Earlier this month, President Obama outlined his plans to dramatically reduce military spending. Part of the plan is to stop building new aircraft carriers and reduce the number we currently have. James Robbins is a senior editorial writer at The Washington Times and served as a special assistant to former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. He explains why reducing our carrier fleet is a bad idea, why China’s plans should convince Obama to reconsider and why the notion that the Navy is an outdated form of American power is dead wrong.
Archives for January 17, 2012
Electability
In four days, voters in South Carolina will cast their ballots in the Republican presidential primary. But as they make up their minds, voters do not seem to be lining up behind the candidate that best reflects their views but rather the candidate they think can win in November. The latest survey from Monmouth University shows Mitt Romney ahead of Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum – both among evangelical voters and Tea Party members. We discuss it all with Patrick Murray, director of Monmouth’s polling institute. He also explains what impact Ron Paul may have on Saturday and what it will take for someone other than Romney to seize the momentum.
Three Martini Lunch 1/17/12
Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review cheer Newt Gingrich for his verbal pummeling of debate panelist Juan Williams on the issue of food stamps and poor kids getting jobs. They also scold Mitt Romney for acting like he has no idea that a Super PAC is launching a relentless string of negative ads on his behalf. And they pound South Carolina Democrat Jim Clyburn for claiming Romney’s denouncing of class warfare politics is the same as a bus driver telling Rosa Parks to go to the back of the bus.