http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sun, 26 May 2013 04:00:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/28/and-so-they-vote-for-mitt-romney/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/28/and-so-they-vote-for-mitt-romney/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:14:40 +0000 David Usborne http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27907 Your guess is the same as mine: Mitt Romney will get the delegate counts he needs.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/28/and-so-they-vote-for-mitt-romney/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/30/when-will-us-republicans-realise-gay-marriage-is-their-natural-bedfellow/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/30/when-will-us-republicans-realise-gay-marriage-is-their-natural-bedfellow/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 13:00:17 +0000 Clara Cullen http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=24766 Clara Cullen argues that giving government the constitutional power to define what, or more importantly what does not constitute a marriage infringes upon traditional small government values at the heart of US Republican ideology. If they continue to insist on staunchly adhering to socially conservative values, she argues, they will become increasingly out of touch electorally.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/30/when-will-us-republicans-realise-gay-marriage-is-their-natural-bedfellow/feed/ 137 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/29/a-jubilee-letter-from-a-republican-to-royalists/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/29/a-jubilee-letter-from-a-republican-to-royalists/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 09:01:43 +0000 Rob Williams http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=24734 With the Jubilee weekend edging ever nearer Rob Williams offers some help for those Royalists who just don't understand why republicans won't just shut up and enjoy the celebrations...]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/29/a-jubilee-letter-from-a-republican-to-royalists/feed/ 347 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/12/10/newt-gingrich-and-the-castration-of-republican-politics/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/12/10/newt-gingrich-and-the-castration-of-republican-politics/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:37:39 +0000 Oliver Duggan http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=19376 The substitution of Newt Gingrich for Herman Cain in the 2012 Republican primaries is a confusing managerial move. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/12/10/newt-gingrich-and-the-castration-of-republican-politics/feed/ 4 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/22/obamas-wars/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/22/obamas-wars/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:22:24 +0000 Anne Penketh http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=17782 It’s election season in America. President Obama should therefore expect that anything he does is going to be criticised by the Republican opposition. But even on foreign policy, the president can’t win for losing. Only the killing of Osama bin Laden got him a grudging credit from across the aisle – and his bump in [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/22/obamas-wars/feed/ 5 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/01/lessons-from-history-obama-congress-and-libyan-intervention/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/01/lessons-from-history-obama-congress-and-libyan-intervention/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:05:54 +0000 Oliver Duggan http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=12709 A normal politician may have found it daunting to be the first President in history to be given the stage that once played host to the embalmed body of Winston Churchill and decapitated corpse of Charles I. He may have felt the need to clear his head and schedule with a morning of absolute isolation, [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/01/lessons-from-history-obama-congress-and-libyan-intervention/feed/ 5 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/04/03/why-a-balanced-budget-amendment-is-economic-madness/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/04/03/why-a-balanced-budget-amendment-is-economic-madness/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:03:18 +0000 Stephen Foley http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=10773 A very bad idea is back. The idea is to amend the United States Constitution to mandate a balanced federal budget. Tax income and government spending will have to match from now on, so there will be no more credit card spending for which the nation's children will have to pick up the tab.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/04/03/why-a-balanced-budget-amendment-is-economic-madness/feed/ 6 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/15/the-meaning-of-odonnell/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/15/the-meaning-of-odonnell/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:59:51 +0000 Amol Rajan http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=4326 I get the impression that Christine O’Donnell’s victory in Delaware may be remembered as the moment the GOP realised they were in trouble.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/15/the-meaning-of-odonnell/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/15/the-stupidity-of-newt-gingrich-part-2/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/15/the-stupidity-of-newt-gingrich-part-2/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:21:56 +0000 Amol Rajan http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=4307 I’ve tried to resist. It’s been tough, perilous, ache-causing stuff.  But I felt it had to be done. Since first blogging about the stupidity of Newt Gingrich – here – I’ve read about the hypocrisies and ideologically motivated accusations thrown around by Mr 1994 and avoided revisiting them on Eagle Eye. But it’s just impossible to read Maureen [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/15/the-stupidity-of-newt-gingrich-part-2/feed/ 6 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/10/must-watch-the-best-campaign-speech-of-the-year/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/10/must-watch-the-best-campaign-speech-of-the-year/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:35:25 +0000 Larry Ryan http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=4170 If you haven't yet seen this video, you must stop what you're doing and watch it right now.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/10/must-watch-the-best-campaign-speech-of-the-year/feed/ 7 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/07/why-a-young-republican-could-mark-the-fall-of-old-democrats/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/07/why-a-young-republican-could-mark-the-fall-of-old-democrats/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:51:00 +0000 Oliver Duggan http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=4089 The Hill is alive with murmurings as the first day of session, after the long summer break, rapidly approaches. When Congressmen and Senators return to their duties today it will not be without the heavy knowledge that many of them will not have this experience again. The midterms, which have historically been a barometer of [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/09/07/why-a-young-republican-could-mark-the-fall-of-old-democrats/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/08/20/what-are-the-republicans-trying-to-hide-behind-the-ground-zero-mosque/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/08/20/what-are-the-republicans-trying-to-hide-behind-the-ground-zero-mosque/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:24:57 +0000 Tom Mendelsohn http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=3632 North America has been consumed by one story and one story alone these past few weeks: the so-called – and mis-named – ‘Ground Zero Mosque‘. On the other side of the Atlantic many a jowl has quivered and turned puce in indignant fury; you can’t miss it over there. There’ve been a few whispers of it [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/08/20/what-are-the-republicans-trying-to-hide-behind-the-ground-zero-mosque/feed/ 51