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The Death of Statesmanship

I have sometimes bemoaned the passing of the statesman in modern society. What I have often lacked, however, is a clear articulation of what separates a statesman from, say, the

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Dobson Endorses Huckabee: Why Now?

James Dobson is apparently going to endorse Mike Huckabee for President. Now that Mitt Romney is out of the race, Dobson clearly doesn't have to risk offending those

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The Rise and Fall of Mitt Romney

Now that Mitt Romney has exited the presidential race, it's safe to do a post-mortem on what went wrong.  Few have offered more prescient remarks than Joshua

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Romney for President(?!)

The story of South Carolina's Republican primary has been written. Mike Huckabee's campaign is in serious jeopardy, while McCain's road to the White House

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Huckabee, the Wealthy, and Chestertonian Economics

Huckabee's position on the government and the economy has brought some blistering criticism on him from numerous quarters, not least of whom is Larry Kudlow (you can see

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Huckabee and the Evangelicals

The standard line leading up to the Iowa victory was that Mitt Romney was losing support because of the evangelical rejection of his Mormon faith.  In fact, most pundits preferred to ignore evidence to the contrary, labeling Mike Huckabee’s rise […]

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Presidential Politics: Give us Lincoln, not Reagan

It’s no small irony that Huckabee started to fall behind in his “rapid response” to the litany of attacks (and miscues) that he has made in recent weeks just about the time Joe Carter left his campaign. Joe has posted […]

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The Political and The Constitutional

One of the concerns Paul Horwitz addresses in his excellent paper on Article Six of the Constitution (discussed here) is the loss of Article Six as a standard for political

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The Irony of Non-Originalist Conservatives

One of the interesting aspects of this election season is intense focus on the scope of Article Six's prohibition of a "religious test" for candidates. The

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Mitt Romney's Social Conservative Credibility(?)

Mitt Romney's credentials as a social conservative took another blow on his recent "Meet the Press" appearance. And social conservatives are noticing. According to this news

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Huckabee Versus the Establishment, Part Two

Today, Paul Mirengoff at Powerline raises the concern that Huckabee seems to want a free pass on the issues because of his status as an evangelical.  Paul writes: Huckabee seems

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Twenty-Seven Missouri Politicians for Huckabee

It’s pretty rare that I get wind of breaking news before other people do. However, twenty-seven Missouri politicians are about to announce their support of Mike Huckabee. While there has been a lot of questions about whether he would be […]