Higher-order Bullying: Challenge the Rulers, Risk Your Children?

The national campaign against bullying and hate may be in the news, but it’s nowhere in evidence as an American university wreaks revenge, not just on a dissenter who ran for Congress—but on his children, and on a brave professor who blew the whistle.

Michelle Obama may deplore playground name-calling, humiliation, and taunting. But she says [...]

April 5th Will Decide Who Governs Wisconsin: The Voters or 4 Judges

Had the federal government passed a law (in the best interest of the people, naturally) mandating that every household in America purchase a handgun and learn how to use it in order to protect themselves and in turn save the government money on police protection, that law would be a constitutional issue for the courts [...]

Michigan Dem Leaders Charged in Tea Party Election Fraud

From FoxNews-Detroit:

Two former leaders of the Oakland County Democratic Party are facing a total of nine felonies for allegedly forging election paperwork to get fake Tea Party candidates on November’s ballot.
“It is not a partisan statement, and we need to make that very clear,” said Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper.
Former Oakland County Democratic Chair Mike [...]

Activists in 23 States Coming Together in Texas to ‘True The Vote’

Patriots and activists from 23 states are about to gather together on March 25 and 26 in Houston, Texas to attend the True The Vote Summit, an effort to make “true” the electoral system in every polling place in the country, to stop voter fraud, and to quash the intimidation of voters. Organizers hope to [...]

First Black Tea Party Forms in Houston

Anita MonCrief, infamous ACORN whistleblower, will go on Sean Hannity’s radio showthis afternoon in the 5 pm (eastern) time slot to discuss the founding of America’s first black Tea Party.

Proponents of California’s Global Warming Law Were Against Renewables Before They Were For Them

Just forget about that whole global warming scare that was still in vogue up until just over a year ago before the “climategate” scandal erupted, to say nothing of updated research that interlinks natural forces with warming and cooling trends as opposed to human activity. In fact, over 1,000 scientists from the across the globe [...]

Unbelievable: Democrat Group Using Gifford’s Shooting For Fundraiser!

An extreme, left-wing Democrat group calling itself 21st Century Democrats has had the gall to send out an email blast using as a fundraising tool Saturday’s criminal shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona. Judge John Roll and four others were killed in the incident, one of them a 9-year-old girl, but these Democrats are [...]

Obama’s Re-Election Strategy

Well, one thing is now clear. Barack Obama very much wants to be re-elected, and he is willing to do whatever it takes.
As I have already pointed out in anticipatory posts – first  here, then here – he could not hire William M. Daley as his new White House Chief of Staff without eating a [...]

Countdown to Disappointment: Don’t expect the new Congress to cut spending

Is it too soon to declare the new Congress a failure?
Ever since their midterm triumph, the Republicans have talked tough about cutting spending. Here’s hoping they make good on those promises, but they spouted the same tough talk after their 1994 election triumph and look what happened.
Back then the GOP revolutionaries [...]

Will Obama Triangulate by Hiring Daley?

There have been reports – here, here, and here– that Barack Obama has approached William M. Daley about becoming the White House Chief of Staff.  If true, these reports are very interesting, indeed.
You see: Bill Daley has a history. On Christmas Eve, 2009 – a few hours after the Democrats in the US Senate [...]

The Do-Anything Congress

Inside the Beltway, Democrats are touting the achievements of the outgoing Congress.  Historian Alan Brinkley asserted that this is the most productive Congress since the Great Society.  These congratulatory assessments stand in stark contrast to the fact that Democrats, for all their labors, suffered a defeat of such historic proportions that it gave rise to [...]

GOP Prepares for New Power and Increased Pressure

From Reuters:

Republicans roared to victory in the November congressional elections by targeting President Barack Obama’s fiscal policies and asking, “Where are the jobs?”
Once they take power from Obama’s Democrats in the House of Representatives when the new Congress convenes on January 5, they will be held accountable to answer this and other questions.
How will they [...]

2010: The Year of the Tea Party

The Hill has a month-by-month recap of 2010:

The grassroots conservative political movement made its clout felt the entire year, from the healthcare reform debate to GOP primaries and the general election last month.
Senior Democrats, ranging from Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine to Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (Md.), aggressively attacked the [...]

