“If you want to know why Republicans and conservatives are in a political crisis, you need only consider the fact that the Right's deeply held view now boils down to this: Taxes should not go up on the wealthy, and your health benefits should be cut.” IfsKnowsWantNeedsShouldFactsPoliticalViewsCuttingRepublicanTaxesBenefitsCrisisWealthyHealth Benefits Author:John Podhoretz
“For Obama to save himself, he should be thinking about the example of an unlikely Republican predecessor: Richard Nixon.” ThinkingShouldExampleRepublicanUnlikelyPredecessors Author:John Podhoretz
“Hurtling the Pentagon into an unprecedented budgetary meltdown is horrifically irresponsible. Obama doesn't care. This is war - not against the Taliban, but war against the GOP. He has Republicans on the ropes, and that's a victory he savors and desires - unlike Afghanistan, where he seems only to want to turn tail.” WantWarSeemsCareDesireTurnsVictoryRepublicanAfghanistanTailsRopeIrresponsibleUnprecedentedTalibanPentagonGopMeltdowns Author:John Podhoretz
“Obama's coalition would have consigned him to the political margins as little as 12 years ago, but the nation's demographic changes are moving far more quickly than most Republicans anticipated.” YearsLittlesMovingPoliticalNationsRepublicanYears AgoMarginsCoalitionsDemographics Author:John Podhoretz
“That distinctive presidential conduct is now gone forever, banished to the snows of yesteryear by Barack Obama. From the beginning of his presidency to the present, he has spoken specifically and in unprecedented fashion of Republicans as his rivals, his stumbling blocks, the primary cause of his troubles.” CausesGoneForeverTroubleFashionRepublicanSnowBlockBarackPrimariesPresidentialPresidencyRivalsUnprecedentedDistinctiveStumblingStumbling BlocksYesteryear Author:John Podhoretz
“The 2004 presidential election that saw George W. Bush win with 51 percent of the vote was the last one Republicans will ever win with the overwhelmingly white and male coalition they have now.” LastsWinningWhiteSawsRepublicanPercentVoteElectionMalesPresidentialCoalitionsPresidential Election Author:John Podhoretz
“The most passionately anti-Obama Republican politicians and activists consider themselves the truest and purest of conservatives, and often unleash their scorn and fury on others who also call themselves conservative but differ on strategy and tactics.” PoliticianRepublicanStrategyConservativeActivistTacticsScornFuryTruest Author:John Podhoretz
“There's no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come. There's only the present stagnation, followed by a slow decline.” EndsLightPromiseRepublicanMessagesDeclineTunnelsStagnationLight At The End Of The TunnelEnd Of The Tunnel Author:John Podhoretz
