Jedediah Bila

Pundits and politicos love the word “compromise.” There seems to be no better way for a politician and/or media figure to instantly be well-liked, appear perfectly “reasonable,” and go back to their inner circles having offended absolutely no one. This past Sunday on ABC’s “This Week With Christiane Amanpour,” former Secretary of State Colin Powell [...]

Sarah Palin hit the stage in Indianola, Iowa this afternoon to keynote the Tea Party of America’s “Restoring America” rally. And she certainly pulled no punches. Palin took on President Obama’s failed policies and proclivity toward crony capitalism, stood firm in her support for tea party principles and rekindled the 2008 RNC speech she gave [...]

The question that hit my email inbox repeatedly yesterday was: “What do you think of the Boehner plan?” Truthfully, I’m not impressed. In my humble opinion, it reflects an inability and unwillingness on the part of GOP leadership to dig in their heels and stand firm on principle. It reflects a refusal to go above [...]

Are you feeling principled today? How about gutsy? Are the wishes of voters — the same voters that afforded you a 2010 landslide victory — at the forefront of your minds? I certainly hope so. As conservatives across the country await a decision as to whether or not there will be an increase in the [...]

The United States is over $14 trillion in debt. The AP reported in March that, “The federal government’s budget deficit grew by $222.5 billion in February, the largest one-month increase in history. Economists are forecasting the deficit for the year will be the biggest imbalance on record.” So, am I popping the cork on the [...]

She was relaxed, but spunky.  She was real.  She was armed with stats.  She was unapologetic about her convictions.  She was tough on President Obama’s agenda.  She was fed up with the status quo.  She was “sick and tired of the games that are being played in Washington, D.C., because we’re talking about our money, [...]