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Understanding the GOP's Pre-Emptive Filibuster Threat 03/09/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Yesterday, the New York Times ran an editorial criticizing Senate Republicans for preemptively and hypocritically threatening to filibuster President Obama’s judicial …

Right Wing Leftovers 03/06/2009 by Kyle Mantyla John Feehery takes up the unenviable task of defending George W. Bush from comparisons to Barack Obama, saying "Linking Bush with Obama is not credible. And bashing Bush without at least acknowledging some …

An Epic Battle Brewing in Texas 03/03/2009 by Kyle Mantyla We've covered the forthcoming showdown between Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry and Texas Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison a few times already, primarily to note that state-level …

CPAC: Obama's a Communist and a Foreigner, Bush was a "Pseduo-Socialist President" 02/26/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Accuracy in Media's Cliff Kincaid, tapped to introduce Rep. Mike Pence , regaled the audience with tales of CPACs past, when the country had a …

By The Third Time, It's a Trend 02/19/2009 by Kyle Mantyla For anyone seeking to understand how the Religious Right plans to operate under the relatively young Obama Administration, let us offer a few telling examples.   For weeks, if not months, they …

The Right In Disarray As Lay-Offs Loom 02/17/2009 by Kyle Mantyla CQ has a good article noting that both the fiscal conservatives and the social conservatives, two of the core segments of the Republican Party’s base, are in disarray and see no figure on …

Right Wing Leftovers 02/17/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Ken Starr says that President Obama should be prepared for an "uphill battle over his Supreme Court nominees because as a senator he opposed two of President George W. Bush's Supreme Court picks." Some group …

Specter Tests Obama's Bipartisanship 01/30/2009 by Kyle Mantyla A few weeks ago I made a short mention of the fact that various right-wing judicial activists were calling on Barack Obama to re-nominate a few of President Bush's judicial nominees who never …

Focus Welcomes Goeglein, Says His Sins Are Forgiven 01/29/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Earlier this week we noted that Focus on the Family had hired the Bush Administration's former chief liaison to Religious Right group, Tim Goeglein, who was forced to step down …

A New Method of Determining a President's Support 01/23/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Right-wing commentators, activists, and leaders just want to make clear that, while the country might appear to be united behind Barack Obama and optimistic that his …