Marco Rubio Desperately Plays the Isolationist Card

Trying to defend his record of supporting such disastrous misadventures as Iraq and Libya, Marco Rubio denounced unnamed foes who he claims seek “to derail the postwar consensus about America’s role in the world.” This anonymous “they,” he added, “will never call themselves isolationists, but that is exactly what they are.” Against Ted Cruz, the likely intended target, Rubio's claim obviously is nonsense.

Presidential Horse Race 2016: Ted Cruz beats the media at its own game

Fury at the ruling class fuels supporters’ devotion to Trump. Plus, Cruz schools the media and they don’t even realize it; Jeb Super PAC needs a place to spend money, targets Rubio in Iowa, and, Why women should love Trump, according to Ivanka.

Another Key Evangelical Faith Leader Endorses Ted Cruz

"I want every Christian in America to know, especially in Iowa where they will caucus in little more than a month, that Ted Cruz is a man of God. Like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, his faith is authentic, not political expedience... I urge fellow evangelicals in Iowa to go to the caucuses and vote for Cruz."

Bishop E.W. Jackson

Obamanomics Explained in One Chart

For the over 93 million workers who have left the workforce the Great Recession is by no means over as their quality of life and wealth continue to erode.

Of Course Hillary Clinton And Obama Are Lying

Our friends at Judicial Watch have pried loose a new trove of emails from the State Department that prove, despite Obama's remark that her email did not endanger national security, she was warned in stark terms about how vulnerable her communications were to exploitation. But even after the official warning she continued to use her now infamous personal server and other unsecure electronic communication devices.

Presidential Horse Race 2016: Donald Trump shells Hillary beach prior to invasion

By bringing in Bill, Trump is merely softening up Hillary before the general election. Plus, Republican establishment consultants must have failed math; Ben Carson says he’s “absolutely” in it through Iowa, and, Jeb wants The Donald one-on-one.

Yes, Ted Cruz Can Unite Right-of-Center Voters

You'd be hard pressed to find a more establishment Republican than Jeb Bush supporter Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), but when it comes to fighting radical Islam he and Ted Cruz have joined forces, while Marco Rubio is once again MIA.

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Marco Rubio Desperately Plays the Isolationist Card
Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow Cato Institute [@Doug_Bandow]

Trying to defend his record of supporting such disastrous misadventures as Iraq and Libya, Marco Rubio denounced unnamed foes who he claims seek “to derail the postwar consensus about America’s role in the world.” This anonymous “they,” he added, “will never call themselves isolationists, but that is exactly what they are.” Against Ted Cruz, the likely intended target, Rubio's claim obviously is nonsense.

Presidential Horse Race 2016: Ted Cruz beats the media at its own game
Jeffrey A. Rendall | 12/30/2015

Fury at the ruling class fuels supporters’ devotion to Trump. Plus, Cruz schools the media and they don’t even realize it; Jeb Super PAC needs a place to spend money, targets Rubio in Iowa, and, Why women should love Trump, according to Ivanka.

Another Key Evangelical Faith Leader Endorses Ted Cruz
CHQ Staff | 12/30/2015

"I want every Christian in America to know, especially in Iowa where they will caucus in little more than a month, that Ted Cruz is a man of God. Like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, his faith is authentic, not political expedience... I urge fellow evangelicals in Iowa to go to the caucuses and vote for Cruz."

Bishop E.W. Jackson

Obamanomics Explained in One Chart
George Rasley, CHQ Editor | 12/29/2015

For the over 93 million workers who have left the workforce the Great Recession is by no means over as their quality of life and wealth continue to erode.

Of Course Hillary Clinton And Obama Are Lying
CHQ Staff | 12/29/2015

Our friends at Judicial Watch have pried loose a new trove of emails from the State Department that prove, despite Obama's remark that her email did not endanger national security, she was warned in stark terms about how vulnerable her communications were to exploitation. But even after the official warning she continued to use her now infamous personal server and other unsecure electronic communication devices.

Presidential Horse Race 2016: Donald Trump shells Hillary beach prior to invasion
Jeffrey A. Rendall | 12/29/2015

By bringing in Bill, Trump is merely softening up Hillary before the general election. Plus, Republican establishment consultants must have failed math; Ben Carson says he’s “absolutely” in it through Iowa, and, Jeb wants The Donald one-on-one.

Yes, Ted Cruz Can Unite Right-of-Center Voters
CHQ Staff | 12/28/2015

You'd be hard pressed to find a more establishment Republican than Jeb Bush supporter Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), but when it comes to fighting radical Islam he and Ted Cruz have joined forces, while Marco Rubio is once again MIA.

Clinton and Obama’s Bizarre Ideas On Who Is A Threat To National Security
George Rasley, CHQ Editor | 12/28/2015

Dr. Gershon Pincus, who has family in Israel, was denied a security clearance to be a Navy dentist due to his potential for "divided loyalties." But Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, whose ties to the Muslim Brotherhood are well-documented, was granted a security clearance to access the highest levels of American intelligence, some of which ended up on Clinton's unsecure email server and who knows where else.

Presidential Horse Race 2016: Ted Cruz is right to want to banish the George W. Bush past
Jeffrey A. Rendall | 12/28/2015

A hint of peace in the Republican presidential race. Plus, Larry Sabato’s “Crystal Ball” looks a little foggy; Even some neocons admit Ted Cruz is right to want to banish the Bush past, and, Cruz receives key endorsement in the heart of Jeb/Rubio country.

Presidential Horse Race 2016: The Republican candidates’ “All I want for Christmas” list
Jeffrey A. Rendall | 12/25/2015

Ted Cruz leads Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head match-up according to the latest CNN/ORC poll. Plus, the Republican candidates’ “All I want for Christmas” list, and, Rand Paul says he won’t do an undercard debate.

Our Christmas Blessing and the Real Religion of Peace
CHQ Staff | 12/24/2015

The Christian message and the story of Christ's journey on Earth begin and end with the word "peace." In these troubled times when Christians are being tested and when part of that test is parsing the truth from the multitude of lies about the moral equivalence between Christ’s message of peace and the violence and depravity of another “religion of peace,” we urge you take to heart the certainty of the message of peace Christ bestowed upon us.

Presidential Horse Race 2016: Ted Cruz slaps the lapdog Washington Post with a cartoon of his own
Jeffrey A. Rendall | 12/24/2015

Ted Cruz wins the battle of the cartoons against the Washington Post. Plus, Marco Rubio is a frontrunner is his own mind; Huckabee nails the awful congressional budget sellout, and, Christmas for Trump and Cruz in New Hampshire is a divided establishment.

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Front Page Headlines

  • Rubio Endorsement Brings Gowdy’s Radical History on Immigration Into Spotlight
    Julia Hahn, Breitbart

    South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy's endorsement of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) may shine an unwanted spotlight on the South Carolinian’s record of past radical statements on immigration and his aggressive support for donor class policies embraced by Sen. Rubio.

  • Trump Sets Sights on Bill Clinton -- And His Henchwomen
    Diana West, Breitbart

    Democrats are terrified that Trump will do to the Clintons what he does to everything else: Tear down the carefully constructed fake PC edifice and say what’s what. If that ever happens, the Clintons will have to go hide their heads in shame where they belong.

  • RNC Learned Wrong Lesson From Mitt Romney's Loss
    Ben Weingarten, PJ Media

    Resorting to ad hominem attacks against Cruz is neither a necessary nor sufficient argument for why the GOP establishment's heretofore losing formula will work in this election.

  • Bozell: It’s time to rally around Ted Cruz
    Brent Bozell III, Breitbart

    Conservatives nationally are seeing that he’s the one candidate who is going to return this country to her Constitutional foundations and Judeo—Christian values. On every issue of crucial importance to conservatives—defunding Planned Parenthood, ending the Obamacare nightmare, reducing the size of government, opposing amnesty—Cruz is not only with conservatives, he’s led the fight for conservatives.

