The impulse from which the Tea Party was born is mirrored in Britain
As America goes to the polls, we shall see how successful the Tea Party is at converting publicity into votes. However the candidates perform, the wave of anger they represent will linger far beyond...
View ArticleMidterm elections 2010: Does Marco Rubio have the makings of a US President?
"He's the only guy I know on the scene today who makes grown men cry," says Florida's former Governor, Jeb Bush. And Mr Bush isn't the only one to notice Marco Rubio's special quality. Already at the...
View ArticleWhy is Hillary Clinton hiding? Perhaps it's because her foreign policy has...
As Toby Harnden reports, Hillary Clinton has opted to stay well clear of today’s midterms, sitting them out in a two-week tour of Asia and Australasia. In fact she’s been as elusive as the Scarlet...
View ArticleMidterm elections: Who do the Tories talk to?
Look around the Conservative party and you are not short of people who have close friends among Republicans standing for office. From George Osborne down, there is a web of personal contacts stretching...
View ArticleThe Republican victory in the mid-terms is good news for Afghanistan
When the dust has settled from the Republicans' stunning success in the mid-term elections, spare a thought for the military campaign in Afghanistan which I believe has just received a massive boost....
View ArticleObama's problem is that he's not black enough
One of the big talking points in the run up to yesterday's midterms was whether African-Americans would turn out in the same numbers that they did in 2008. They were certainly more assiduously courted...
View ArticleAmerica’s just not that into you, Mr President. The future still looks grim...
There is still no sign at all of any kind of near or long-term recovery for President Obama after his midterm shellacking in early November. If anything, one month on from the Congressional elections...
View ArticleThe Tea Party is the political movement of the decade
If there is one political movement that has truly shaken the foundations of the American political system in 2010, it is the Tea Party movement. In fact I would describe is as the most influential...
View ArticleRobert Gibbs joins exodus from White House Titanic: Obama's press secretary...
Fox News and the BBC are reporting that Robert Gibbs is about to step down as White House Press Secretary, and become “an outside presidential adviser”. His departure comes just two months after the...
View ArticleWhen will America's sanctimonious liberal elites stop whining about the Tea...
One of the most pathetic sights in post-midterm America is that of whining liberal elites still trying to demonise the Tea Party, with ever more ludicrous and hate-filled attacks. Instead of...
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