Romney Speaks
Immediately upon leaving office and turning turn over the “bully pulpit” of the White House to Barack Obama, former President George W. Bush retreated from public life. Unlike predecessor Bill[...]
Tagged: election 2012
Education · Liberty · Politics
Education in the U.S. … and How to Improve It
I delivered the following remarks on February 23, 2013 at the Eighth Annual Wisconsin Conservative Conference, Bluemound Gardens, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Thank you for the introduction, thank you all for being[...]
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Budgets/Taxes · Economics · Politics · Taxes
Enough of This Glumness: There is Light at the End of the Obama Tunnel
Conservatives are still glum about the election, and the upper hand President Obama seems to have over Republicans. But the political stage has been framed far worse for conservatives and[...]
The Broken Promise of Barack Obama
If history holds, President Obama’s second term will be marked by fewer legislative achievements, more gridlock, and more contentious ideological division than his first. It is hard to see how[...]
Budgets/Taxes · Economics · Politics · Taxes
Why America Is Going To Miss The Bush Tax Cuts
[First published at Forbes and the Heartlander.] President Obama seems to have a strategy to terminate all of the Bush tax cuts, not just those for “the rich,” as he has been[...]
Environment/Energy · Politics · Regulation
Preparing for the Midnight Avalanche of Regulations
Americans were repeatedly warned that they should expect an aggressive EPA regulatory agenda against fossil fuels if President Obama was re-elected – an agenda that would drive up the cost[...]
Budgets/Taxes · Economics · Taxes
California, Illinois Double Down on Big Government
[First published in the Orange County Register.] A few days after the big election, and the smoke is clearing. We’re beginning to see the most consequential vote of Nov. 6[...]
Don’t Blame Me; I Didn’t Vote, and Here’s Why
I’ve been reading a lot of analysis these past few days by people trying to figure out how Mitt Romney could have lost to Barack Obama. Much of the analysis[...]
Budgets/Taxes · Economics · Education · Environment/Energy · Internet/Telecom · Legal Affairs · Podcast · Politics
Post-election Stories from the Must-Read Heartlander Digital Magazine
You’re a reader of this blog, so you are a part of the conversation at The Heartland Institute, one of America’s most influential free-market think tanks. The posts here reflect the exchange[...]
The Midnight Messages of Mr. Romney and President Obama
The following is from an email sent to me by Joe Morris, a leader among the conservative and libertarian community in Chicago. It is a wonderful read after a tough[...]
Election Prediction Contest: Win Books that Advance Liberty, Knowledge of Free Markets
The Heartland Institute is giving away free-market, liberty-centric books to those who can correctly predict tomorrow’s election in the comments below. The five closest predictions of: the popular vote receive[...]
Fox News Covers the Domenech ‘Undertow Election’ Theory
Our Benjamin Domenech, who does political analysis at The Transom independently of his health care policy work for The Heartland Institute, penned an interesting take on what awaits us on Election Day. Ben wrote[...]
Ferrara at Forbes: As He Re-Creates The Grapes Of Wrath, Obama Is Out Of Ideas
[First posted at Forbes.] President Obama started his Democratic Convention nomination acceptance speech with one overriding truth: “But when all is said and done – when you pick up that[...]
Voters Abandon Global Warming Fears
Former President Jimmy Carter will address the Democratic Party convention via a televised address, but former Vice President Al Gore and candidate for President will be no where in sight.[...]
Budgets/Taxes · Economics · Taxes
Ferrara at Forbes: The Election 2012 Prizefight: Paul Ryan’s Budget Vs. Barack Obama’s
[First posted at Forbes.] Mitt Romney’s selection of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan to be his running mate perfectly reframes the campaign on grounds the Republicans should win easily,[...]
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