The marking of political anniversaries is under way. The inauguration anniversary has passed. So has the stimulus "it doesn't mean what you think it means" anniversary. Friday was the anniversary of Rick Santelli's "Rant of the Year." A contemporary to these anniversaries is the Party-of-No anniversary. Since the Party-of-No remains in the political lexicon, perhaps this anniversary should not go unnoticed.On February 24, 2009, a "political analyst" named Andy Ostroy provided his thoughts in an article entitled The Party of "No", identified in his mind as the Republican Party. The depth of his insight is as follows:The GOP goal is to "bring down Obama and win back the House and Senate." However, Ostroy failed to consider possible alternative goals. Here is an alternative GOP goal; to buttress freedom and restore prosperity to the citizenry. An analysis that fails to consider alternative hypothesis is limited to swimming in the shallow...(Read Full Post)