Voting Resources
President Ronald Reagan
April 25th, 2017
This past weekend I toured former President Ronald Reagan's ranch in the mountains near Santa Barbara, California. Beautifully preserved for future generations by the Young America's Foundation, this modest cabin that...
May 9th, 2013
The immigration reform bill, sponsored by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has sparked a lot of discussion around the country bring about the kind of national debate we have needed for a very long time. Recently, Americans...
December 10th, 2012
I am often asked, why do you place yourself in a group, and box yourself in when you should assimilate into America. The answer is twofold. First, because of government categorization, Latinos have to select a box that...
November 14th, 2012
Now before all you noise makers on the extreme right get your knickers in a wad, this is not a story about amnesty. But it is a story about fixing a problem that should have been fixed in the last decade. It is also a story...
August 19th, 2012
For decades, patriotic Americans have resisted the recommendation to vote “straight ticket”, preferring instead to vote “on the candidate” race by race. There have been conservative Democrats that ran for and won office,...
May 13th, 2012
The Obama recovery is the story of the vanishing worker. The economy saw the emergence of 115,000 new jobs last month according to government statistics, but it also saw 342,000 workers leave the workforce, and the shrinkage...
February 15th, 2012
I believe that Governor Sarah Palin had the potential and many opportunities over the last 3 years to unite us in much the same way that Ronald Reagan did when he built his coalition between 1976 and 1980. The fact that she...
January 2nd, 2012
I’ve put off getting this out, but for Iowa it’s the last minute now. A few weeks ago, George F. Will was asked if he thought voters would ultimately consolidate around Mitt Romney. Will, who has himself pointedly...
October 31st, 2011
I recently posted Why Romney Won't Win And Shouldn't on TexasGOPVote, saying that it has been evident for a long time that a large majority of Republican voters are opposed to Mitt Romney as the Republican...
May 17th, 2013
An umbrella can tell a lot about his character.There are those who will weather the storm. Then there are those who manage their own storms. Finally there are those want the umbrella held for them.
May 8th, 2013
During the Carter era and stagflation of the 70’s, our economy may have sucked, but at least the entrepreneurs were busy starting news business. Apple and Microsoft began in the 70’s before they exploded in 80’s under the...
November 22nd, 2012
It wasn't until I was overseas one year about this time that I realized just how special--and uniquely American--our Thanksgiving holiday is. Of course it was first celebrated by the Pilgrims about 400 years ago.
October 22nd, 2012
What does a real recovery look or should look like? Better than what we have seen over the past four years. Since 2009, we have technically been in a recovery, but as I have pointed out, this has hardly been a robust...
August 8th, 2012
At a work show, I once stood behind a man at the booth of a very large and well-known corporation that was advertising a position. Looking at the duties, the man was saying that he had done exactly those things in his work...
June 19th, 2012
Jonah Goldberg recently made the observation that for many liberals, the best conservative role models are dead conservatives. As Goldberg noticed that many liberal ideal conservatives, “always exited yesterday.”...
February 18th, 2012
For many years after he left office, Reagan’s Presidency was viewed as a failure, but since his foreign policy led to the end of the Cold War and his economic philosophy led to three decades of growth, it was hard for...
February 7th, 2012
History admires the wise, but it elevates the brave.This quote described Ronald Reagan. He was both wise and brave as he showed on the day of his assassination attempt. Joking while death stared him in the eye,...
November 13th, 2011
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.Thomas JeffersonA confident Republican is one who dares, to question the rhetoric, the laws, or disunity of what the...
September 5th, 2011
I just finished Steven Hayward's two volume masterpiece on the Reagan years and found many lessons applicable for Republicans in the upcoming 2012 elections. Reagan proved adaptable when it came to designing innovative...
