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The poor Tea Partiers are finding the Republican Establishment in Washington harder to keep ahold of than a greased pig – they cornered the elusive rascals, trying to defund Obamacare, but then the wily Pachyderms slipped through their fingers and now Ted Cruz and the Tea Partiers are taking a pounding, being called pouty children…

Any Southerner worth his salt, at some point, has come face to face with William Faulkner’s story “The Bear” – about a mammoth, faster than a locomotive bear who roams and rules the last 100 square miles of pure wilderness in Mississippi where the final vestiges of ancient virtues like endurance and sacrifice have not…

If Terry McAuliffe wins the Virginia governor’s race, Democrats might want to rethink this campaign finance thing.   Public Policy Polling’s final poll shows McAuliffe winning 50-43. But here are the numbers that caught my eye: McAuliffe leads in fundraising $34.4 million to $19.7 million.   The New York Times reported, “Armed with a much…

Carter likes to say that politics is an exercise in human folly and error. Both parties seem set on proving it in Washington.   A few weeks ago, President Obama’s job ratings fell when the news was focused on Syria. But Washington Republicans came to his rescue. They shut down the government. Everybody forgot about…

The Pachyderms, or Supreme Republican Leaders in Washington, have a natural animus to Democrats – but, these days, who they dislike even more is Ted Cruz and Tea Partiers.   It’s time Ted Cruz, one Pachyderm snorted in the newspaper, started acting like an adult.   Talking about Senator Mike Lee, another added, He’s so…

The Pachyderms, or Supreme Republican Leaders in Washington, have a natural animus to Democrats – but, these days, who they dislike even more is Ted Cruz and Tea Partiers.   It’s time Ted Cruz, one Pachyderm snorted in the newspaper, started acting like an adult.   Talking about Senator Mike Lee, another added, He’s so…

Every now and then Gary and I venture out of our respective sanctuaries to journey out into the broader world and, just the other day, we meandered all the way across Raleigh to speak to a very nice group of folks about politics (from our different perspectives).   And, sure enough, during the meeting a…

The post-mortem’s are rolling in from the wise heads in Washington over the government shutdown and the debt ceiling votes and their verdict is unanimous: Ted Cruz was crushed. The Tea Party was annihilated.   But all these Washington pundits may be sailing right past one subtle fact.   Heritage Action and Club for Growth…