Mitt vs. Newt: The Gloves Come Off

By Patrick J. BuchananNewt Gingrich's surge to success in South Carolina has surely brought joy to the Obama White House.For his 12-point victory ensures the fight for the GOP nomination will not end soon and will get nastier. Indeed, it already has. Whether Newt or Mitt Romney emerges victorious, the candidate who comes out of the Republican convention will be bruised and Continue reading...

Vulture Capitalism or Populist Demagoguery?

By Patrick J. Buchanan"They're vultures that are sitting out there on the tree limb, waiting for a company to get sick, and then they swoop in ... eat the carcass ... and ... leave the skeleton."So Rick Perry colorfully characterized the private equity firm Bain Capital, once run by Mitt Romney.How did Bain prosper? Says Perry:"These companies ... come in and loot the people's Continue reading...

GOP War of All Against All?

By Patrick J. BuchananThere still exists a possibility that, come Jan. 20, 2013, we could have a Republican Senate and House, and a Republican president.But there is also a possibility that a Goldwater-Rockefeller-type family bloodletting could sunder the party and kick it all away.America is bored with Barack Obama. The young and the minorities are still with him but exhibit none of Continue reading...

Four More Years — of This?

By Patrick J. BuchananIn what The Washington Post called "a bold act of political defiance," President Obama Wednesday announced the recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.Cordray's nomination had been blocked by a Senate filibuster. There was no way he was going to win approval in 2012.Enraged Republicans denounced the appointment as an Continue reading...

GOP Will Take Off the Gloves if Ron Paul Wins Iowa

.... Just like they did to Pat Buchanan in 1996by Timothy P. Carney -The Republican presidential primary has become a bit feisty, but it will get downright ugly if Ron Paul wins the Iowa caucuses.The principled, antiwar, Constitution-obeying, Fed-hating, libertarian Republican congressman from Texas stands firmly outside the bounds of permissible dissent as drawn by either the Continue reading...