By Neal McCluskey
In a speech today, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney will lay out the foundations of his education platform. Based on an outline of his proposals released by Education Week this morning, Gov. Romney seems just a little less disinterested in the Constitution — and the 40-plus years of proven federal education failure – than the man he seeks to replace. [...]
Gov. Romney, Federal ‘Incentives’ Mean Federal Power is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Christopher Preble
Yesterday’s event on the U.S. Navy was a big success and generated a vigorous discussion. Ben Freeman from POGO spelled out his concerns about the littoral combat ship, specifically the Freedom (LCS-1) (documented here and here) and CBO’s Eric Labs raised a few additional ones pertaining to the program as whole. Under Secretary of the [...]
After-Action Report on Cato’s Panel on the Future of the Navy Surface Fleet is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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Former Governor Tim Pawlenty (R–MN), national co-chair of the Romney for President campaign, appeared on CNBC yesterday and chastised President Obama for failing to lead on stopping Taxmageddon before the November election. Pawlenty is right: Washington should stop Taxmageddon now. Heritage has been saying just that for weeks. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R–OH) understands that Taxmageddon must be stopped soon. In a speech this week before the Peter G. Peterson 2012 Fiscal Summit, Speaker made clear the House will vote to stop Taxmageddon before the November election: We … More
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By Christopher Preble
President Obama’s surprise visit to Afghanistan shows that he is determined to use the bin Laden killing to his political advantage. He also hopes to win points for ending two unpopular wars. That is understandable. If nothing else, it allows him to draw distinctions between both his predecessor, who failed to find bin Laden, and the eventual GOP nominee, [...]
Obama Visits Afghanistan, Perpetuates Misguided Policy is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By John Mueller
The first anniversary of the murderous raid on Osama bin Laden’s hideaway presents an opportunity to evaluate the threat al Qaeda now poses. For its part, the Obama administration/reelection campaign seems more interested in using the event to score political points against Mitt Romney. But terrorism alarmists are more focused on al Qaeda itself and [...]
Why al Qaeda May Never Die is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Neal McCluskey
Sometimes I wish politicians were more like good parents. I know that doesn’t sound very libertarian — the last thing we want is for politicians to become humanity’s moms and dads — but there’s at least one thing good parents do that most politicians constantly avoid: saying “no.” When kids want their food pyramids to have a base of candy, center [...]
If Only Politicians Were More Like Good Parents is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Doug Bandow
Mitt Romney has become the inevitable Republican presidential candidate. He’s hoping to paint Barack Obama as weak, but his attempt at a flanking maneuver on the right may complicate America’s relationship with Eastern Europe and beyond. Romney recently charged Russia with being America’s “number one geopolitical foe.” As Jacob Heilbrunn of National Interest pointed out, [...]
Romney and Russia: Complicating American Relationships is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Christopher Preble
It appears some Republicans want to return to their familiar national security play book in their pursuit of the White House, accusing a Democratic president of gutting defense spending and undermining national security. An Associated Press story predicts that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign may feature the “hawkish and often unilateral foreign policy prescriptions that guided [...]
Romney’s National Security Problem is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Justin Logan
In the March/April issue of Foreign Policy magazine, Republican strategists Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie opened an article titled “How to Beat Obama” with this paragraph: In an American election focused on a lousy economy and high unemployment, conventional wisdom holds that foreign policy is one of Barack Obama’s few strong suits. But the president [...]
Ed Gillespie, Flip Flopper is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign has responded to my post, “Gingrich Adviser Urges States to Implement ObamaCare,” in which I responded to David Merritt’s Daily Caller op-ed calling on states to create ObamaCare’s health insurance Exchanges. According to Gingrich campaign spokesman Joe DeSantis: Mr. Merritt is still an advisor to Speaker Gingrich, but he was not writing [...]
Gingrich Campaign Responds: Newt Counsels States to ‘Resist’ Implementation of ObamaCare is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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