[Ed. This is another post from my Alexham archives at RedState. I penned this post right before McCain secured the GOP nomination, and the message remains as true then as it does now: It is time for conservatives to rally around Senator John McCain. To a certain extent, this has already happened; but there are still a few holdouts amongst us (Centinel, I am looking in your direction), and this post is being republished here for their consideration.]  

I know many of you aren’t thrilled about supporting McCain, and some of y’all have even made blood oaths that you will never vote for “that man.” And trust me. I get it. I know exactly where y’all are coming from. For some, it was McCain’s opposition to President Bush’s tax cuts. For others, it was McCain’s cheerleading for patently unconstitutional campaign-finance legislation. For social conservatives, it was McCain’s support for federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. And for many, it was all of the above, as well as McCain’s propensity for bucking the Republican establishment and cozying up to liberal dems like Ted Kennedy. Understandably, these things have irked many a conservative, including yours truly. (more…)

[Ed. This is a post from my "Alexham" archives over at RedState. I am reposting it here because I believe the overall message of the post needs to be restated before we gather together for the national convention in September.]

I can still remember the day after the 1994 midterm elections. It was an unusually sunny day in the Southland, and all seemed right with the world. After all of those years in the wilderness, the Republicans had finally taken control of the House, and soon thereafter, the Senate. We would do things differently, we promised. We were a different kind of political party. Unlike the Democrats, who only care for power for power’s sake, we sought power to make a profound difference in the lives of every-day Americans.

How different things look thirteen years later. Somewhere along the line, we lost our way. I think most Republicans instinctively know this, but have trouble articulating exactly when things began to unravel for our party. What we do know is that the Republican Party is at crossroads. We are a party in search of an identity, and the path we choose will have long-term ramifications not only for the GOP, but for these United States. (more…)

RedState and Confirm Them founder Michael Krempasky recently spoke to George Washington University’s Internet & Politics class, and had some interesting behind-the-scenes tidbits on the significant impact Confirm Them had on the eventual withdrawal of the Harriet Miers nomination.

As someone who was actively blogging at Confirm Them during the Miers nomination controversy, I found Mike’s comments fascinating, and I suspect many of y’all will as well.

(forward to the 1:25 mark)

(LvRedState)

Yes, I have been doing a bit of blogging over the past year or so.

And I plan on continuing to blog at RedState. In fact, that will be my primary blogging home for political matters. I’ll still do some political posting here, but not as much as I did in the past.