“Don’t you love the holier-than-thou Mitt Romney—after what he did to Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum?” – Ellis Henican This week in campaign politics saw Vice-President Joe Biden getting angry at Republicans and Mitt Romney for their failure to understand the middle class : “I resent when they talk about families like mine that I [...]
“A tumultuous week for marriage”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, May 13, 2012 If you don’t like it, it’s “homosexual marriage.” If you do, it’s “marriage equality.” As in the battle between “right to life” and “pro-choice,” you tell me which words you use. Then I’ll tell you which side you’re on. What a difference a [...]
“GOP rivalries hardly forgotten”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, May 6, 2012 Should we pretend to like people we don’t? They’re coming around very slowly this bitter campaign year. There on Friday were Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, locked in a room together for an hour and a half — no cameras, no aides, not a [...]
“I’m not against politicizing it. Stand up and say ‘Absolutely, I ordered the thing, it went great, and that’s a good reason to vote for me.’” – Ellis Henican Marking the one year anniversary of the US Navy SEALs’ raid in Pakistan which resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden – the President made [...]
“I say, don’t be using every tax loophole. Don’t make it so your income goes down as zero. He has an elevator for his cars at his house in La Jolla, shouldn’t Mitt Romney pay more than 14% in taxes?” – Ellis Henican President Barack Obama is promoting the Warren Buffet-inspired Buffett Rule, which would require [...]
“Santorum, I don’t doubt his sincerity. But by the same token, I think there is no question that Republicans jumped on that mandate about contraception and accused Obama of a war on religion strictly as a partisan ploy.” – John M. Barry, author and historian Some things never change. The separation of church [...]
“GOP prez race’s inevitable winner: Romney”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, April 1, 2012 That was fun. Too bad it’s over. Oh, I know. The race for the Republican presidential nomination isn’t officially settled yet. Rick Santorum could romp through Wisconsin on Tuesday, just like Newt Gingrich’s win-by-staying-home strategy could be just the Hail Mary pass [...]
“My cousins in Louisiana seem likely to go strongly for Rick Santorum – you haven’t met my cousins!” – Ellis Henican The second anniversary of Obama’s Healthcare Law came and went with barely a whisper of self-congratulations from the White House. Still, Rick Santorum campaigning for the Louisiana primary said he felt that another term for [...]
“Why do you guys want to make it hard for people to vote? This hurts poor people and minorities.” – Ellis Henican The Justice Department blocked enforcement of the voter identification law that Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed last spring, contending that it would have a discriminatory impact on minority voters. The Justice objection means [...]
“The (Obama) policy is to look at everything. He actually put nuclear power plants – to my chagrin – on the table.” _ Ellis Henican Gas prices are over $4 a gallon. Everyone is feeling that pain. But, at a hearing this week, when Rep. Alan Nunnelee specifically asked Energy Secretary Steven Chu if “the [...]
ELLIS HENICAN is a columnist at Newsday and a political analyst on the Fox News Channel. He also hosts a nationally syndicated weekend show on Talk Radio Network, is author of a New York Times Bestseller, and is the voice of “Stormy” on the hit Cartoon Network series “Sealab 2021.”
