Free Republic

More voters in 49 of the nation’s 50 states plan to use Election Day to voice opposition to President Obama and his policies than those who want to show support, according to a shocking new poll that suggests the president is hurting Democrats this election season. The president only has support in his birth state of Hawaii, where 27 percent plan to use their vote to show support versus 23 percent who said they will use Election Day as “a vote against Obama and his policies,” according to the poll published by YouGov.com in conjunction with CBS and the New...

One of the (many) reasons George W. Bush infuriates Democrats: He's a great party leader. Last week's inaugural events at the Capitol and in the capital were designed to portray the president as a national leader. Presidents since Thomas Jefferson have used their inaugural moment to place the ceremony above party, and to place themselves above party. The president accomplished that. But he did one thing more. Amid the pomp that accompanied Inauguration Day, he also set out to reinforce his role as a party leader. Not all presidents succeed at that. Richard Nixon, uncomfortable with the very party leaders...

As Prepared For Delivery Thank you, Ed for your incredible leadership. No one deserves more credit for last year’s victory than Ed Gillespie. I am humbled by your support, honored by your faith in me, and together we will work to see that the gains our Party made in 2004 translate into further success this year and in the future. One hundred and fifty years after our party was first first founded, the party of Lincoln stands at our strongest point in a century. Our President, George W. Bush, is the first to be re-elected while his party expanded majorities...