As we said last week, we aren’t fond of the idea that candidates should have to run as the party on their voter registration, because that could disadvantage candidates who are registered Independents. (Even though Independents make up about a quarter of West Virginia’s registered voters, ...
by William Natbony Being a conservative in 2023 does not have the same meaning as being a conservative in the 1980s … or even as recently as in 2015 (when the Freedom Caucus was founded). Classical American conservatism was grounded in the principles articulated by William F. Buckley ...
That America’s Founders were brilliant men supported by equally strong women is beyond dispute. They created a framework for a new nation and a Constitution that, if obeyed, would provide protection from big government and ensure individual liberty on a scale unknown in the world at that ...
The idea of a centrist, third-party candidate for 2024 is an appealing one. But the reality might not live up to the ideal. The lobbying group No Labels — which markets itself as bipartisan — is pursuing ballot access in as many states as possible to run a “Unity” ticket for ...
by Seth Masket It’s the year before a presidential election, which means it’s once again time for a group to call for a unity ticket of a Democratic and a Republican for president and vice president or for an independent candidate to avoid the dysfunction of the parties ...
Less than a month after the midterm elections, the West Virginia Legislature’s Republican supermajority added one more member. Not through any democratic process, mind you, but because Putnam County Sen. Glenn Jeffries pulled a Jim Justice and switched from blue to red. Jeffries was ...