Sept 9, 2015: Peter Wehner: Commentary: Donald Trump: What the Founders Feared
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Sept 14, 2014: Peter Wehner: Weekly Standard: A Healing Illness
Sept 11, 2014: Peter Wehner: Commentary: Obama Repudiates His Own Past Strategy and Statements
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Apr 14, 2014: Peter Wehner: Commentary: ObamaCare’s Day of Reckoning Can’t Be Postponed
Apr 3, 2014: I Own The World: Peter Wehner Defines Bush-Republicanism Disconnect
This is not the first time Peter Wehner, Karl Rove’s lackey, has bashed Sarah Palin, but it is the most clear-cut example of an out-of-touch elitist Republican Party snobbery that is turning off voters.
This is not the first time Peter Wehner, Karl Rove’s lackey, has bashed Sarah Palin, but it is the most clear-cut example of an out-of-touch elitist Republican Party snobbery that is turning off voters.
Apr 3, 2014: Before Its News: Gov. Palin “Makes Peter Wehner Look Like Tool that He Is”
Jen Kuznicki yesterday slammed Republican elites and defended former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in Peter Wehner Defines Bush-Republicanism Disconnect.
Jen Kuznicki yesterday slammed Republican elites and defended former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in Peter Wehner Defines Bush-Republicanism Disconnect.
Mar 27, 2014: Hot Air: TEMS: Duane Patterson, Jon Ralston, Raffi Williams, Peter Wehner
Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day!
Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day!
Mar 13, 2014: The Federalist: Peter Wehner’s Unconstructive Governing Agenda
Former Bush adviser Peter Wehner penned a blog post for Commentary earlier this week attacking Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s speech at CPAC.
Former Bush adviser Peter Wehner penned a blog post for Commentary earlier this week attacking Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s speech at CPAC.

Op-Ed Bytes: Mar 3, 2014: "The Tea Party has been an important factor in the political rise of senators like Marco Rubio and Mike Lee, who have been outstanding additions to Congress. But it has also gotten behind other candidates in primaries – Christine O’Donnell, Richard Mourdock, Sharron Angle, Ken Buck and others — who flamed out. The result is that Democrats still retain control of the Senate when they could easily have lost control of it. How positive a force the Tea Party ends up being depends in large part on whether its populist sentiments are channeled in a constructive or destructive way. If the movement becomes one which finds its greatest satisfaction in (a) trying to excommunicate those whom they deem to be the ideologically impure — like those well-known leftists Senator Mitch McConnell and Representative Pete Sessions, both of whom have received 100 percent ratings by the American Conservative Union — and (b) championing tactics like shutting down the federal government, it will damage conservatism by discrediting it." (Peter Wehner: Commentary Magazine: "The Tea Party Five Years In")
Feb 20, 2014: Newsmax: Obama's Threat of 'Consequences' in Ukraine Irks Conservatives
Peter Wehner asked in Commentary: "Have more empty words ever been uttered by an American president?"
Peter Wehner asked in Commentary: "Have more empty words ever been uttered by an American president?"
Feb 20, 2014: Vimeo: City of Man: A Conversation with Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner
Feb 3, 2014: Peter Wehner: Weekly Standard: Cuomo’s Place
Jan 30, 2014: Impeach Obama McConnell and Boehner Today: Parasite Bushie Peter Wehner needs to apologize to us 'Again and again and again' for his part in Bush crowd destruction of millions of lives and handing this country to the radical left. A normal person with Wehner's record would've retired from public life in shame
1/30/14, "Bushies Like Peter Wehner and Rove Fight Against American Greatness," Jen Kuznicki
1/30/14, "Bushies Like Peter Wehner and Rove Fight Against American Greatness," Jen Kuznicki
Jan 28, 2014: Power Line: A word from Peter Wehner
The excellent Peter Wehner has responded to my post disputing his statement that “Barack Obama is Jimmy Carter without Camp David.
The excellent Peter Wehner has responded to my post disputing his statement that “Barack Obama is Jimmy Carter without Camp David.
Dec 27, 2013: Soda Head: A sampling of Obama’s broken promises and lies, crediting Peter Wehner at Commentary Magazine:
His promise not to allow lobbyists to work in his administration. (They have.)
His promise not to allow lobbyists to work in his administration. (They have.)
