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Mar 29, 2016

The 2016 Election seems more like a circus than an American presidential race. Daniel rants about how the media covers everything that is sensational, but nothing that is important. The seminal issues of the day are ignored for stories fit more for tabloids than the front page of daily papers. 

The Founding Fathers wrote and fought for critical issues of life, liberty, and freedom, while the topics that are trending in 2016 are nothing but sensationalized personal interest stories at best. 

That is why outlets like Conservative Review are so important - the long-form commentary along with the podcasts and LevinTV allow Americans to get the important issues of the day all in one place. 

Mar 25, 2016

Daniel takes a step back from this year’s crazy election cycle and focuses on why Americans are so angry with the government to begin with.

Judging from President Obama’s recent Cuba visit, secret détente with Iran release of violent terrorists from Guantanamo, and nonchalant response the horrible terror attacks in Brussels, Daniel concludes America has “an enemy within” and a “complacent Congress” unwilling to stand up to him.

“This is a president who sides with our enemies, he has downright formed an alliance with our enemies – the Islamists, Iran, the Cuban regime – and yet Congress is completely out-to-lunch.” 

Cuba:

Raul Castro is using our kind immigration laws regarding Cuba to extract concessions from the Obama administration, who is more than willing to give in. Obama normalizes relations with the communist regime while Cuban immigrants are syphoning American welfare funds only to return to Cuba. Congress idles.

Iran:

Obama’s deal with Iran has gone much further than the nuclear agreement. Without punishment Iran conducts missile tests, detains U.S. soldiers, and now Obama is paying ransom to the regime. Again, Congress is nowhere to be found.

Guantanamo:

Defense officials have confirmed that Americans have been killed by prisoners released from the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which Obama wishes to close permanently.

Brussels:

“Numbers matter.” Belgium has an extremely large intake of Muslim refugees and Daniel warns that America, under Obama, is heading in the same direction. Congress has talked a big game regarding refugee resettlement but has done nothing substantial to alter Obama’s plans.

While Obama violates our sovereignty and safety, what is the Congress focused on? Oh yeah, criminal justice reform aka jailbreak…

Critical Links
Obama Admin Delivered Property to Iran as Part of Secret Détente
Officials say Guantanamo transfers have killed Americans
Obama: We Can Learn from Cuba About Human Rights

Mar 21, 2016

Upcoming Primaries

Daniel goes over the road ahead for the GOP primary and discusses some delegate math. At this point, the best chance to stop Trump is for Kasich to drop, as has been said time and time again, but barring that Cruz does have the ability to win some important states and walk away with an argument and mandates heading into the convention.

Arizona & Utah are closed primaries. Will this first chance for Cruz to run in a narrowed filed, in closed primaries show his strength? Will early voting hurt in Arizona where some numbers have almost 55% of the people voting early?

Kasich: He doesn’t have a path to win another state, let along a plurality – what is his end game?

SCOTUS Nominee

It looks like Senate GOP leadership may hold the line on the SCOTUS nominee, but they are so unfamiliar with such principled stands that they come off looking awkward and goofy. Can they unify in message or will it come off looking unprincipled?

The judiciary was made into a political beast in 1987, if the GOP wants to reform the judiciary across the board, they need to start with this nominee and block it but do so while messaging the correct way.

UPDATE
Daniel’s forthcoming book – PRE-ORDER Today!: Stolen Sovereignty

Links of Interest:
Strip the Courts of Power over Redistricting
Kasich Supports Obama’s Liberal Supreme Court Nominee
House Committee Passes Refugee Reform, But Is It Real?