Alaska Supreme Court Throws Out Miller Claims

From the Associated Press:

The Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court decision in the disputed U.S. Senate race, saying the state correctly counted write-in votes for Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
It is now up to Republican Joe Miller to decide if the election is finally over.
The court said in its ruling that it found “no [...]

Reid and Pelosi Finally Get Mugged by Public Opinion

From Michael Barone’s in the Washington Examiner:

It is a source of continuing fascination for me to watch the interaction between public opinion, as measured in polls and election results, and the actions of members of Congress, elected in one political environment and looking in most cases to be re-elected in one that may be quite [...]

Should Michael Steele Stay as RNC Chairman?

Next month the Republican National Committee will elect a chairman to lead their party into the 2012 presidential election.
Current chairman Michael Steele, who has been a source of controversy throughout his two year tenure, is being challenged by a number of candidates.

Many Republicans are unhappy with Steele’s leadership style and management. But despite the [...]

Have Democrats Forgotten the Election Already?

From Stuart Rothenburg in Roll Call:

On one level, it’s entirely reasonable for liberal Democrats to oppose the [tax cut extension] compromise. Those Democrats have different priorities and values than Republicans, and many of them represent very liberal constituents who also oppose the compromise.
Nobody — nobody — is saying that those House liberals should change their [...]

Obama Gets Busted on Mythbusters!

Super-fan President Barack Obama makes a guest appearance on a very special episode of Mythbusters this week.
But will he still like Jamie and Adam after they bust his first two years in office?
Check out this super-secret Reason.tv trailer for this Wednesday’s show.

Approximately 45 seconds long. Written by Austin Bragg, Nick Gillespie, and Meredith Bragg. Produced [...]

A Conversation with Steve King: Taking America Back

No nonsense interview about what it will take to retrieve our country from the rampaging left. According to King, we are “fighting a rearguard action” right now.

Why Power Belongs to the People, and Not to the Federal Government

With the dust largely settled from the November 2010 elections, it is resoundingly clear that the majority of Americans are fed up with a government that has grown drunk on its own power and fat on their tax dollars. Tired of waiting for those in office to do the right thing, they took action and chose a different kind [...]

Dem Party Switches Increase GOP’s Midterm Gains

From the Associated Press:

Staggering Election Day losses are not the Democratic Party’s final indignity this year. At least 13 state lawmakers in five states have defected to Republican ranks since the Nov. 2 election, adding to already huge GOP gains in state legislatures. And that number could grow as next year’s legislative sessions draw near.
The defections underscore [...]

Was Connecticut Conned?

Republicans and conservatives in Connecticut may be feeling like all their friends are having a big party, but they are not invited.
While most states in the nation, even some in liberal New England, caught the Tea Party/conservative wave, Connecticut citizens sent all of their incumbent Democratic representatives back to Congress.

And, while Republicans did pick up [...]

Left’s Pressure on Pelosi Triggers Potential ‘Clashes’ with Obama

The Democrats just don’t get America and the clear message that voter’s sent via a GOP firebomb at DC in the mid-terms.  So what’s the rationalization du jour?  The Hill reports that influential  liberals progressives in Congress are putting pressure on Pelosi causing clashes with Obama.  However, when you dissect the article and what the Democrats are [...]

Now it Is 63: NY Rep. Maffei Concedes Election

From Syracuse.com:

Ann Marie Buerkle will be Syracuse’s next representative in Congress, its first woman in the U.S. House.
U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei, the Democrat, called Buerkle today to concede, ending three weeks of ballot inspections, recounting and court wrangling.
Buerkle’s staff said she will have a 4 p.m. news conference. Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Ed Ryan confirmed [...]

Another Dem Bites the Dust: Rep. Ortiz Concedes in Texas

From The Brownsville Herald:

U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz conceded late Monday to Congressman-elect Blake Farenthold.
Noting that the recount of more than 106,000 votes had been completed in the district, Ortiz said: “Therefore, with great respect and admiration in the Democratic process, I congratulate my opponent, Mr. R. Blake Farenthold, in his election to the 27th [...]

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