
On the heels of the disastrous and obscene Omnibus Spending Orgy rubber stamped by the Obama Republicans in Congress last week – there is actually hope that we have turned the corner against the Republican Establishment wing of the Washington Cartel.
by C. Edmund Wright24 Dec 2015, 8:08 AM PST0

The establishment got their “electable” man nominated in 2008 and 2012, and both McCain and Romney got clobbered. Meanwhile, Washington Republicans have still not managed to figure out the historic, back-to-back midterm victories of 2010 and 2014 – wins that elevated them to heights of power and majorities not seen in many decades.
by C. Edmund Wright21 Dec 2015, 6:35 AM PST0

This has to do not only with the electoral disaster – which was obvious – but also with the arrogance with which Rove and the other sorcerers of Crossroads raised and spent money, how they insisted on controlling the messaging, and all but guaranteed a win as a result.
by C. Edmund Wright20 Dec 2015, 6:25 AM PST0

The establishment’s fear of getting into a budget battle that might lead to a shutdown is just as contrived – and yet just as paralyzing. The media and the Democrats will enter into these budget negotiations by sprinkling a little red paint of assumed Republican blame on the floor, and the simple minded Republican establishment falls for it just like Danby.
by C. Edmund Wright18 Dec 2015, 8:51 AM PST0

There has been no group of people more responsible for Barack Obama’s breath taking damage to the country – nor his total lack of being held account for that damage- than the Republican establishment. Oh sure, the Jurassic media and Big Hollywood and Big Education and Big Wall Street have all played their roles, but the main enabler is the GOP-e. Make no mistake about that.
by C. Edmund Wright15 Dec 2015, 5:21 AM PST0

Donald Trump has led the most successful push back against the Republican Establishment in recent history. For good measure, he has set political correctness back a few decades – and also taught conservatives and Republicans that they need not fear the media.
by C. Edmund Wright14 Dec 2015, 5:48 AM PST0

John Boehner unwittingly explained his epically failed Speakership and the entire GOP establishment mindset when he babbled the words “the first job of any Speaker is to protect this institution that we all love.”
by C. Edmund Wright11 Dec 2015, 5:51 AM PST0

Lindsey Graham is totally irrelevant as a contender in the 2016 Republican Primary season, barely registering a blip on the radar of any poll.
by C. Edmund Wright10 Dec 2015, 6:42 AM PST0

Jihad denial did not first manifest in a big way on the left. No, the entire premise of Jihad denial was thrust into the national conversation when President George W. Bush called Islam “a religion of peace” just days after 9-11. True, Bush and his (Rove led) administration was not what many would call really conservative, but they are somewhat distinct from the hard core left.
by C. Edmund Wright9 Dec 2015, 5:12 AM PST0

Scott Walker burst onto the scene with his stunning Tea Party-based victory for governor in 2010. He then had the nerve to actually follow through on promises and roll back the powerful government unions that were causing Wisconsin all kinds of fiscal problems.
by C. Edmund Wright8 Dec 2015, 8:21 AM PST0

Prior to February 19, 2009, CNBC was an obscure niche network watched mainly inside Merrill Lynch offices. The network would never have been chosen to host and moderate a Presidential debate solo (although it tagged along with MSNBC once in 2007.)
by C. Edmund Wright30 Oct 2015, 7:25 AM PST0

The crashing and burning of the once promising Scott Walker for President campaign is very illustrative of a major media dynamic in conservative politics. Regardless of who you might support currently, I think you’ll recognize it. The most important primary isn’t an official state primary at all.
by C. Edmund Wright23 Sep 2015, 7:48 AM PST0

Did we just see Erick Erickson’s Red State draw a red line in the sand in front of Rush Limbaugh? And if so, is it another aspect of the booming dynamic known as “the Trump effect?”
by C. Edmund Wright13 Aug 2015, 10:09 AM PST0

So much for what Fox News thinks of the two leaders in the Breitbart Primary. It’s pretty clear that Fox has an agenda, and that is to destroy Donald Trump while ignoring Ted Cruz. On the first count, they failed miserably — while they certainly managed to pull off the second one. For now.
by C. Edmund Wright7 Aug 2015, 7:03 PM PST0

Yet Mr. Trump made some comments on MSNBC and in Iowa in the past few days that indicate he is perhaps unclear about the causes of the 2008 economic crash. However you want to reconstruct the meltdown, the economic problems were clearly set in motion by several decades of liberal policies on lending, housing, mortgages, energy exploration and refining, and more recently, crony and esoteric derivatives on Wall Street.
by C. Edmund Wright29 Jul 2015, 5:20 AM PST0

When March Madness rolls around, the NCAA falls in love with big football domes as venues for much of the basketball tournament. It’s bad for the game.
by C. Edmund Wright2 Apr 2015, 3:35 AM PST0

You can talk about the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire and South Carolina all you want – and those all are important – yet not one of them is the most important primary on the Republican side.
by C. Edmund Wright24 Mar 2015, 12:49 AM PST0

Did a bunch of government bureaucrats concoct the rule for what constitutes sufficient possession by a pass receiver?
by C. Edmund Wright12 Jan 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

For several weeks now, the mainstream Jurassic media has been up to their old psychological warfare tricks, and naturally, the Republican establishment is falling for it hard. They always do, and this includes “the architect,” Karl Rove. This time it’s
by C. Edmund Wright4 Jan 2015, 12:48 PM PST0

For the first time since 2000, the Atlantic Coast Conference swept all of the intrastate rivalries against the SEC on the last weekend of the regular season. Florida State, Georgia Tech, Clemson, and Louisville defeated Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and
by C. Edmund Wright1 Dec 2014, 6:09 AM PST0

There is a widely held convention that the quotable Richard Sherman is one of the most thoughtful and intelligent of NFL players. Yes, he talks trash. But he backs it up on the field. Moreover, he does not speak ebonics
by C. Edmund Wright26 Nov 2014, 11:11 AM PST0

Many people were startled when the New York Times broke an eight part story a few days ago about a Karl Rove-led cover-up of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) in Iraq — and then The Daily Beast followed up with a report entitled “Insiders Blame
by C. Edmund Wright24 Oct 2014, 6:36 AM PST0

In light of the Ray Rice episode, it’s hard to imagine that the NFL would once again undershoot on a player punishment–and yet that’s exactly what has happened in the Vontaze Burfict “ankle gate” case. Amidst a consensus among sports
by C. Edmund Wright16 Oct 2014, 5:53 AM PST0

Longtime Carolina Panther Steve Smith torched his former team on Sunday with 139 yards receiving and a couple of touchdowns in Baltimore’s 38-10 win. Yesterday, on a Charlotte sports talk show, Smith put the wood to the Panthers again–taunting general
by C. Edmund Wright2 Oct 2014, 8:04 AM PST0

If you have any interest in the NFL, and the Ray Rice/what-did-Roger-Goodell-know-and-when-did-he-know-it case, then you have probably heard ESPN contributor Bill Simmons’s f-bomb-laced rant on the topic. Simmons, who edits the sports and entertainment website Grantland and comments on the
by C. Edmund Wright26 Sep 2014, 1:30 AM PST0