Monday, April 16, 2012

Conservative News--4.16.12

 
Conservative Scholar: Supreme Court Should Uphold Obamacare
Huffington Post
Yet another prominent conservative legal scholar has stepped forward to urge the Supreme Court to uphold health care reform as firmly within the court's precedents. In a column published on The New Republic's website, Henry Paul Monaghan, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Most Conservative Congress in How Long?
Huffington Post
There is a new study out by a pair of political scientists saying that the current Republican caucuses in Congress are the most conservative in a hundred years. I think they are underestimating. The 1911-12 congressional Republicans, after all, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Majority of Alberta MPs back Wildrose, Calgary MP says
Edmonton Journal
OTTAWA – A majority of Alberta's 26 federal MPs are quietly "leaning" in the direction of the Wildrose party, which is seeking next week to end the Progressive Conservative dynasty in her province, says Calgary MP Rob Anders.
See all stories on this topic »
Gingrich: Conservatives must unite
Burlington Times News
GREENSBORO -- Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich added his voice Saturday to others urging conservatives in the tea party, GOP and other groups to overcome the one or two issues that divide them to help win the White House in November.
See all stories on this topic »
David Cameron pledges Tory councils fight
The Independent
David Cameron called today for a "flat-out full-throttle fight" by Conservative activists for local council elections taking place on May 3. In an appeal to the party to fight hard outside its heartlands in the south of England, Mr Cameron said the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Despite PC surge, Wildrose maintains lead as Alberta election day nears
Globe and Mail
The Progressive Conservatives are making a comeback in the battleground city of Calgary, but are still trailing the right-wing Wildrose Party overall, according to the latest poll on the Alberta election trail. Monday's poll, commissioned by the CBC ...
See all stories on this topic »

Globe and Mail
Dan Arnold: Rival Alberta parties compete to seal the deal
National Post
You'll hear pithy one-liners as spin machines go into overdrive, but here's the brutally honest closing pitch I'd use for each party: Alison Redford's Progressive Conservatives: "I get that a lot of Albertans want to send us a message.
See all stories on this topic »

National Post
Election spotlight turns to untested Wildrose candidates
Calgary Herald
A handful of others come with socially conservative or otherwise inflammatory views that could make them lightning rods for criticism should they get elected. Included in this group are pastor Allan Hunsperger, whose anti-gay blog post created a furor ...
See all stories on this topic »
Conservatives Rebuff 'Buffet Rule' as Class Warfare
Christian Broadcasting Network
But conservative critics note that the Buffett Rule would raise at most $5 billion a year over the next 10 years -- less than 1 percent of the $1.2 trillion federal deficit gap this year. "It's as though he (President Obama) thinks that this will solve ...
See all stories on this topic »
Six percent of UK's wealthiest pay less than 10 percent tax: data
Reuters
Last month's decision by finance minister George Osborne to cap the level of tax relief on charitable donations to 25 percent of income has drawn howls of protest from within his own Conservative party as well as from charities, who argue that the move ...
See all stories on this topic »

Blogs
 
The American Conservative » How to Talk About Romney's ...
By Jordan Bloom
David Axelrod tells us the Obama campaign will make a major umbrella issue of what he calls "Romney's penchant for secrecy": "George Bush felt it was appropriate to release the names of his bundlers. John McCain did. But not Mitt Romney.
The American Conservative
White Panic Attack: Conservative Warns CNN's Don Lemon Of ...
By Tommy Christopher
On CNN Newsroom Sunday night, Noel Sheppard, editor of conservative media watchdog Newsbusters, defended his criticism of the network's failure to censor the n-word by telling anchor Don Lemon that the nation is on the precipice of ...
Mediaite
GayPatriot » Why did Huntsman, though offering a conservative ...
By B. Daniel Blatt
RECENT ENTRIES. Why did Huntsman, though offering a conservative economic plan, not attempt to appeal to conservative voters? Watcher of Weasels Winners (Tax Day Edition) · Ann Romney rallies conservative troops to her husband's ...
GayPatriot
Are Religious Americans Always Conservative? - YU Blog - Yeshiva ...
By yunews
Religious Americans are, on average, more politically conservative than are less religious Americans, but they are so to an extent that varies substantially across different issue domains. Religiosity — how important a person considers religion ...
Yeshiva University News

Web
 
Thank You, Hilary Rosen | The Lonely Conservative
Do you remember in 2008 when the left (and some alleged conservatives) blasted Sarah Palin for being a working mother? As Michelle Malkin said, when it com ...
lonelyconservative.com/2012/04/thank-you-hilary-rosen/

No comments: