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The Hammer
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Joe Wilson Exclaims, "You Lie!" Hero, or Goat?
By The Hammer | 09/10/09
Unfortunately for the President, the most noteworthy moment in Wednesday's health care address to Congress came when South Carolina Congressman, Joe Wilson, stood up and exclaimed "You Lie!" in response to the President's claim that illegal immigrants would not be covered under his universal health care plan. Below is video of the outburst, in case you missed it: Predictably, the reaction to Wilson's... read more »
32 Comments | Related Topics »National |
Howard Dean: Democrats Tremble in Fear of Trial Lawyers
By The Hammer | 08/27/09
If the Democrats were so concerned about crafting a bi-partisan health care bill, why didn't they even give scant nod to tort reform? Wouldn't that have been a clever political play to pick up a few Republican votes? Too clever by half, apparently. In a stunning moment of candor, listen as Howard Dean tells just how much the Democratic Party is beholden to trial lawyers: Of course, Jim Geraghty writes today... read more »
Another Feather in the Lincoln Club's Cap?
By The Hammer | 07/13/09
McCain-Feingold campaign finance laws are abhorred by most Republicans because they are rightly recognized as an intolerable suppression of free speech. Quietly advancing, however is reason for hope. Read this editorial from the Wall Street Journal on a forthcoming ruling on campaign speech restrictions from the U.S. Supreme Court, due this Fall: Our Pettifogging FEC Mentioned only briefly at the top of the article is a... read more »
3 Comments | Related Topics »Orange County (CA) | CALIFORNIA |
DeMint to NRSC: “We Need Principled Republicans”
By The Hammer | 06/16/09
Few were surprised when Florida Governor, Charlie Crist, announced his intention to run for that state’s 2010 GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. What was not just surprising, but outrageous, was the endorsement of Crist by the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) the very next day. Ever since, it has been clear that those Republican voters who believe we lost our Congressional majority by straying away from core principles have... read more »
8 Comments | Related Topics »FLORIDA | National |
The New Scarlet Letters: NM
By The Hammer | 05/29/09
It has been a little more than a week since Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ballot initiatives went down in flames, yet one important story has gone largely untold. California Republicans need to know that as they blogged, emailed friends, phone-banked, contributed and otherwise fought to defeat those tax-hiking initiatives, one group of well-heeled Republican “leaders” was working directly against them: the New Majority. Led by... read more »
10 Comments | Related Topics »CALIFORNIA | National |
The Tea Parties are Over. Now What?
By The Hammer | 04/16/09
April 15th, 2009 was quite a day. Estimates are varied, but a credible number for total tea party attendance across the country seems to be in the 250,000 range—not a grand slam but a hit, to be sure. Much more importantly, this large grassroots event showed the power of the internet—most specifically, Twitter—as an organizing force for even the most far-flung and loosely-knit movement. That loosely-knit... read more »
10 Comments | Related Topics »National |
Why Host an Earmark Grandstander?
By The Hammer | 03/25/09
In the category of the strangest of political bedfellows, on a swing through the area later this week, Arizona Congressman, Jeff Flake, will be visiting the offices of Inland Energy and Orange County donor extraordinaire, Buck Johns. Why so strange? Flake, who tirelessly fights for limited government and who treasures his perfect rating from the Club for Growth, has made earmark reform the centerpiece of his fight to get... read more »
4 Comments | Related Topics »Orange County (CA) | National |
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CONTRIBUTOR
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES / NATIONAL IMPACT
The Hammer
Member For
51 weeks 3 days
BIOGRAPHY
COMMENTARIES
Joe Wilson Exclaims, "You Lie!" Hero, or Goat?
By The Hammer | 09/10/09
Unfortunately for the President, the most noteworthy moment in Wednesday's health care address to Congress came when South Carolina Congressman, Joe Wilson, stood up and exclaimed "You Lie!" in response to the President's claim that illegal immigrants would not be covered under his universal health care plan. Below is video of the outburst, in case you missed it: Predictably, the reaction to Wilson's... read more »
32 Comments | Related Topics »National |
Howard Dean: Democrats Tremble in Fear of Trial Lawyers
By The Hammer | 08/27/09
If the Democrats were so concerned about crafting a bi-partisan health care bill, why didn't they even give scant nod to tort reform? Wouldn't that have been a clever political play to pick up a few Republican votes? Too clever by half, apparently. In a stunning moment of candor, listen as Howard Dean tells just how much the Democratic Party is beholden to trial lawyers: Of course, Jim Geraghty writes today... read more »
Another Feather in the Lincoln Club's Cap?
By The Hammer | 07/13/09
McCain-Feingold campaign finance laws are abhorred by most Republicans because they are rightly recognized as an intolerable suppression of free speech. Quietly advancing, however is reason for hope. Read this editorial from the Wall Street Journal on a forthcoming ruling on campaign speech restrictions from the U.S. Supreme Court, due this Fall: Our Pettifogging FEC Mentioned only briefly at the top of the article is a... read more »
3 Comments | Related Topics »Orange County (CA) | CALIFORNIA |
DeMint to NRSC: “We Need Principled Republicans”
By The Hammer | 06/16/09
Few were surprised when Florida Governor, Charlie Crist, announced his intention to run for that state’s 2010 GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. What was not just surprising, but outrageous, was the endorsement of Crist by the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) the very next day. Ever since, it has been clear that those Republican voters who believe we lost our Congressional majority by straying away from core principles have... read more »
8 Comments | Related Topics »FLORIDA | National |
The New Scarlet Letters: NM
By The Hammer | 05/29/09
It has been a little more than a week since Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ballot initiatives went down in flames, yet one important story has gone largely untold. California Republicans need to know that as they blogged, emailed friends, phone-banked, contributed and otherwise fought to defeat those tax-hiking initiatives, one group of well-heeled Republican “leaders” was working directly against them: the New Majority. Led by... read more »
10 Comments | Related Topics »CALIFORNIA | National |
The Tea Parties are Over. Now What?
By The Hammer | 04/16/09
April 15th, 2009 was quite a day. Estimates are varied, but a credible number for total tea party attendance across the country seems to be in the 250,000 range—not a grand slam but a hit, to be sure. Much more importantly, this large grassroots event showed the power of the internet—most specifically, Twitter—as an organizing force for even the most far-flung and loosely-knit movement. That loosely-knit... read more »
10 Comments | Related Topics »National |
Why Host an Earmark Grandstander?
By The Hammer | 03/25/09
In the category of the strangest of political bedfellows, on a swing through the area later this week, Arizona Congressman, Jeff Flake, will be visiting the offices of Inland Energy and Orange County donor extraordinaire, Buck Johns. Why so strange? Flake, who tirelessly fights for limited government and who treasures his perfect rating from the Club for Growth, has made earmark reform the centerpiece of his fight to get... read more »
4 Comments | Related Topics »Orange County (CA) | National |
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