https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/09/americas-political-elite-are-dangerously-out-of-touch/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 10:26:10 -0400<![CDATA[Just listen to the highly influential conservative commentator — and former defence hawk — Charles Krauthammer. A former speechwriter to Jimmy Carter’s vice-president Walter Mondale, Krauthammer quit the Democratic Party in the 1980s because he regarded it as cavalier about national defence. On Friday, Krauthammer published a column in the Washington Post urging Republicans to hang tough on the sequester.]]>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:40:46 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/09/americas-political-elite-are-dangerously-out-of-touch-n280957