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'V' is for Obama? Not So Fast
By Matt Lewis
A few months ago, posters depicting President Obama as "The Joker" -- Batman's nemesis as portrayed by Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" -- began popping up around Los Angeles. Some conservatives quickly seized on the image, making it a popular Twitter or Facebook icon. Now, a new ABC TV science fiction series, titled "V," has acquired a political meaning. "V," a remake of a 1983 series, premiered Nov. 3. It depicts the arrival of aliens claiming to come to Earth in peace. The visitors (V's for short) are lizard-like creatures disguised as attractive and engaging people. Despite promises of ...
NY-23: The Loss That Could Propel a Conservative Surge
By Matt Lewis
The race for New York-23 has come and gone, but don't underestimate the groundswell of conservatives ready to play significant roles in deciding the future of the GOP. Just as Barry Goldwater's landslide loss in 1964 awakened conservatives and set the stage for gaining ground later, many conservative activists don't see Doug Hoffman's defeat as a loss so much as a catalyst for future victories. Simply put, NY-23 may go "viral" in its consequences. ...
Rick Scott: Unsung Conservative Hero of the Health Care Debate
By Matt Lewis
If you've never heard of Rick Scott, you're not alone. He's hardly a household name. But if you were looking to hire someone with a "can do" entrepreneurial attitude – and experience as chief executive of the largest hospital company in America – Scott would be a stellar candidate. He also just happens to be the one man arguably most responsible for stalling the rush toward ObamaCare. Early this past spring, Scott's new organization, Conservatives for Patients' Rights (CPR), began a multimillion-dollar ad campaign designed to defeat government-driven health-care reform. Since ...
McDonnell, the New Model for GOP Success as Republicans Win 2 of 3
By Matt Lewis
Virginia Republicans are known for parsing their words carefully. Whereas other organizations hold a yearly "retreat," Virginia Republicans hold a yearly "advance." Other campaigns have victory parties – Virginia Republicans held an "election night party," so as not to sound too presumptuous. But there was little doubt there would be much celebration Tuesday night at the downtown Richmond Marriott, where hundreds of Republicans gathered. Even before the first precinct results had been reported, the air was thick with excitement and energy. ...
NY-23: How Sarah Palin Stands to Win (and Charlie Crist Stands to Lose)
By Matt Lewis
Much has been made over the special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District. For some, the attention might seem a bit much, given that it is merely one of 435 House seats. In reality, this race is about much more than one House seat. It is a proxy battle in the long-running war between establishment Republicans and grassroots conservatives. Although GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava endorsed the Democrat over Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, after quitting the race with three days to go, Hoffman looks poised to win. One front in the battle over the heart and soul of the ...
Newt Gingrich Takes Heat From the Right, but Will It Stick?
By Matt Lewis
A few days ago, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich irritated many movement conservatives when he endorsed liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava over Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman for the upcoming special election in New York's 23rd congressional district. Running in a conservative district, where the incumbent went off to be secretary of the Army, all three candidates have the distinction -- by virtue of holding one of the few 2009 elections anywhere in the country -- of seeing their race attract national attention and national surrogates. Hoffman had previously earned the backing ...
Obama Attempts to 'Wag the Fox'
By Matt Lewis
Much has been made over the Obama administration's "War on Fox," and in reading the blogs and Tweets, I notice that many conservatives have settled on the story line that Team Obama is taking a page from Saul Alinsky's manifesto "Rules for Radicals." Alinksy, a left-wing community organizer and author, advised his acolytes to "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. In conflict tactics there are certain rules that [should be regarded] as universalities. One is that the opposition must be singled out as the target and 'frozen.' " ...
Palin or Romney: Republicans Weigh Passion vs. Principle
By Matt Lewis
If the past is prelude, Republicans will gain seats during the 2010 mid-term elections, but Barack Obama will be re-elected in November 2012. It's early, true, but history is on Obama's side: It is just difficult to oust an incumbent U.S. president. Tradition also suggests that the Republican Party will choose either Mitt Romney or perhaps Sarah Palin to challenge him. Leaving aside the question of whether the 2012 nominee will have much of a chance, Republicans tend to follow one of two historical models when selecting a nominee to challenge a sitting incumbent. ...
Turkey's Identity Crisis Keeping It From Western Europe's Embrace
By Matt Lewis
This past week, I returned from a week-long trip to Istanbul, Turkey. In between touring the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, shopping in the crowded Grand Bazaar (which features more than 4,000 stores), becoming addicted to their amazing chai tea, chowing down on Turkish ravioli (don't tell them, but it's essentially Spaghetti-O's), I was given a tutorial on a fascinating nation that literally sits on the cusp of dual -- and dueling -- worlds. ...
Meghan McCain Takes Heat on Twitter for Tank-Top Photo
By Matt Lewis
Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain and a writer for The Daily Beast, has threatened to quit Twitter after a sexy self-portrait she posted on the popular micro-blogging site stirred controversy. The picture on her Twitter page, accompanied the words "my spontaneous night," prompted an immediate backlash from some of her 60,000-plus followers on the site, prompting the controversial but prolific McCain to post a series of comments defending herself and, ultimately, threatening to shut down her feed. In one Tweet, she said, "so I took a fun picture not thinking anything about what I ...
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