Is Mitt Being Neoconned Into War?

By Patrick J. BuchananHas Mitt Romney given Israel a blank check for war?So it seemed from the declaration in Jerusalem by his adviser Dan Senor, who all but flashed Israel a green light for war, signaling the Israelis that, if you go, Mitt's got your back:"If Israel has to take action on its own in order to stop Iran from developing that capability, the governor would respect that Continue reading...

In the Long Run, Is the GOP Dead?

By Patrick J. BuchananSince 1928, only Dwight Eisenhower and George W. Bush have won the presidency while capturing both houses of Congress for the GOP.In his 49-state landslide, Richard Nixon failed to take either House. In his two landslides, Ronald Reagan won back only the Senate. Yet Mitt Romney is even money to pull off the hat trick.With this hopeful prospect, why the near Continue reading...

America Needs No More Neo-Imperial Nonsense

By Patrick J. Buchanan - The Financial TimesTriumphant in the first Gulf war, George H.W. Bush, in October 1991, went before the UN to declare that the US’s goal was now to build a “New World Order”.Rejecting this as Wilsonian utopianism, my 1992 presidential campaign called for an end to US military intervention where no vital interest was imperilled, for federal action to secure Continue reading...

Obama’s Worship of Centralized Power

By Patrick J. Buchanan"If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." Mitt Romney fell on this Obama quote like an NFL lineman on an end zone fumble during the Super Bowl. And understandably so.For this was no gaffe, said Romney, this is what Obama believes. This is straight out of the catechism. Obama thinks that had not the government created the Continue reading...

The Chickens of Globalization Come Home to Roost

By Patrick J. BuchananMitt Romney is today the beneficiary of some desperate counsel from alarmed Republicans on how to escape the snare in which he has found himself.Democrats are charging that Mitt was still chairman and CEO of Bain Capital between 1999 and 2002, when the company was advising some of America's premier outsourcers.The facts are in dispute. But the evidence seems on Continue reading...