America

Jules Crittenden » Omerica:

I’m not interested in spending the next four years in bitterness, the way the opposition spent the last eight, and I trust America will still be here at the end of this term. Congratulations, Obama. It is a great country. It is yours to govern now, all hope and change in your hands. Hope and change are great, but try not to change it too much. Because I can assure you, it doesn’t get much better than this.

The common belief is that the GOP favors the rich and the Democrats favor the middle class and poor. In reality, the GOP favors small business and entreprenours while the Dems favor big business and big unions. The Dems are favored by the very rich (> $30M). If you've been around a while, you know why:

Rich Lowry:

Hillary Clinton predicted Saturday that just electing her President will cut the price of oil.

When the world hears her commitment at her inauguration about ending American dependence on foreign fuel, Clinton says, oil-pumping countries will lower prices to stifle America's incentive to develop alternative energy.

More evidence of Huckabee's identity politics appeal:

Carl explains, with lots of links and charts and stuff:

Ace pities the powerless:

Mayor Giuliani will travel the country this summer to detail each of his Twelve Commitments.

The Twelve Commitments:

1. I will keep America on offense in the Terrorists’ War on Us.

2. I will end illegal immigration, secure our borders, and identify every non-citizen in our nation.

3. I will restore fiscal discipline and cut wasteful Washington spending.

Interesting analysis by Steve Shippert in The Tank:

Spook86: