn’t do anything to protect the right to life because the Supreme Court has…
Walker’s Terrible Sunday Interview on Life
Coming out of a good CPAC appearance, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker just gave what I can safely call the very worst interview on the life issue I have seen from…
Bush on Life and Marriage
When Sean Hannity asked him about Terry Schiavo, Jeb Bush took the opportunity to assert “I am pro-life”: We [in Florida] are the first state to have a ‘choose life’ license…
Rand Paul’s One-legged Stool
Rand Paul managed to give a speech without mention of Common Core, abortion, or gay marriage. This lacuna was most obvious when Paul attacked judicial activism, but the only case…
Trump Bashes Bush on Common Core
Speaking at CPAC, Donald Trump said Mitt Romney lost a race he should have won and implied Jeb Bush would be a similar candidate. He also came out against the…
Scott Walker Takes up Cruz’s Challenge
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker came to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) loaded for…Ted Cruz. Speaking a few minutes after the Texas Senator, Governor Walker responded to Cruz’s riff about…
Ben Carson on Marriage, Life and Refusing Demonization
Ben Carson spoke first at CPAC, and he managed to capture the sense among many in middle America that the politics of division and hatred is being played by too…
2014 Proved Pro-Life Issue is a Winner
In a recent op-ed, Marjorie Dannenfelser and Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV) wrote on the importance of pro-life principles during the midterm elections: For years, the Democratic Party has relentlessly attacked…
NYT: Scott Walker Changes Tone on Social Issues
On February 23, The New York Times reported on Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s reluctance to speak on social issues. It also notes Gov. Walker’s tendency to tailor his message to…
The Great Party Switch
The center-left American Prospect publishes an analysis and review of a new Yale University book “Latino America” by two scholars (Baretto and Segura) documenting ‘the great party switch.’ They are referring…
Who are the Most Valuable Voters of 2016?
Last week, National Journal published a piece by Ronald Brownstein entitled “The Most Valuable Voters of 2016.” The subtitle sums it up well: “The election may come down to turning…
Fiorina on Fox News: I am Pro-Life
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina was interviewed by Fox News’ Bret Baier on February 19 during a segment on presidential contenders. When Baier asked her about her views on abortion, she…
Cruz: Leave Definition of Marriage to States
On February 10, Senator Ted Cruz reintroduced the State Marriage Defense Act. In a statement released on the occasion, he said: “Even though the Supreme Court made clear in United States…