Dec 9, 2013: The Pacific Bull Moose: Bull Moose of the Day: Peter Wehner
In his essay “Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Virtue” in Commentary, Wehner fires an important shot against the forces that brought the GOP so far to the right and, if they had their way, would continue to drag us down that path
In his essay “Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Virtue” in Commentary, Wehner fires an important shot against the forces that brought the GOP so far to the right and, if they had their way, would continue to drag us down that path
Oct 21, 2013: Fox News: Columnist Peter Wehner on ObamaCare: 'In real time, this program isn't working'
Columnist Peter Wehner said Monday that the compounding problems with ObamaCare may reverberate beyond the Obama administration’s executive bubble.
Columnist Peter Wehner said Monday that the compounding problems with ObamaCare may reverberate beyond the Obama administration’s executive bubble.
Oct 20, 2013: Charles Fleming: Peter Wehner: Grappling with The Tea Party Mindset
Peter Wehner grapples with understanding “The Tea Party Mindset” in a thoughtful post on Commentary
Peter Wehner grapples with understanding “The Tea Party Mindset” in a thoughtful post on Commentary
Oct 13, 2013: Booman Tribune: Wanker of the Day: Peter Wehner
To see why there is such an alternative reality on the right in this country, it helps to pay attention to the bizarre stories they tell each other.
To see why there is such an alternative reality on the right in this country, it helps to pay attention to the bizarre stories they tell each other.
Oct 13, 2013: Washington Monthly: Peter Wehner is Part of the Problem
Peter Wehner is a former deputy assistant to the president who served as Director of Strategic Initiatives in the Bush Administration from 2002 to 2007. Let’s look at his latest piece in Commentary Magazine.
Peter Wehner is a former deputy assistant to the president who served as Director of Strategic Initiatives in the Bush Administration from 2002 to 2007. Let’s look at his latest piece in Commentary Magazine.
Sept 27, 2013: Jen Kuznicki: Peter Wehner’s Closed Mind
It gets old having to swat these establishment morons around, but Peter Wehner (who? exactly.) attacked Ted Cruz (predictably) again and I noticed a trend.
It gets old having to swat these establishment morons around, but Peter Wehner (who? exactly.) attacked Ted Cruz (predictably) again and I noticed a trend.
Sept 13, 2013: Secure Freedom Radio Podcast: Peter Wehner, John Wohlstetter, Mark Schneider, Bill Gertz
PETER WEHNER, former deputy director of speech writing for President George W. Bush, gives his professional insights into President Obama's speech and how the President's foreign policy is causing the United States to slip as a world power.
PETER WEHNER, former deputy director of speech writing for President George W. Bush, gives his professional insights into President Obama's speech and how the President's foreign policy is causing the United States to slip as a world power.
Sept 10, 2013: Ron Paul Insitute: Peter Wehner Feels the Antiwar Heat
Neocon Peter Wehner is a bit wobbly from the extremely strong anti-war sentiment of the American public. He writes:
Neocon Peter Wehner is a bit wobbly from the extremely strong anti-war sentiment of the American public. He writes:
June 27, 2013: Philosophical Fragments: Mike Huckabee’s Crass Misuse of Jesus
For today, I am always thrilled to share the thoughts of Peter Wehner, one of the most serious and experienced evangelical policy thinkers around. Check out his bio for more information on Pete, and you can see his other posts at Philosophical Fragments here.
For today, I am always thrilled to share the thoughts of Peter Wehner, one of the most serious and experienced evangelical policy thinkers around. Check out his bio for more information on Pete, and you can see his other posts at Philosophical Fragments here.
June 20, 2013: American Spectator: In the Case of Peter Wehner
As noted briefly in this space yesterday, Pete Wehner is upset with me.
As noted briefly in this space yesterday, Pete Wehner is upset with me.
May 31, 2013: A Time for Choosing: Jen Kuznicki: [Rove Operative] Peter Wehner Attacks Phyllis Schlafly
In a great read from last April, Jen Kuznicki pointed out Peter Wehner’s association and infatuation with Karl Rove. Today, she calls him out for attacking Phyllis Schlafly. Take a look:
In a great read from last April, Jen Kuznicki pointed out Peter Wehner’s association and infatuation with Karl Rove. Today, she calls him out for attacking Phyllis Schlafly. Take a look:
May 22, 2013: Forbes: Peter Wehner's GOP 'Solution' Is A Republican Path To Minority Status
Peter Wehner and his ilk are what is wrong with the American right. In his recent column, “The Republican Party’s Road Back to Victory,” the neoconservative political advisor and editor of Commentary magazine offers up the same old statist policies that he has been peddling to Republican administrations for decades.
