My Kids Deserve Better

Ok, I know that in the back of their minds, they think that they will be loved by all of humanity if they ram this healthcare bill through, but isn’t there anything front and center in their minds warning them that their political careers will be over if they do it?
Poll after poll shows that [...]

One hour and forty minutes after the White House issued their Easter deadline for ObamaCare to pass Congress, Democratic House Leaders conceded “they may not meet President Barack Obama’s challenge for swift action.”
Whenever the House Leadership moves a vote, it means they don’t have the votes. In Spanish, that’s mañana.
With the White [...]

RedState Morning Briefing
For March 5, 2010
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1. Media Matters ADMITS Barack Obama Has Bribed Congressman Jim Matheson

2. Rahm Emanuel Is Dead. He Just Hasn’t Been Told Yet.

3. Abortion May Kill ObamaCare

4. EPA: Regulatory Mess, Economic Massacre

5. A Real Tea [...]

A bizarre thing is unfolding in Arkansas. The two candidates in the Democrat primary in Arkansas appear to be engaged in a mad dash… to the right.  Via Hot Air, behold the latest campaign ad from Blanche Lincoln:

 I agree with Allahpundit that the ad is well done and clever.  I’m just not sure about whether [...]

When given the chance to vote on an amendment that would have prohibited social security surplus funds from being spent on other government programs, Senator Bob Bennett opposed this no brainer.

Streiff noted earlier David Broder beating down Dana Milbank over Milbank’s Rahm Emanuel stories.
Broder believes that Emanuel is not the source for Milbank, but it is abundantly clear Rahm Emanuel either directly or indirectly is trying to cover his bottom as the Obama administration crumbles.
It started mid-February with a hagiographic tale of woe in the [...]

Apparently, having seen the great success with with Democrats have used bogus ethics charges to bog down effective Republicans in the last several years, the Missouri Democratic Party in December decided to file a ridiculous ethics complaint against Roy Blunt for a mailer sent to his constituents about his vote on cap-and-trade legislation.  Yesterday, the [...]

This is his last term.
Representative William Delahunt will not seek re-election to Congress, the seven-term Democrat will announce tomorrow, ending a nearly 40-year career in elected office and giving Republicans hope of capturing the seat, which stretches from Cape Cod to the South Shore.
“It’s got nothing to do with politics,” the Quincy Democrat said today.

Nothing [...]

…think, remember, and/or pay attention:
As President Obama’s approval ratings sag and the mood of voters sours, some Democratic congressional candidates are distancing themselves from the White House, with the back-channel blessing of party officials.
The candidates are positioning themselves as independent voices no less frustrated with the Obama administration than people back home.

Let’s take a look [...]

A lot of you have asked if I’ve gotten any more emails. Below the fold, a compilation of emails that have come in. But above the fold, my final word.
Based on the facts, it is very clear that President Obama is our lawfully elected President and the Office of President of the United [...]

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ABC News endeavors to help us understand why Harry Reid is stripping down the jobs bill. The article plods along like you might expect; leading us to believe it’s just as good an idea as any other right now and that it is backed by the White House. Its price tag [...]

(Via Instapundit) Michael Barone unpacks the bind that House Democrats are in over the health care rationing bill, right now (to summarize, reports suggest that they really don’t want to pass the Senate version, promises of reconciliation later or no):
If you vote for the Senate bill, you’re voting for something that has 35% support nationwide [...]

“Bill Nye, the Science Guy” made some outrageously offensive and ill-informed statements Wednesday night on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show, going so far as to apply the word “unpatriotic” to those who don’t share his faith in the Church of Climate Change. (Video clip available here. Warning: It’s at HuffPo.)
Nye, who’s primarily known as an entertainer [...]

Today is the 201st birthday of the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln. In his own right and own way, he too is a founding father. Happy Birthday.

Consider this an open thread.

This is about the funniest thing I’ve ever read.
Ladies and gentlemen, this guy is some sort of pseudo-journalist mouthpiece for that idiot lawyer from California, Orly Taitz.
These are the people we are relying on to document the eligibility of Barack Obama?!?!
Charlton writes
It appears that Eric Erickson, the Editor-in-Chief of Redstate.com, is an attorney who once [...]

I wrote at some length earlier this week on the crucial role of the legislative filibuster in preventing transitory legislative majorities from saddling the nation with permanent legislation of great complexity. As with so many questions of great significance, the Founding Fathers had wise and useful foresight to offer on the dangers of frequent [...]

This a classic case of attempted big-man-chest-beating, that comes off as kinda-whine-y — as in, do you want some cheese with that whine? — when Shrum attempts to rally defeated, wounded and shell-shocked troops.
And this is now what passes as the top Dem political advice on why Congress should pass health care:

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If you invent a new currency, don’t be surprised when the scammers and counterfeiters show up. Especially when your currency is itself a scam.

Hackers Steal Millions in Carbon Credits

The hackers launched a targeted phishing attack against employees of numerous companies in Europe, New Zealand and Japan, which appeared to come from the German Emissions Trading [...]

Now that word has spread that the works and sources of the International Panel on Climate Change are neither “peer reviewed” nor based on “peer reviewed” publications, here come the consequences and loss of credibility. India is quitting the IPCC, and the quote from Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is just beautiful:
There is a fine [...]

But no doubt the administration just needs to explain the situation better to the American people.
No doubt.
While influential 20th Century economist John Maynard Keynes would say it’s best to increase deficit spending in tough economic times, only 11% of American adults agree and think the nation needs to increase its deficit spending at this time. [...]

