The Bush-Kennedy Amnesty

The Bush-Kennedy amnesty is a threat to America. The bill would provide amnesty and the possibility of citizenship to 12-20 million illegal aliens. It would cost American jobs. It would cost taxpayers $2.5 trillion dollars. It would promote gun control and threaten American sovereignty. Most conservatives and Republican presidential candidates oppose the bill.

The text of the bill (from Truth Laid Bear)

The contents of the bill.
Michelle Malkin: The comprehensive open-borders goodie bag
WND: Tax amnesty for illegals
Robert Rector: The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer
GOA: Immigration Bill Could Outlaw Gun Shops
WND: North America 'partnership' fast-tracked in border bill
Human Events: Details Revealed of Senate Compromise Bill
Ed Royce: Congressman Royce (R.-Calif.) Responds to Immigration Bill
Robert Rector: AMNESTY $$$$$

Commentary on the bill.
Thomas Sowell: The Amnesty Fraud Part I Part II Part III
Steve Sailer: Senate Amnesty Sellout–An Attempted Coup Against America
Jed Babbin: Make the Immigration Bill another "Miers Moment" for President Bush
Brian Bilbray: What Part of Illegal Don’t Senators Understand?
Mac Johnson: The Great Lie At The Heart Of The Senate Amnesty Bill
James Edwards: Blind-Faith Amnesty

Reaction to the bill.
Michael McCormack: An Incensed American
WND: Only 26% favor immigration bill
Human Events: Illegal Immigration is Key Concern to Voters
Katherine Lopez: Right Revolt

General commentary.
Wayne Simmons: Border Security: Let's Get Serious
Terry Jeffrey: Demand-Side Immigration Reform
Ann Coulter: Importing a Slave Class
Duncan Hunter: If We Build it They Won't Come
Robert Sanchez: Inviting Our Own Problems
Michelle Malkin: Jihadists Exploit Our Hospitality and Open Borders . . . Again
Michelle Malkin: A Lesson in Open-Borders Math
Lynn Woolley: Face to Face with Illegal Immigration
Pat Buchanan: The Dark Side of Diversity

Government

This update focuses on government. Government spends more and more money on wasteful and counterproductive programs. Its actions threaten free speech, freedom of religion, and civil liberties.

John Stossel argues that cutting taxes requires cutting spending.
John Stossel says the majority of Americans depend on government.
Ron Paul shows that "hate crimes" laws threaten freedom.
Dennis Behreandt explores government threats to civil liberties.
JH Huebert argues that NASA wastes taxpayer money.
Ron Paul explores the limits of government security.
Mark Fitzgibbons exposes Democrats' efforts to suppress speech.
Ron Paul explains how the government promotes racism.
Ron Paul reports that federal spending will be $3 trillion in 2008.
Helen Krieble documents the growth of government.
Kurt Hyde explains how government facilitates identity theft.
Ann Coulter documents politically motivated prosecutions.
Walter Williams explains the importance of private property.

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad. Iran continues to pursue nuclear weapons, and held some British soldiers hostage for two weeks. Some disturbing elements in Islam are not widely reported. Russia continues in descent into tyranny. France recently elected a pro-America president, Nicholas Sarkozy.

Walter Williams examines the Iranian hostage situation.
Alireza Jafarzadeh examines Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's past.
Nile Gardiner examines Iran's seizure of British soldiers.
WND reports that Iran is ringed with towering mountains.

Robert Spencer examines the reality of Islamic slavery.
Aryeh Spero explains what's wrong with Islam.
Robert Spencer exposes the beliefs of radical Islam in Britain.
Robert Spencer explains the truth about Muhammad.

Michael Economides examines Putin's suppression of dissent.
Ariel Cohen examines the growing danger in Russia.
Caspar Weinberger examines what Vladimir Putin wants.
Paul Williams examines the Russian poisoning case.

Terry Hulsey reviews a book on the evil of Mao Zedong.
Mike Franc examines Chinese anti-satellite weapons.

North American Union

This update focuses on the North American Union (NAU). Opposition to the NAU continues to grow. The Idaho and Montana legislatures have passed resolutions against the NAU. The Texas legislature has passed bill delaying the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC). The Department of Transportation has approved a plan to allow Mexican trucks on American highways. The European Union and United Nations also threaten sovereignty.

