Democrats Revive 'Party of No' Attack
Democrats are retooling and reprising their "Party of No" attack on Republicans in Congress after they unanimously rejected financial reform and health care bills in votes this month.
Whose Tent Is Bigger?
by Erick Erickson
Had this been Christie Todd Whitman or a host of other Republicans, it would have been the lead story on the nightly news today. William Daley of the Chicago Clan, former Bill Clinton's Commerce Secretary and Al Gore's President Campaign Chairman in 2000, sees all sorts of apocalyptic warning signs on the horizon for the Democrats.
Keep the Big Tent Big
by William M. Daley
The announcement by Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith that he is switching to the Republican Party is just the latest warning sign that the Democratic Party -- my lifelong political home -- has a critical decision to make: Either we plot a more moderate, centrist course or risk electoral disaster not just in the upcoming midterms but in many elections to come.
The Best Christmas Present Ever: Senator DeMint Objects to the Appointment of the Conferees
by Dan Perrin
When Senator DeMint engineered, and Republican Leader McConnell actually objected to the appointment of the conferees, he was really handing the ball off to the left wingers - progressives if you will - and now they have their shot to either hold their own clan members who are against the Senate compromises and force them to vote No, or have their policy demands be ignored and take the crumbs from Senator Nelson's and Senator Lieberman's table.
It's Not the Economy, Stupid! It's National Survival!
by David Limbaugh
The Washington Post's Dan Balz thinks that "with new priorities, Obama and Democrats can recover in 2010." Sorry, Dan; it's about more than priorities. It's a matter of their worldview.
Warning, Satire Alert: Liberal Take on Terror!
by Debra J. Saunders
Gosh darn, I feel great to live in a country that gives full constitutional rights to a foreign national who, on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, was tackled by passengers and crew as he reportedly was trying to blow up the plane.
Justice Department Moves Panthers Pursuer to South Carolina
The veteran Justice Department voting rights section chief who recommended going forward on a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party after they disrupted a Pennsylvania polling place in last year's elections has been removed from his post and transferred to the U.S. attorney's office in South Carolina.
Ten New Reasons Why Obamacare Can Still Be Killed
by Phyllis Schlafly
New reasons emerge almost daily as to why Obamacare can and must be defeated.
1. The American people oppose Obamacare by almost two to one in the latest CNN poll. Other polls show lopsided opposition to passing either the Senate or House health care bill.
Judge Dismisses Blackwater Case
A federal judge, sharply criticizing Justice Department prosecutors, dismissed all criminal charges on Thursday against five former Blackwater guards accused of manslaughter in connection with an alleged massacre that left at least 14 Iraqis dead in Baghdad in 2007.