Kicking and screaming all the way, to be sure. But the first tendrils of Reality Non-Unicorn are beginning to worm their way into and subvert the Online Left’s comfortable universe-consensus.
Obama Suggests Possibility That Health Reform May Not Happen
Maybe I’m misreading this. But if you look at the transcript of Obama’s remarks at a fundraiser [...]

Senator Franken (D-MN), not known even in his short time in the Senate for his ability to play well with others, may have laid bare the lack of ability to pass legislation by the White House, which they mask as “we’ll let Congress decide.” (Senator Obama’s legislative achievements were, well, thin.)
Franken was reportedly enraged [...]

Following now-Senator Scott Brown’s supermajority-busting win of TedKennedy’sSeat™ in Massachusetts, the Democrat rats are quickly leaping from the Obama sinking ship. The latest “run away” moment comes on the heels of the Obama FY2011 budget proposal. Unsurprisingly, the POTUS continues his trillion dollar deficit extravaganza, even after his laughable attempt to feign fiscal responsibility by recommending [...]

President Barack Obama Friday tapped Democratic National Committee member Tim Purdon as North Dakota’s next United States Attorney, landing the president in the same political minefield once occupied by Democratic Senator Max Baucus after he nominated his girlfriend for a similar federal post.
A veteran Democratic bundler, Purdon found a unique affinity with trial lawyer John [...]

Senator Hatch is a pretty level-headed guy. He used to be a boxer, and if pushed — and I mean really pushed — the guy will come out swinging.
And boy, have the Dems pushed on ObamaCare.
So, when Senator Hatch makes the kind of threat he made recently, well, you’d have to be a few [...]

As noted earlier, I had the opportunity to attend much of the GOP Retreat in Baltimore today. I interviewed several Members about the session with President Obama, and I interviewed Congressman Pete Sessions about the upcoming midterm elections. Here they are, unedited:

(H/T: @andylevy) Amazing what one Senatorial election can do. Like, say, make a Presidential administration pay attention to local political concerns for a change.
The Obama administration has abandoned its plan to put Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, on trial in Lower Manhattan, according to administration officials.
The reversal [...]

Today I attended the House GOP retreat in Baltimore, at the invitation of House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence. I got to play at reporter, and to chat with some Members of Congress and staff. I also got to attend the speech with the President, and the subsequent question-and-answer session.
As others have noted, the speech [...]

Full disclosure: this is all going to be as-I-think-of-it-opinion, I have no interest in interrupting the narrative flow by looking for links, and so I freely admit that it would be fair to discount or dismiss the results accordingly.
The Democrats are in for a bad election cycle, to the point where people are actually talking [...]

Watch as the leader of the Jonestown Brigade mixes the latest batch of Kool-Aid, guaranteed to politically kill off more than one in ten Dems in the U.S. House:

Even the NYT is poking fun at the Dems: No Plan Yet, But Democrats Remain Confident on Health Care. Meanwhile, Senator-Louisiana-Purchase says ObamaCare “is on life [...]

As people are noting, Jon Stewart seems to be having quite the career monopolizing Blue-on-Blue comedy these days.  Said monopoly is probably going to abruptly change.
Open thread.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.

Much has been written and said about James O’Keefe’s incursion into Mary Landrieu’s office in Louisiana. It is interesting to me how Landrieu, through MSNBC and the mouth of David Shuster, made sure to get its spin out quickly before O’Keefe could get out of jail and to a microphone.
More interesting to me [...]

Posted again from yesterday
As we learn more and more about Haiti, we know for sure that nation is truly devastated. The Salvation Army is where I always give money. The organization gives a phenomenal amount of its proceeds to the cause, not to administrative overhead.
Folks, you know I always say give to candidates. [...]

Those were the words of the director of Suffolk’s Political Research Center, David Paleologos. In a new local poll in Boston, Scott Brown is now leading 50% to 46%*.
What we are witnessing here it the transformation of a state from solid blue to purple**. The numbers in the Herald article are stunning. [...]

Tonight in Texas, the Republican Gubernatorial debate took place at the University of North Texas in Denton. Participating were Governor Perry, Senator Hutchison and Debra Medina. There were a number of highlights and lowlights – but suffice it to say, it was pretty clear that Senator Hutchison is of Washington and Governor Perry [...]

Let’s admit there is media bias. We know there is despite the best efforts of some on the left to deny it.
I cannot tell you the number of reporters at major networks and newspapers who will, in private moments, admit there is a real bias.
In most cases it is not an intentional bias. [...]

Every once in a while a combination of stories comes along in politics that is so bizarre you can’t believe you’re actually writing about it. This is one of those times.  Fresh after taking a run at Fenway Park fans in a public interview yesterday, Martha Coakley decided today that she’d insult another institution nobody [...]

I’m actually surprised by how few of these types of emails I’ve gotten today. Note that I never actually replied to him. He appears to have had a conversation in his head with me and decided to reply to the voices in his head via a second email.
From: Glenn P. Matney, M.D. “drmatney@verizon.net”
Subject: [...]

I was at the press conference today where Ohio gubernatorial candidate John Kasich announced his choice of State Auditor Mary Taylor for Lieutenant Governor. I have a longer video and post coming but wanted to post this quick take from two people I spoke with today: Ohio Republican Party Chairman Kevin DeWine and Congressman Pat [...]