Jerome Corsi reports federal government threats against Texas.
Jerome Corsi writes that the Texas legislature opposes the TTC.
WND shows that most Texans oppose the Trans-Texas Corridor.
Gary Hoitsma chronicles opposition to the Trans-Texas Corridor.

Frank Gaffney explains the ideology of transnationalism.
Jerome Corsi explains the government plan for Mexican trucks.
Phyllis Schlafly exposes new efforts for Puerto Rican statehood.
Phyllis Schlafly explains the dangers of Mexican trucks.
WND shows that many states have resolutions against the NAU.
Kelly Taylor explains Arizona State's advocacy of the NAU.

Pat Buchanan discusses opposition to the European Union.
Thomas Kilgannon shows how the United Nations rips us off.
Phyllis Schlafly shows that the UN supports the ERA and CEDAW.

More information:
North American Union: Eagle Forum Stop the NAU Stop SPP
Trans-Texas Corridor: Corridor Watch
European Union: Brussels Journal EU Referendum

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. Immigration continues to cost taxpayers money, take American jobs, and damage our sovereignty. Political elites refuse to secure our borders. Two border patrol agents were wrongfully convicted for doing their jobs.

Phyllis Schlafly shows how H-1B visas take American jobs.
WorldNetDaily shows that illegals cost 2.2 trillion a decade.
Mac Johnson explains the divide between voters and elites.
Phyllis Schlafly updates the border patrol agents' case.
JD Hayworth shows how Bank of America rewards illegals.
Phyllis Schlafly says Ramos and Compean should be freed.
Sam Antonio explains the fate of the border patrol agents.
James Edwards exposes immigration word games.
Mac Johnson explains the effects of immigration on Texas.

Gun Rights

This update focuses on gun rights. A mass shooting at Virginia Tech University exposes the fallacy of gun control. Gun rights remain under attack. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Second Amendment makes the DC gun ban unconstitutional.

Ann Coulter exposes the fallacy of gun control laws.
Michelle Malkin explains the history of Virginia Tech's gun ban.
WorldNetDaily explains Kennesaw Georgia's gun law.
Gun Owners of America reports on a gun ban in Congress.
John Lott exposes the fallacy of "gun-free zones".
Michelle Malkin documents continuing attacks on gun owners.
Mac Johnson explains the truth about the Second Amendment.
John Lott explains the history of guns in America.
Ron Paul explains that gun rights discourage tyranny.

Daily gun news is available at NRA-ILA and Keep and Bear Arms.

Global Warming

This update focuses on "global warming". Liberals continue to promote unscientific hysteria and suppress dissent from scientists. They want more government control of the economy. Warming is likely caused by the sun. A new documentary, The Great Global Warming Swindle, explains the truth about global warming.

Christopher Horner shows courts want more regulations.
Vasco Kohlmayer shows global warming empowers government.
Donald Miller explains the real cause of global warming.
Thomas Sowell reviews The Great Global Warming Swindle.
Christopher Horner explains the truth about global warming.
Ann Coulter shows how liberals suppress science.
Ann Coutler says that "global warming" is anti-human.

For more, watch The Great Global Warming Swindle.

Health Care

This update focuses on health care. Government regulations continue to damage health care. The Walter Reed scandal illustrates the folly of socialized medicine. Problems with American health care are the fault of regulation, not freedom.

John Stossel shows that government regulations cost lives.
Ann Coulter shows how civil service regulations hurt America.
Terry Jeffery shows socialism caused the Walter Reed scandal.
Phyllis Schlafly exposes Merck's HPV vaccine mandate.
John Stossel explains what's wrong with Arnold's insurance plan.
Walter Williams shows that socialism produces waiting lists.
Jane Orient explains what's wrong with government health care.

Conservatism

This update focuses on conservatism. The 2008 Presidential race is well underway. Conservatives debate what candidate to support. Conservatives need to promote conservative culture and policies, not just focus on elections.

Dan Flynn says conservatives should ask who should win.
Ken Connor says that conservatives should produce candidates.
Tom VanDyke lists what conservatives got right over fifty years.
Phyllis Schlafly lists what questions to ask 2008 candidates.
Paul Weyrich says conservatives must unite around a candidate.
Donald Devine examines the state of the conservative movement.