Peter Wehner and his ilk are what is wrong with the American right. In his recent column, “The Republican Party’s Road Back to Victory,” the neoconservative political advisor and editor of Commentary magazine offers up the same old statist policies that he has been peddling to Republican administrations for decades.
Mar 28, 2013: Brad DeLong: Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner Eat a Lot of Paste: Thursday Combination Idiocy and Hoisted from the Archives Weblogging
Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner eating an awful lot of paste: How to Save the Republican Party: Commentary Magazine:
Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner eating an awful lot of paste: How to Save the Republican Party: Commentary Magazine:
Jan 25, 2013: Daily Beast: Good Luck With That, Peter Wehner
This passage, by conservative writer Peter Wehner from the big Commentary issue on conservatism's future, is actually laudable to a degree:
This passage, by conservative writer Peter Wehner from the big Commentary issue on conservatism's future, is actually laudable to a degree:
Jan 7, 2013: American Conservative: Peter Wehner Joins the ‘What Happened to George Will?’ Case
I’m heartened to see that Peter Wehner has noticed the rather stark divide between young George Will and present-day George Will. He concludes, wistfully:
I’m heartened to see that Peter Wehner has noticed the rather stark divide between young George Will and present-day George Will. He concludes, wistfully:
Apr 3, 2012: Faith In Public Life: Peter Wehner’s Error-Riddled Defense of the Ryan Budget
In Wednesday’s Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Peter Wehner of the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center responds to John Gehring and Rev. Bryan Massingale’s recent op-ed about the immorality of Paul Ryan’s federal budget plan by accusing John and Rev. Massingale of “substantive ignorance” and opting for “moralizing over serious arguments, banalities over facts.”
In Wednesday’s Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Peter Wehner of the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center responds to John Gehring and Rev. Bryan Massingale’s recent op-ed about the immorality of Paul Ryan’s federal budget plan by accusing John and Rev. Massingale of “substantive ignorance” and opting for “moralizing over serious arguments, banalities over facts.”
Mar 7, 2012: Peter Weher: CNN: It will be Romney vs. Obama
Jan 5, 2012: Tbogg: Peter Wehner’s Selective Culture Of Life
Now we have Peter Wehner taking time out from writing his usual wingnut welfare drivel at Commentary to have a kitten over the fact that people are more than slightly creeped out at the idea of forcing a 6, 4 and 1 1/2 year old to snuggle and pose for pictures with a dead baby.
Now we have Peter Wehner taking time out from writing his usual wingnut welfare drivel at Commentary to have a kitten over the fact that people are more than slightly creeped out at the idea of forcing a 6, 4 and 1 1/2 year old to snuggle and pose for pictures with a dead baby.
Dec 20, 2011: Climate Bites: A thoughtful conservative perspective on climate – Part I
Here’s a refreshing voice. Peter Wehner has impeccable conservative credentials, having served under Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and most recently as deputy assistant to Pres. George W. Bush. He resides at the “The Ethics & Public Policy Center,” a neo-con think tank.
Here’s a refreshing voice. Peter Wehner has impeccable conservative credentials, having served under Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and most recently as deputy assistant to Pres. George W. Bush. He resides at the “The Ethics & Public Policy Center,” a neo-con think tank.
Apr 14, 2011: Peter Wehner: Wall Street Journal: The GOP and the Birther Trap
Feb 28, 2011: First Things: Peter Wehner Discusses the City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era
Gayle spoke with Peter Wehner, co-author of City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era. Peter Wehner, former deputy assistant to the president and director of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives, is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Gayle spoke with Peter Wehner, co-author of City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era. Peter Wehner, former deputy assistant to the president and director of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives, is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Feb 25, 2011: Dallas Morning News: Peter Wehner: Glenn Beck Bad For Conservative Movement
At last, someone within conservative circles is calling out Glenn Beck. The critic is Pete Wehner, a special assistant in the George W. Bush administration and the vehicle is a column in Commentary, the self-described flagship of neoconservatism.
At last, someone within conservative circles is calling out Glenn Beck. The critic is Pete Wehner, a special assistant in the George W. Bush administration and the vehicle is a column in Commentary, the self-described flagship of neoconservatism.
Oct 4, 2010: Albert Mohler: Christian Responsibility In the City of Man: A Conversation with Peter Wehner
This is “Thinking in Public”, a program dedicated to intelligent conversation about front line theological and cultural issues with the people who are shaping them.