Mar 18, 2016

I had the privilege of filling in for Steve Deace on his nightly radio show.  We really covered the gambit of important topics and touched a nerve with many conservatives who are feeling dejected from the entire political process.  Included in our discussion:

  • What is the real reason Donald Trump has been winning so far and why, at the same time, every conservative primary challenger has failed to unseat an establishment incumbent
  • How early voting and open primaries are disenfranchising conservatives
  • A conversation with one of the few stars running for Senate this year, Rep. Ron DeSantis, who is running to replace Marco Rubio in Florida.  He shared with us his experiences watching fellow colleagues get sucked into the group think mentality of the DC political swamp. 
  • A full dissection of how the entire judiciary, not just Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, is a threat to democracy.  I gave a sneak preview of my upcoming book, Stolen Sovereignty.   
  • How conservatives are caught between the false choice of the establishment elites and a French-style revolution.  We explore the fundamental differences between a revolution rooted in American constitutional principles and a French revolution rooted in nothing but chaos and raw power.
  • What Ted Cruz needs to do in order to change the trajectory of this race.
  • Our resident delegate math nerd, Rob Eno, called in to discuss his fascinating research on what could happen at a contested convention. 

We closed the show with some inspiration from one of my historical heroes, Justice Joseph Story, one of the leading constitutional scholars of the early 1800s:

“Let us never forget, that our constitutions of government are solemn instruments, addressed to the common sense of the people and designed to fix, and perpetuate their rights and their liberties. They are not to be frittered away to please the demagogues of the day. They are not to be violated to gratify the ambition of political leaders. They are to speak in the same voice now, and for ever. They are of no man's private interpretation. They are ordained by the will of the people; and can be changed only by the sovereign command of the people.”

Mar 11, 2016

After Thursday’s debate, the big question still remains: Can Trump Be Stopped? Daniel breaks down his recent memo detailing the possibility of anyone topping, or stopping, Trump. He breaks down the SCIENCE and MATH of how Ted Cruz is really the only candidate who could stop Trump.

On this special edition, Daniel and Joe further examine where the race is going from here. If it stays a 4-man race, it essentially creates a smooth path for Donald Trump. Daniel mentions the failed attempts so far to stop Trump with a crowded field, especially Romney’s blunder. Even while the cries for Rubio and Kasich to drop and back Cruz continue to grow by the day – including Sen. Mike Lee.

They also breakdown Cruz’s path to beating Trump along with a theory behind why Kasich is staying in the race even with almost not mathematical way to win. Joe lays out his theory that Kasich is vying for a Vice Presidential spot with Trump by forcing a brokered convention with Trump having a plurality of the vote, and creating a Trump-Establishment unity ticket with Kasich, to beat Hillary.

Mar 9, 2016

If Marco Rubio and John Kasich would drop out, recognizing they have no path to 1,237 Ted Cruz could actually STOP Trump, but it is becoming more and more clear that they are in this for their own personal gain. 

Kasich has campaigned almost exclusively for 2 states so far: New Hampshire and Michigan. He finished 2nd and 3rd. Yet, he plans to stay in to "win Ohio" even though polls show him down to Trump.

Marco Rubio was shutout in Michigan, Mississippi, and Idaho last night, and barely getting a couple from Hawaii. At what point is enough, enough? Rubio has campaigned hard but never gained traction - if he, and his camp, want to STOP Trump, would their best strategy be to go to the debate Thursday, hammer Trump, and then drop out? Or, like Kasich, is Rubio in this for his own political reasons looking to play spoiler and possibly handing the nomination to Trump who would struggle against Hillary. 

Daniel Horowitz and Joe Koss break down all the ins and outs of Tuesday's primary election results and discuss what it means for Trump, Cruz, and the Republican Party. 

 

 

Mar 5, 2016

The 2016 race is finally winnowing down to the top candidates, but the time for choosing is NOW, not later. Daniel explains that it is time for conservatives to support the principles, and the people who defend the principles, that make this country great. Enough is enough, it is time for conservatives to come home. 

Mar 2, 2016

#SuperTuesday is over, but what do the results mean? Daniel Horowitz and Joe Koss break down what the wins and losses mean for Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio. 

This is a special edition of the Conservative Conscience Podcast.