"You see, winning in November with a big-government, pro-choice, open-borders Republican isn't really winning. It's losing. Sure, the Democrats will have lost. But the raison d'etre of the conservative movement isn't to defeat Democrats and elect Republicans. It's to make conservative ideas governing ideas."
-Dan Flynn

Government

This update focuses on government. Government takes our freedom. Spending and debt are out of control, and cannot be sustained. The government devalues our money by printing more of it.

Ron Paul explains that the national debt is fifty trillion dollars.
Walter Williams explains what's wrong with democracy.
Jeremy Lott writes that government takes our freedom.
Mike Franc writes that spending is out of control.
Carrie Lukas shows that Social Security spends too much.
Ron Paul explains the problem with political power.
J. H. Huebert explains what's wrong with NASA.
Ron Paul explains what's wrong with the dollar.
Donald Devine explains the need for limited government.
Chris Martenson shows that the government is bankrupt.
Jerome Corsi documents the decline of the dollar.
Ron Paul writes that Congress makes foreign policy.
Richard Allen explains Reagan's foreign policy.

Education

This update focuses on education. Government wastes money and fails to educate students. Liberals promotes bad ideas and indoctrination. More freedom would mean better education.

Pat Buchanan argues that government education is a failure.
Bob Unruh shows Germany enforces a Nazi ban on homeschooling.
Phyllis Schlafly explains the danger of "mental health screening".
Dan Lips explains what's wrong with federal education spending.
Phyllis Schlafly reports a new plan to centralize education.
Ann Coulter explains the truth about the Duke non-rape case.
Vin Suprynowicz explains the real history of government schools.
Elizabeth Kantor explains how English professors distort literature.

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

The Culture War

This update focuses on the culture war. Culture is the unconscious habits of society. One aspect of culture is how much people reproduce. Reproduction rates determine whether societies will survive.

The culture war is a liberal attempt to subvert traditional Western culture. Judges impose liberalism by fiat.

Joseph D'Agostino explains that abortion means fewer girls.
Mac Johnson says that Christians need to reproduce.
Joseph D'Agostino shows Europe is not reproducing.
Janice Crouse explains why abortion has declined.
John West explains the cultural impact of Darwinism.
Janice Crouse explains the need to win the culture war.
Mac Johnson asks whether the West has lost its will to survive.

Phyllis Schlafly shows that judges impose liberalism.
Thomas Sowell writes that judges engage in social engineering.
Jan LaRue criticizes Sandra O'Connor's thinking.
Phyllis Schlafly says judges affect education, sports, and property.

North American Union

This update focuses on North American Union (NAU). More information continues to emerge about the NAU. A number of resolutions have been introduced in state legislatures opposing the NAU, and the Utah House passed one.

Phyllis Schlafly explains what's wrong with globalization.
Joseph Farah provides details about the Banff forum.
WorldNetDaily shows that regulations are being harmonized.
Jerome Corsi provides more evidence about the NAU.
Bob Unruh explains who supports the NAU.
Joseph Farah responds to Michael Medved's attacks.
Jerome Corsi provides evidence in response to Michael Medved.
Jerome Corsi interviews Robert Pastor on the NAU.
Jerome Corsi writes that the dollar is in trouble.

Eagle Forum provides more information on the NAU.

Global Warming

This update focuses on "global warming." Liberals are promoting hysteria about global warming. Actual warming has been very small, and scientists dispute whether any of it is due to human activity. Wild disaster scenarios are promoted without evidence. Liberals seek to silence dissenters. The global warming movement has an anti-American agenda. Government prevents energy production and promotes false solutions. A new book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism, addresses these issues.

Dr. Timothy Ball says that "global warming" is a deception.
Jack Langer shows the global warming movement is anti-American.
Thomas Sowell writes that liberals misrepresent science, liberals smear dissenters, and a number of scientists disagree about global warming.
Ben Lieberman reviews The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism.
Walter Williams shows that liberals seek to silence skeptics.
Mike Franc says some businesses promote regulations to rip you off.

Dennis Behreandt says that Democrats propose damaging regulations.
Mike Franc writes that government prevents energy production.
Deroy Murdock writes that promoting ethanol causes problems.
Jerome Corsi debunks false notions about energy.

Liberalism

This update focuses on liberalism. Liberal organizations promote radical agendas, often hiding them behind seemingly reasonable goals. Liberalism promotes policies and attitudes that damage America. It is destroying Europe and will do the same to America if not stopped.

