What is it you see in your mind when you think of liberal activists? Is it large groups gathered together to complain or protest? Perhaps. On the other hand, what is it that comes to mind when you hear about conservative activists? Is it a large group of folks coming together to advocate for change? Or do you more often think of a lone guy trying to stand in the way of change? I’d wager it is the later. By the very nature of conservatism, of course, there is a lot of truth to the idea that conservatives are often found standing in the way of change, but it is also quite true that conservatives don’t do “gathering together” very well. Not as well as liberals do, in any case. But, gathering together to affect conservative change was the chief objective of the first annual Conservative Leadership Conference (CLC) held in Reno, Nevada this past week.

When explaining why I relocated from Los Angeles to Indianapolis roughly 18 months ago, I’d be lying if I did not admit that a major factor was the socio-political outlooks of the two locales. However, my capricious choice to live in the Hoosier State’s largest city, in a trendy apartment building in downtown’s theatre district, left me with neighbors very similar to those I left in Southern California. And this was the heartland?

"Would You Buy a Used Hawk From This Man?” runs the title of a Oct. 15 Newsweek smear of presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, suggesting that the mayor’s advisors, “some of the Bush era’s most assertive neoconservatives,” represent George W. Bush retreads. The article even quotes a foreign policy analyst accusing Giuliani of “out-Bushing Bush.”

I have endorsed and accepted the responsibility to serve as National Co-Chair of Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign. I will be joined by former Senators Howard Baker and Spence Abraham, as well as Liz Cheney. My decision stems from my sincere belief that Fred Thompson has exemplary attributes as a conservative leader and is best suited to become President of the United States.

Senator Hillary Clinton has crafted a foolish energy policy; it is a pipedream. Her policy is a political play for the uneducated. It reveals the senator’s disdain for Persian Gulf oil and the strategic geography of Iraq.

Minnesota Republican Senator Norm Coleman has a tough re-election fight in 2008 and his Democratic opponent could be obnoxious left-wing comedian Al Franken. But Coleman, who chaired important hearings in 2005 into the United Nations oil-for-food scandal, is starting to make conservatives nervous. He skipped two important hearings on ratification of the controversial United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) but found enough time for a photo-op with rock star Bono.

On August 4, while speaking at the YearlyKos convention in Chicago, Hillary Clinton proudly bragged about “institutions that I helped to start and support like Media Matters and Center for American Progress.”

I watched the Republican debate from Baltimore on PBS last week or at least as much of it as I could take.  It was supposed to be a debate in which Black Americans asked questions. Indeed they did. The only trouble was that neither Former Senator Fred D. Thompson (R-TN), Former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA), Former Mayor Rudolph “Rudy” Giuliani nor Senator John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) was there. They offered excuses. It was clear that the top four Republican candidates didn’t want to be there. So we had an evening of second-tier candidates, plus Alan Keyes, entertaining us. I don’t recall how many times Alan Keyes has run for President but I nearly have memorized his speeches. The man is brilliant and this time the Republicans had a Black man replying to Black questioners.

Speaking yesterday in St. Louis at Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Council meeting, WND staff reporter Jerome Corsi predicted the Republican Party risks losing the 2008 presidential election and two-thirds of the House and the Senate if President Bush continues to ridicule questions about a possible North American Union as “conspiracy theories” while continuing to press an active integration with Mexico and Canada in the remaining months of his second term. 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - After two previous runs for U.S. president, former Reagan diplomat Alan Keyes has announced he’s again seeking the White House in the 2008 election, and he’ll take part in Monday night’s Republican presidential debate here.

As of this date, I have not seen a candidate for President that is willing to address the serious internal problems of the USA.

Hillary is running for President and it is getting pretty obvious you should watch your back if you dare to do the same.

Barely a week after questions emerged about suspicious donations to Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, a three-judge panel in California will hear arguments Friday regarding an illegal fundraising event from her 2000 Senate campaign.

With the recent release of the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual report on poverty in America, many media outlets and public interest groups have highlighted the .5% increase in Americans lacking health insurance as evidence of the continuing pervasiveness of harsh, unyielding poverty in America, and have called for increased government healthcare programs to offset declines in private health insurance. In contrast, conservative leaders have pointed to the .3% decrease in poverty, which the U.S. Census Bureau labeled statistically insignificant, as supporting evidence for the success of welfare reform and tax cuts. In the race to politicize the census results, it seems that policy makers are selectively ignoring the significant limitations of the census data.

This silly charade known as the presidential primary campaign is seldom sillier that when the chattering class assures us that Fred Thompson has seriously damaged his chances of winning the GOP presidential nomination by waiting too long to enter the fray.