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Right Wing Leftovers 03/09/2009 by Kyle Mantyla As expected, President Barack Obama overturned the Bush administration ban on using federal funds for embryonic stem cell research.  Needless to say, the Religious Right is livid: FRC called it a "slap in …

Gingrich and His Ego Contemplate Another Presidential Run 03/06/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Apparently Newt Gingrich was so moved by the rousing, presidential-like reception he received at CPAC, that he is once again mulling over the possibility of a …

Huckabee: Everything to Everyone and Unloved By Them All 03/06/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Mike Huckabee is something of an odd political animal: a Republican politician who insists the he is both a fiscal and social conservative but can't get support from …

Pawlenty: Faith in God Must Drive The Conservative Movement 03/05/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Back when speculation was flying about whom John McCain would name as his running mate, one name that kept popping up was Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.  He was, and …

The Right: CPAC Versus The Values Voters 03/05/2009 by Kyle Mantyla People who write about the conservative movement, as I do, tend to sometimes group together all of the intertwined but separate elements of the movement under umbrella terms like "the …

Right Wing Round-Up 03/03/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Today's best reporting on the Right from around the web: Steve Benen examines Michael Steele's pathetically abject apology to Rush Limbaugh. Speaking of Limbaugh, Media Matters catches Tony Perkins …

Rick Santorum Just Like All Those Other Losers 03/02/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Last week we noted that one of the defining messages at the Conservative Political Action Conference was that Republicans have lost control of Congress and the White House not …

Right Wing Round-Up 03/02/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Today's best reporting on the Right from around the web: Was Rick Santelli's televised rant part of some right-wing astroturf plot ? Niger Innis takes his bogus "stop the war on the poor" campaign to CPAC …

Right Wing Leftovers 03/02/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Like pretty much every Republican before him, Michael Steele is pledging to turn around the GOP's dismal showing when it comes to getting votes from African Americans. The easy applause line at CPAC was to …

CPAC: Michele Bachmann's Next Career 02/27/2009 by Kyle Mantyla You know, if her political career doesn't pan out, Rep. Michele Bachmann could always considering making the jump to television, where she'd be sure to quickly find work announcing …