Phyllis Schlafly explains the feminist agenda of UN's CEDAW treaty.
John Tierney explains the radical agenda of Code Pink.
Joel Mowbray exposes the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
John Berlau shows that liberals want to control American corporations.
Matthew Vadum exposes George Soros' Democracy Alliance.
Matthew Vadum exposes the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Thomas DiLorenzo shows Publishers Weekly promotes liberal books.

Aryeh Spero shows how liberalism is destroying Europe.
Aryeh Spero shows how cultural Marxism attacks Christianity.
Aryeh Spero argues that many liberals are anti-American.

Much information on liberal individuals and organizations can be found at David Horowitz's Discover the Network site.

Poverty

This update focuses on poverty. Poverty is the norm throughout human history; prosperity is the result of specific attitudes and actions. Wealth is created; it is not handed down from the sky to be distributed. Liberals are ignorant of economics and seek to empower government. Their actions make poverty worse. Liberals are obsessed with "inequality," while conservatives promote prosperity for all.

Thomas Sowell writes that obsession with inequality empowers government, geography and culture determine poverty or prosperity, liberals exploit poverty for political gain, economic value is subjective, and liberals have no right to make economic decisions for others.
Sowell shows that conservatives give more to charity than liberals.
Sowell shows that Hollywood posturing hurts the poor.
Sowell writes that poverty is a result of self-destructive behavior.
Mac Johnson shreds the strange obsession with "inequality".

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. It was recently revealed that President Bush signed a "totalization" agreement that will spend billions to give Social Security to legal and illegal Mexicans in America. Government policies continue to cause our immigration disaster.

Phyllis Schlafly shows that totalization will cost America billions.
Rep. Ron Paul explains the Social Security totalization agreement.
Michelle Malkin shows that immigration raids are politically timed.
Mac Johnson explains that America has worse than open borders.
Phyllis Schlafly shows that two border guards are innocent.
Phyllis Schlafly recounts damaging information about immigration.
Phyllis Schlafly explains how H-1B visas hurt high-tech workers.
Rep. Tom Tancredo explains how immigration has affected Miami.

Gun Rights

This update focuses on gun rights. Gun control increases crime and empowers government. Most Americans support gun rights, but liberals may try to impose more gun control.

John Snyder chronicles Michael Bloomberg's attack on gun rights.
Gun Owners of America summarizes the fight for gun rights in 2006.
Lawrence Keane shows that America didn't vote for gun control.
Steve Chapman explains how concealed carry saves lives.
Ron Paul explains the state of the debate about gun control.
Dave Kopel shows that gun control does not keep schools safe.

Daily gun news is available at NRA-ILA and Keep and Bear Arms.

News from Abroad

This update focuses on news from abroad. Communists continue to oppress millions of people. Radical Islam is fighting to impose its will. The United Nations dreams of world government. The West is declining. Yet victory is possible when America acts.

William Jasper exposes continuing KGB control of Russia.
Larry Kelley reports a victory against terrorists in Somalia.
Humberto Fontova chronicles the crimes of Fidel Castro.
Ed Timperlake asks whether China has allied with radical Islam.
Dennis Behreandt shows the United Nations is America's enemy.
Pat Buchanan explains the failure of neoconservative policies.
Jerome Corsi explains Iran's involvement in the Iraq war.
Joseph D'Agostino explains that Canada is dying out.
Walter Williams examines the economic decline of Europe.
William Rusher chronicles the spread of nuclear weapons.
Janice Crouse shows that the United Nations promotes abortion.

Environmentalism

This update focuses on environmentalism. Environmentalism is an anti-human philosophy that seeks the end of civilization and genocide against humanity. It has already killed millions through a ban on DDT. Environmentalists promote the myth of human caused global warming to impose socialism and poverty on America.

Joseph D'Agostino shows that banning DDT has killed millions.
Deroy Murdock explains that environmentalists want millions to die.
George Reisman explains that environmentalism is anti-human.
Jerome Corsi explains the truth about global warming.
Dan Gainor reports the media's changing stories on climate change.
Robert Novak shows that Democrats want to make America poorer.