Feb 26, 2016
  • There are two reasons the Republicans will capitulate later, rather than now. First, if the cave now, they’ll lose the little base they have left going into the election. Second, there is still plenty of time to cave. GOP leadership can bide their time and look for a way to stealthily capitulate and avoid outright angering the base.
  • Here’s how it will happen. Liberal republicans will start to break ranks—we’ve already seen this with some senators starting to suggest we should give Obama’s nominee a hearing. Then, Obama will nominate a stealth liberal, perhaps a liberal Republican, and use his political capital to convince these RINO senators and blue-state Republicans that accepting his nominee will be a grand display of bipartisanship.
Feb 22, 2016

This is a special edition of the podcast on the results of the #SCPrimary. It is important to realize that while the voters clearly picked Donald Trump over the rest of the field, there are certain things that they did not vote for that need to be brought out into the light and talked about.

  • In recent years establishment Republicans win by running on conservative principles and values, and not on their moderate (establishment) based records. (Think – 2012 and Mitch McConnell.)
  • This is because elections don’t boil down to principles – they are too often decided on personalities.
  • We need to start asking WHAT won instead of WHO won – otherwise we will be electing good campaigners instead of people with good policies and principles.
Feb 12, 2016

The GOP field is now down to 6 main candidates as they head to South Carolina. This is where the showdown between personalities and principles will finally happen, which is why we at Conservative Review are holding our Conservative Convention in South Carolina.

Will the PERSONALITY candidates show they have any substance behind their act?

Will the PRINICPLE-based candidates hit the main stage and show they can win?

  • As the GOP field heads to the ever-important South Carolina primary, we at CR are hosting the first ever Conservative Convention looking to highlight the major leaders and champions of conservatism. Will voters choose Principles or Personalities in the 2016 primary race?
  • Is Donald Trump a one-issue candidate basing his entire success and campaign on his strong anti-immigration stance? Daniel says that beyond that, he isn’t any better, and in some ways worse, than the other moderate candidates.
  • This is a two man race between Donald and Cruz, but will the others remain in long enough to hand Donald the nomination?
Feb 5, 2016

Finishing 3rd is now better than winning.

In politics Bronze has become the new Gold. Who knew that finishing 3rd was so compelling and great? Well, after Iowa, you would think that to finish 3rd is the best thing a campaign could do, evidenced by the way the media played up Marco Rubio finishing third, while discounting all the reasons Ted Cruz won. Interestingly though, just days prior to the Iowa Caucuses, the media gave Cruz little chance of beating Trump, but even Donald’s 2nd place finish was met with little fanfare. Daniel and Joe break down why this happened and what it means moving forward.

  • Mainstream media has a bias; we know that, but to see it in full force this week after Iowa is mind numbing.
  • The results in Iowa tell a compelling story for many of the candidates, but instead the media has been reporting on things that didn’t happen.
  • Daniel explains that it wasn’t the outcome they have been covering but instead fitting the outcome to serve their narrative.

Links of interest:

Is Rubio Really the Most Electable Candidate?

Hawkeye Humiliation: Cruz Crushes Cartel

Paul Ryan Plays Identity Politics to Help Democrat Voter Registration

Jan 29, 2016

 Show Notes:

  • The Iowa Primary is the first primary in the 2016 GOP Candidacy race, and the results could tell us everything we need to know about the eventual nominee.
  • Daniel argues that a year ago, or even just a few months ago, few would have predicted that heading into the first primary, the polls would look the way they do – and he gives his thoughts on why they do.
  • At this point, everything points to this being a two man race, but Iowa’s results could change everything – what do they mean for the rest of the primaries?

Links of interest:

 

Jan 22, 2016

The Federal Departments are cesspools of liberal thought and policy that define a major portion of public policy, who in the 2016 is best suited to clean house and reform this system?

Podcast Show Notes:

Jan. 22, 2016

 

The Conservative Conscience at ConservativeReview.com

  • There is a 4th Branch of government – the unelected administrative state. Not only are they unelected but are pre-disposed to attracting staff with liberal philosophies.
  • Daniel tackles the question of whether any of the 2016 candidates are suited to cleaning house and reforming the federal departments in a significant way; ‘Who will devolve the 4th Branch?’
  • Trump: Daniel argues that his business background actually makes him a worse choice to tackle the 4th Branch because of his predisposition to administrative efficiency and compromise.