This is “Thinking in Public”, a program dedicated to intelligent conversation about front line theological and cultural issues with the people who are shaping them.
Jan 14, 2010: News Real Blog: NRO’s Peter Wehner Schools Pat Robertson on Christian Theology
As news began to pour in yesterday from Haiti, my thoughts turned to Mission of Hope , an orphanage-school which friends of mine volunteered at. I wondered about their safety, the safety of the children and staff, and the condition of the ministry’s infrastructure. I thought about the country, the stories I’d heard, the history I’ve studied, and, then…I heard Pat Robertson’s statement.
As news began to pour in yesterday from Haiti, my thoughts turned to Mission of Hope , an orphanage-school which friends of mine volunteered at. I wondered about their safety, the safety of the children and staff, and the condition of the ministry’s infrastructure. I thought about the country, the stories I’d heard, the history I’ve studied, and, then…I heard Pat Robertson’s statement.
Sept 21, 2009: Media Matters: Former Bush speechwriter Peter Wehner says "the role Glenn Beck is playing is harmful in its totality"
From a September 21 blog post by Peter Wehner on the Commentary magazine blog Contentions:
From a September 21 blog post by Peter Wehner on the Commentary magazine blog Contentions:
Sept 9, 2008: Presto Pundit: PETER WEHNER VS BOB WOODWARD ON
Wehner is a wise and learned Washington insider, well read in American foreign policy, known on both sides of the aisle for his honest, integrity and for playing it straight. Bob Woodward? Not so much. No, Bob Woodward is something different, an ink stained shill for his sources, a shallow celebrity journalist well known for making things up. I’ll go with Wehner on this one.
Wehner is a wise and learned Washington insider, well read in American foreign policy, known on both sides of the aisle for his honest, integrity and for playing it straight. Bob Woodward? Not so much. No, Bob Woodward is something different, an ink stained shill for his sources, a shallow celebrity journalist well known for making things up. I’ll go with Wehner on this one.
May 7, 2008: Blogging Heads: Peter Wehner (Ethics and Public Policy Center) and Steven Waldman (Beliefnet, Founding Faith)
Dec 24, 2007: Balloon Juice: Where Have You Been, Peter Wehner?
Another shocked evangelical conservative:
Another shocked evangelical conservative:
Sept 20, 2007: Christianity Today: Q&A: Peter Wehner
Wehner, the former director of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives and deputy assistant to the President, joined the Ethics and Public Policy Center in August as a senior fellow.
Wehner, the former director of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives and deputy assistant to the President, joined the Ethics and Public Policy Center in August as a senior fellow.
From Ethics & Policy Center: Peter Wehner is a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He writes widely on political, cultural, religious, and national-security issues. He has written for numerous publications—including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Financial Times, the Weekly Standard, Commentary, and Time magazine—and contributes regularly to Commentary magazine’s blog “Contentions.” He has also appeared as a commentator on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and C-SPAN television and appears frequently on national talk radio programs. In 2011 Forbes magazine featured Mr. Wehner on a short list of conservatism’s leading “educators and practitioners of first principles.” He was described this way: “Author, commentator, problem solver, prolific, daily provider of concise, reasoned, artful analysis and argument; gentle giant of a thinker at the intersection of politics and policy.” In 2013 he was named as one of a handful of influential reform-minded conservatives The Washington Monthly and profiled in National Journal as one of the strategists and “policy wonks” focused on reforming the GOP.
Mr. Wehner served in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush Administrations prior to becoming deputy director of speechwriting for President George W. Bush. In 2002, he was asked to head the Office of Strategic Initiatives, where he generated policy ideas, reached out to public intellectuals, published op-eds and essays, and provided counsel on a range of domestic and international issues. He was also a senior adviser to the Romney-Ryan 2012 presidential campaign.
Mr. Wehner is author of City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era (co-authored with Michael J. Gerson) and Wealth and Justice: The Morality of Democratic Capitalism (co-authored with Arthur C. Brooks).
Mr. Wehner served in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush Administrations prior to becoming deputy director of speechwriting for President George W. Bush. In 2002, he was asked to head the Office of Strategic Initiatives, where he generated policy ideas, reached out to public intellectuals, published op-eds and essays, and provided counsel on a range of domestic and international issues. He was also a senior adviser to the Romney-Ryan 2012 presidential campaign.
Mr. Wehner is author of City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era (co-authored with Michael J. Gerson) and Wealth and Justice: The Morality of Democratic Capitalism (co-authored with Arthur C. Brooks).