Russia

This update focuses on Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin is transforming Russia into a dictatorship. Former KGB/FSB officials have taken the most powerful positions in Russian government and business. They have centralized and consolidated power, silenced independent media, jailed political opponents, praised the former Soviet Union, and tried to rig foreign elections. Putin has aided America's enemies, including helping Iran's nuclear program.

Joel Rosenberg chronicles the growing evil in Russia.
Charles Krauthammer examines the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
Herbert Romerstien examines the history of KGB assassinations.
Yuri Maltsev writes that Putin is promoting tyranny in Russia.
Floyd Brown reveals that Ted Kennedy collaborated with the KGB.
Phyllis Schlafly remembers the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

Best Articles of 2006

At long last it's time for the best articles of 2006. I read roughly 10,000 articles this year. More than 300 articles appeared in this year's 52 POLITICAL UPDATES. Immigration was the most frequent topic, inspiring seven updates. The North American Union/SPP was second with five. What follows are my choices, in chronological order, for the ten most important news or opinion pieces of 2006.

Top Ten:
Searching for a New Direction by Congressman Ron Paul explains that government spending and regulation are out of control. The government is drowning in debt, and is likely to inflate the currency, thus robbing our money of its value, and wrecking our economy.
The New Shakers by Mac Johnson explains that the lack of children in America will lead to the decline of our country. We may be overwhelmed by third-world immigrants.
"Free Trade" Impacts Sovereignty by John McManus shows that Alger Hiss was a founder of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations. So-called "free trade" agreements threaten American sovereignty.
United States of North America by Steven Yates shows that the North American Union would merge the United States, Canada, and Mexico into one country that would be less secure and less prosperous.
The Bush-Kennedy Immigration Tsunami by William Jasper reveals that the Senate immigrants bill could have allowed as many as 200 million legal immigrants into America over the next twenty years.
North American Union to Replace USA? by Jerome Corsi is the first in a series of articles exposing the North American Union. Corsi explains who is pushing this plan.
Pawns in a Losing Game by William Jasper exposes the communist organizations behind the illegal immigrant rallies that shocked America in May. Their agenda is to destroy America.
The Missing Children Problem by Donald Devine shows that Western Civilization is dying out due to cultural decline and the welfare state.
Coming Through! The NAFTA Super Highway by Kelly Taylor explains that the massive Trans-Texas Corridor is part of a gigantic nationwide network of highways to cement the NAU.
Environmentalism's Death Toll for 'Nature' by Joseph D'Agostino shows that the environmentalist movement seeks the destruction of civilization and promotes massive genocide against humanity.

Honorable Mentions:
The United Nations seeks to control the internet.
Illegal immigrants rallied against America.
Senator Jeff Sessions shreds the Senate immigration bill.
Liberalism and Islam are killing the Netherlands.
Many environmentalists seek to exterminate humanity.
English is not spoken in many parts of America.
The creation of the NAU resembles that of the European Union.
A summary of news about the NAU.
Environmentalism by its nature seeks the destruction of humanity.

Previous: Best of 2005

Economics

This update focuses on economics. Government regulations imperil freedom and prosperity, but freedom leads to prosperity.

Walter Williams explains that the military draft misallocates resources.
William Anderson shows that the New Deal was an economic disaster.
Phyllis Schlafly explains some of the problems with globalization.
Thomas DiLorenzo explains that "sweatshops" help the poor.
Walter Williams explains the basic principles of economics.
Walter Williams argues that free trade leads to prosperity.
David Hogberg shows that business selfishly supports regulation.

Education

This update focuses on education. Government education is costly and harmful. The liberal "diversity" movement damages education while promoting racial preferences. The United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is influencing American education.

Phyllis Schlafly writes that education shapes American culture.
Bob Unruh writes that Germany is persecuting homeschoolers.
Thomas Sowell writes that "diversity" doesn't improve education.
Phyllis Schlafly writes that government forces Ritalin on children.
Jonah Goldberg writes that "diversity" damages minority students.
Walter Williams shows that "diversity" means liberal racism.
Michael Chapman examines what UNESCO is teaching children.
Berit Kjos writes that UNESCO is damaging American education.
Dan Lips writes that a K-12 education costs $100,000 per student.

Government

This update focuses on government. In this season of giving, government continues to take our money and freedom. Government regulations lead to many unnecessary deaths.