 

Links of interest: 

Next President Must Flush Out Administrative State

Ethanol is the Anchor Baby of our Economic System

 

 

Jan 15, 2016

Podcast Show Notes:

Jan. 15, 2016

The Conservative Conscience at ConservativeReview.com

Daniel Horowitz on Twitter: 

  • Daniel gives and overview of the political landscape after Obama's final #SOTU speech, heading into another debate, and the lead up to the IOWA Caucuses.
  • Daniel argues that Republicans and conservatives must vet Donal Trump as a candidate, but that there is a proper way to do so.
  • Discussing Trump from a conservative perspective has taken so long because almost no one has filled the intensity gap the way Trump has in this campaign. 

Links of interest:

Jan 8, 2016

Podcast Show Notes:

Jan. 8, 2016

The Conservative Conscience at ConservativeReview.com

Daniel Horowitz on Twitter: 

  • Daniel posits the question: Will the GOP Congress and other elected officials rise to the occasion and place the proper importance on the key principles for America: Security, Sovereignty, and Society? Or will it be more of the usual - bending to every Obama whim?
  • The GOP's response to Obama has been impotent and feckless, seen best by their abdication of the Power of the Purse and their lack of ability to stem Obama's constitutional walk over on gun control.
  • He also points out that one of the few remaining leverage points the GOP has against Obama - judicial nominees - appears to be no ground that they willing to fight upon, meaning that Obama will have smooth sailing to appoint even more judges to uphold his unconstitutional policies. 
  • Will 2016 be the year the GOP finally stands up and upholds principle - or - will it be more business as usual?

Links of interest:

Jan 2, 2016

Daniel explains that 2015 was the year when conservatives finally started to walk away from the GOP due to betrayal after betrayal. They have started splitting up their "things" and their is a Great Divorce happening within the GOP. 

 

 

Dec 18, 2015

Podcast Show Notes:

Dec. 18, 2015

 

  • Daniel gives his view on the growing divide between what conservative voters in the grassroots want and what the GOP Elites in Washington actually do while in congress.
  • He highlights the problems in the recent Omnibus spending bill, using examples to show that Paul Ryan is just like Boehner – promises made to conservatives, but the end result is capitulation to the Obama Agenda.
  • The Marco Rubio vs. Ted Cruz immigration and foreign policy debate is illustrative of how there are two sides to the Republican Party. One is fairly conservative, while the other is focused on “governing” which looks a whole lot like aiding-and-abetting the Obama Administration.

Links of interest:

Dec 11, 2015
  • Daniel argues that the political chattering class in the media, and the political ‘elite’ who hate on Donald Trump are actually fueling his rise because of how Out of Touch they are.
  • Immigration continues to be the hot issue and the political pundits don’t realize where the people are on it and instead are making Trump the problem.
  • Daniel argues that Trump may not be the answer – but that he isn’t the problem America needs to worry about… rampant immigration increases, the lack of Security brought about by terrorism, Obama, and a feckless GOP establishment are the seminal issues of the day.

Links of interest:

Dec 4, 2015
  • This week Daniel explains how the issue of Security is paramount in importance if conservatives not only want to win in 2016 but also preserve liberty in America.
  • He says it is a perfect opportunity for Republicans to reclaim control of their “law and order” supremacy in American politics.
Nov 20, 2015

Show Topics:

  • Daniel explains that this isn’t just a Syrian Refugee problem, or an ISIS problem but goes much deeper.
  • Trying to place the terrorism problem the world faces into an “Us vs. Them” dichotomy is impossible, and we must look at what we as a nation can do to protect our interests and way of life.

Notes:

Nov 13, 2015

 

Nov 6, 2015

Show Topics:

  • Daniel dives into how and why the Highway Bill deal is bad. He explains how it is illustrative of Republicans consistently giving away ground on principled fights
  • He also examines the off-year election wins from this week, showing that conservatives can win on principled fights, and stem the tide of the Obama agenda.
Oct 23, 2015
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