By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. It is becoming apparent for all to see, that a man who made his name as a community organizer does not have the skills to be President of these United States. Maybe he could develop the requisite skills as a governor. Possibly, he could develop such skills were he to sit in the Senate for a couple of terms. Yet there are delicate sensitivities, the ability to listen, to... 

By Kevin Hassett One of the more illuminating remarks during the health-care debate in Congress came when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told an audience that Democrats would “pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it, away from the fog of controversy.” That remark captured the truth that, while many Americans have a vague sense that something bad is happening to their health care, few if any... 

By Robert Spencer Last week, Barack Obama said that his administration had been “surprised, disappointed and angry” in August 2009 when the British government freed the Islamic jihadist Abdelbeset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi, who murdered 270 people by bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988. But Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond said Sunday that while Obama’s... 

By Mark Hemingway On Sunday, the New York Times reported that the Obama administration’s economic team was kicking the policy tires on a national value added tax (VAT) as a means of dealing with the deficit, among other things. But earlier today, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the administration was not considering a VAT. If Gibbs is telling the truth, then why did White House economic... 

By Victor Davis Hanson After the bloodletting over the health-care bill, President Obama is now at a crossroads. Not one opposition member voted for his health-care reform. That, along with tawdry buyoffs for fence-sitting members of the Senate and a reconciliation process that avoids another Senate vote have made a mockery of Obama’s former healing campaign rhetoric. After the bloodletting over... 

By Newt Gingrich This will not stand. No one should be confused about the outcome of Sunday’s vote This is not the end of the fight it is the beginning of the fight. The American people spoke decisively against a big government, high tax, Washington knows best, pro trial lawyer centralized bureaucratic health system In every recent poll the vast majority of Americans opposed this monstrosity Speaker... 

By Mitt Romney America has just witnessed an unconscionable abuse of power. President Obama has betrayed his oath to the nation — rather than bringing us together, ushering in a new kind of politics, and rising above raw partisanship, he has succumbed to the lowest denominator of incumbent power: justifying the means by extolling the ends. He promised better; we deserved better. He calls his accomplishment... 

Today’s the day that the House of Representatives votes (or doesn’t vote) on ObamaCare — a radical scheme that incorporates the most drastic changes in US health-care delivery in more than four decades. And it may well, in the long run, saddle the American economy with so much debt that it will make today’s troubled times look like the days of wine and roses. Next up: sharply higher taxes,... 

By Austin Hill If a frontal assault on the foundational principals and values of American life can qualify as being “at war” – then yes, Barack Obama is in combat with our country. And while the belligerence of both his administration and his party’s congressional leadership have seemingly created a sense of alarm across the U.S., their apparent disregard for their own self-inflicted political... 

By Jed Skillman Democrats have painted themselves into an ugly corner with their Health Care Reform Bill. (HCR) The Obama Administration has managed to take what has been a standard Democratic vote-getting ploy — promise government largesse to core constituencies and let the rest of the country pay for it — and screw it up so badly that regardless of whether HCR passes or fails Democrats... 

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner The Democrats are assaulting the very pillars of our democracy. As the debate on Obamacare reaches the long, painful end, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is confronting a political nightmare. She may not have the 216 votes necessary to pass the Senate’s health care bill in the House. Hence, Mrs. Pelosi and her congressional Democratic allies are seriously considering using a...