  • Why are Senate Republicans giving any more judges to Obama in his lame duck year?
    Rick Manning, Americans for Limited Government

    Now with the funding bill passed into law and the power of the purse ceded, the confirmation process is perhaps the last remaining constitutional power that the Republicans in the Senate hold over this Administration, and they should use it. If President Obama wants a nominee confirmed, he should be forced to start following the law in other areas.

  • California Gun Law Will Let Police Confiscate Legally-Owned Weapons
    Blake Neff, Daily Caller

    Once granted, police can use the restraining order to confiscate all of a person’s guns and ammunition, and the person is also barred from buying or possessing guns and ammo for the duration of the order. A full court hearing must then be heard within three weeks. At that hearing, a judge will be able to extend the restraining order for an entire year.

  • Poll: Christian rights more important than Muslim ones
    Bradford Richardson, The Hill

    More Americans say it’s important to defend the religious liberties of Christians than Muslims, according to an AP/NORC poll released Wednesday. The preference for the rights of Christians over Muslims held across party lines.

  • Supreme Court Grapples, Once Again, With Redistricting
    Michael Barone, Real Clear Politics

    Courts can't stop partisan gerrymandering entirely. But they can limit its effectiveness by enforcing strict numerical equality, by simple arithmetic. Supreme Court justices weary of redistricting cases might keep that in mind.

  • Donald Trump Takes On Bill Clinton’s Behavior Toward Women
    Alan Rappeport, The New York Times

    Over the weekend, Mr. Trump said that that Mrs. Clinton was playing the “woman’s card” and that her husband’s sexual history would be fair game as the 2016 race ramped up. “His presidency was really considered to be very troubled, to put it mildly, because of all of the things that’s she talking to me about,” Mr. Trump said Sunday on Fox News.

  • It’s Time for Candidates to Discuss the Enemy Within
    Daniel Horowitz, Conservative Review

    When Congress returns in January, there will be a robust debate over the authorization of use of military force (AUMF) in Syria and Iraq to fight ISIS.  But while we debate a bunch of lousy options and the potential cost of lives and billions of dollars arming our enemies in endless Islamic civil wars, the politicians in both parties will never discuss the enemy within the United States.  This is where the presidential candidates must lead by example. 

  • Trump is Right about Bill Clinton
    Ruth Marcus, Real Clear Politics

    The iconic liberal Washington Post columnist says Trump has smeared women because of their looks. Bill Clinton has preyed on them, and in a workplace setting where he was by far the superior. That is uncomfortable for Clinton supporters but it is unavoidably true.

  • Rep. Renee Ellmers Voted For More Foreign Workers in The U.S.
    Frank Roche, rocheforcongress.com

    Foreign workers holding H-2B visas could climb to over 250,000 in 2016 thank to Rep. Renee Elmers (NC-2) and other supporters bought by the campaign contributions of the cheap labor lobby.

  • America Isn’t Growing More Liberal; It’s Growing More Polarized
    David French, National Review

    What remains clear is that America is more politically polarized than ever. The Left is growing more Left, and the Right is growing more Right. This is entirely consistent with other patterns, including the polarization of American religious practice. America is growing both more secular and more religious, more liberal and more conservative. The middle is vanishing.

  • Conservatives Push to Primary House Speaker Paul Ryan
    Alex Swoyer, Breitbart

    Tea Party activists are planning to primary House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan following passage of his $1.1 trillion omnibus, according to recent reports. Multiple news outlets are reporting that anger over the spending bill has spurred conservatives to mount a primary challenger against the Wisconsin Republican.

  • Why Tennessee will matter in 2016
    Katie Glueck, Politico

    The extensive airtime candidates receive here, coupled with a primary calendar change, a solid donor pool and the ideological diversity of the GOP in Tennessee explain why both deeply conservative candidates like Cruz, and politicians like Rubio who appeal to more mainstream Republicans, see a path, and are investing significant time and effort into a state that in previously cycles was largely ignored.