Lew Rockwell explains how government mismanages health care.
Walter Block explains how government regulations can kill you.
Stefan Molyneux shows that government actions are enforced by violence.
Walter Williams writes that the Founding Fathers distrusted government.
Ron Paul explains that a draft would be immoral and unwise.
James Ostrowski explains that the minimum wage hurts the poor.
Ron Paul explains that entitlement programs are heading for disaster.
James Berlau explains that the "fairness doctrine" attacks free speech.
Ron Paul says that taxes take away our freedom and hurt the economy.
Ron Paul explains that spending cuts should precede tax changes.
Gary Wolfram explains why most issues cannot be decided democratically.
Ron Paul explains how government robs the Social Security system.
Phyllis Schlafly shows how government violates the Constitution.
Phyllis Schlafly explains how "domestic violence" laws damage families.

Health Care

This update focuses on health care. Illegal immigration is bankrupting many American hospitals. Liberals continue to push for socialist medicine. Government regulations are causing most of America's existing health care problems. A law passed by Senator Ted Kennedy created the Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) that are often criticized today.

R. Cort Kirkwood shows that illegal immigration is bankrupting hospitals.
John Stossel says we should not get health care from employers.
Ron Paul explains that government regulations created HMOs.
Greg Franke debunks liberal myths about access to health care.
Ron Paul writes that government regulations damage our health care.

North American Union

This update focuses on North American Union. This plan continues to be advanced by the governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. A resolution has been proposed by Congressmen Virgil Goode, Ron Paul, Tom Tancredo, and Walter Jones to condemn the NAU. Texas Governor Rick Perry was reelected with 39% of the vote in a four-way race.

Phyllis Schlafly summarizes news about North American integration.
Jerome Corsi explains that the Trans-Texas Corridor is a major issue.
Corsi responds to Rick Perry's claims about the Trans-Texas Corridor.
Ron Paul explains how a continental highway system threatens America.
WorldNetDaily reports on the congressional resolution against the NAU.
WND reports that secret documents about the NAU have been released.
WND reports on the contents of documents about the NAU.
WND reports that students are being trained to support the NAU.

Immigration

This update focuses on immigration. The recent elections sent a mixed message, with voters electing and defeating both good and bad, while restricting immigration via ballot initiative. Congress recently passed a law creating a border fence. The illegal invasion continues as Congress contemplates both border security and amnesty.

Mark Krikorian says Senator Mel Martinez misunderstands the election.
Pat Buchanan shows the election was not an endorsement of amnesty.
Michelle Malkin provides a realistic view of the border fence act.
Phyllis Schlafly asks whether a border fence will actually be built.
Ian De Silva shows liberals flooded America with third world immigrants.
Jerome Corsi writes that open borders undermine national security.
Ron Paul says birthright citizenship hurts America and should be ended.
Ron Paul says amnesty expands the welfare state, costing us billions.

Money and Debt

This update focuses on money and debt. Government spending continues to expand. With the national debt growing out of sight, the government prints more money to alleviate it. This inflation of the money supply reduces the value of our money and makes us all poorer.

Will Grigg compares real money to government-printed paper money.
Lew Rockwell argues that monetary policy takes away our freedom.
Will Grigg explains how ballooning debt is affecting America.
Jim Rutz writes that the real national debt is 65 trillion dollars.
Ron Paul explains that inflation is a hidden tax on America.
Ron Paul explains how the Federal Reserve makes us poorer.
WorldNetDaily writes that the Federal Reserve is a fraud that rips us off.

Election 2006

This POLITICAL UPDATE focuses on the 2006 election. Republicans lost badly at all levels. Voters rejected the corruption scandals, idealistic intervention in Iraq, profligate spending, and open borders. Voters rejected the Republican party, not conservatism.

Robert Novak summarizes the losses and explains the reasons for them.
Marc Rotterman says that conservatives should reject neoconservatism.
Ivy Sellers shows that voters rejected big government spending.
John Hawkins explains the factors that led to the Republican loss.
Pat Buchanan explains why voters rejected Republicans.

The election will impact several specific issues.
David Kopel explains the impact of the election on gun rights.
Gun Owners of America also analyzes the election results.
Mark Krikorian analyzes the impact of the election on immigration.
Stanley Kurtz says that marriage won on election day.

I analyze the results for the gubernatorial race, the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, Michigan races, and local races.