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GOP poised for comeback in midterm elections

After losing the White House and nearly 70 congressional seats in the last two elections, Republicans are poised for a strong comeback in 2010, with significant gains likely in the House and a good chance of boosting their numbers in the Senate and statehouses across the country. Share/Save Read More →

Pelosi paying a price for climate bill

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is paying a price on healthcare reform for the arm-twisting she did on the climate change bill last month. Democratic House members were rankled by how the climate bill passed — and stunned by the criticism they got at home. Share/Save Read More →

Does Barack Obama Pay Attention?

By Ed Morrissey, Hot Air An oft-repeated aphorism instructs us that we can have our own opinions, but not our own facts — or at least not unless we get to stand behind the podium at the White House.  When Barack Obama explained his economic package last night to the American people in a prime-time press conference, he made two flat-out false statements regarding his opposition.  He... 

People Are Worshipping Obama More Than God, Says Jackie Mason

Fasten your seatbelts everyone!  People don't even worship God like they worship Barack Obama, according to comedian Jackie Mason.  In his most recent video blog on YouTube, Mason says: "Mao Tse Tung wasn't so venerated and people weren't so fearful of disagreeing with him as the Congress of the United States including the Republicans who are afraid to disagree with anything... 

Obama’s Department of Pork

By Kelly McParland Republicans can plainly see that in the name of “fiscal stimulus” Barack Obama is planning to do a lot of things that will in no way help alleviate the downturn. Some of these plans may have some merit on their own, and where they do, Republicans can do themselves and the country a favor by seeing if it’s possible to work cooperatively. Share/Save Read More →

Reid: ‘I don’t work for Obama’

By Bob Cusack, J. Taylor Rushing & Hugo Gurdon  THE HILL – Democrats must be “very, very careful” to avoid overreaching and will not rubber-stamp President-elect Obama’s policies, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday. Share/Save Read More →

2004 Repeat: GOP Election Board Officials Kicked out in Philly

GOP Election Board members have been have been tossed out of polling stations in more than half a dozen polling stations in Philadelphia because of their party status. A liberal judge previously ruled that court-appointed Republican poll watchers could be removed from their boards by an on-site election judge, citing their "minority" status as cause. Share/Save Read More →

Today’s The Day

OK. This is it. The big day has arrived. Do or die. The moment of truth, the big Kahuna, where “we the people” of the one and only experiment in self-government in the history of humankind get to step up to the plate and give it our best shot as individual participants in this grand "American Dream" of independence and autonomy. Election Day has arrived, my fellow Americans, and... 

Obama’s ACORN: A Corrupt Organization of Revolutionary Nuts

By Michael J Gaynor  If you believe Crystal Gail Mangum, the ex-convict stripper still falsely posing as a gang rape victim, you probably believe that the innocuously named ACORN (the acronym for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) is a fine association honorably pursuing laudable goals. That's nuts! Share/Save Read More →

Homeless Driven To Vote For Obama

By Jeane MacIntosh  Volunteers supporting Barack Obama picked up hundreds of people at homeless shelters, soup kitchens and drug-rehab centers and drove them to a polling place yesterday on the last day that Ohioans could register and vote on the same day, almost no questions asked. Share/Save Read More →

AOL Straw Poll: McCain 63%, Obama 37%

By Terry Trippany  NEWSBUSTERS – With all the mainstream media emphasis on poll numbers that supposedly show strong leads for Barack Obama I was wondering if there should be any analysis of an AOL straw poll that shows John McCain solidly beating Barack Obama in a random sample of hundreds of thousands of readers. A major difference between the AOL straw poll and that of other polls is that...