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Kathleen Parker Leaves CNN Show
Kathleen Parker Leaves CNN Show img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-71690" title="kayparker" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-02/kayparker.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />Bartlett: Tea Party Holding Hatch Hostage
Bartlett: TP Holding Hatch Hostage Bruce Bartlett writes in the Fiscal Times : The Tea Party is making life very difficult for long-serving Republicans in both the House and Senate. Their usual methods of achieving power and success in Congress have been turned on their head, …
Pawlenty to Speak at Tea Party Patriots Event
Pawlenty To Speak at TP Patriot Event img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-9999" title="tim_pawlenty" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-02/20080724_pawlenty_332.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="111" />Defying Huckabee, Romney "Proud" of MA Health Care
Romney Proud of MA Health Care img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-69597" title="mitt-romney" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-02/mitt-romney.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />Regan Affidavit Alleges That Ailes Asked Her to Lie
Regan Affidavit Alleges Ailes Asked Her to Lie The New York Times reports: It was an incendiary allegation — and a mystery of great intrigue in the media world: After the publishing powerhouse Judith Regan was fired by HarperCollins in 2006, she claimed that a senior executive …
Trump Could Spend $200 Million of Own Money on Presidential Bid
Trump Could Spend $200M on Prez Bid img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-48217" title="donald trump" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-02/donald-trump.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />Fannie, Freddie Fix Won't Stop Next Housing Crisis
The news about Fannie and Freddie's losses will add more urgency to the push for reform. Obama's current plan however may only delay the next housing crisis. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae’s smaller but still enormous recently reported losses aren’t a surprise. The very structure of the two massive …FBI Sends Out Fertilizer Bomb Warning Letter
FBI Sends Fertilizer Warning img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-71653" title="fertilizer-bomb" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-02/fertilizer-bomb.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />Governors Take Spotlight Ahead of Winter Meeting
Govs Take Spotlight Ahead of Winter Meeting img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-70391" title="scott-walker" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-02/scott-walker.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />Man Behind South Park Threats Gets 25 Years
25 Years For South Park Death Threats img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-71645" title="muhammad-bear-suit" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-02/muhammad-bear-suit.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />Qaddafi's Son: We Will 'Live and Die in Libya'
Qaddafi's Son: We Will 'Live and Die in Libya' The Los Angeles Times reports: As protests escalate in Libya, Seif Islam, one of the sons of embattled Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi, has vowed his family will remain in the country and "live and die" there. Asked by a …
Hitchens: Obama's Response to Arab Unrest 'Pathetic'
Hitchens: Obama's Response to Arab Unrest 'Pathetic' Christopher Hitchens writes at Slate: However meanly and grudgingly, even the new Republican speaker has now conceded that the president is Hawaiian-born and some kind of Christian. So let's hope that's the end of all that. A …
Qaddafi Asks Backers to 'Retaliate'
Qaddafi Asks Allies to 'Retaliate' NBC News reports: Libya's embattled Moammar Gadhafi called on his supporters Friday to defend against the surging oppposition, telling a crowd of thousands that "we are ready to triumph over the enemy." Gadhafi, wearing a fur cap and sunglasses…
Newt: 1995 Shutdown Was GOP Victory
Newt: '95 Shutdown Was GOP Victory Former Speaker Newt Gingrich writes at The Washington Post : The Washington establishment believes that the government shutdown of 1995 was a disastrous mistake that accomplished little and cost House Republicans politically. The facts are …
Qaddafi's Last Stand?
Usually after a brief attempt to quell an uprising, most dictators will recognize reality and quit. Qaddafi however isn't your "normal" dictator. Interesting – and appalling – is Muammar Gaddafi’s fight to survive. Ever since World War II (and perhaps before that), when revolutions erupt, …Rep Asked: 'Who Will Shoot Obama?'
Rep Asked: 'Who Will Shoot Obama?' Salon reports: Here's the latest evidence that nothing has changed in post-Tucson America: A person at a Tuesday town hall with Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., got up and asked, "Who is going to shoot President Obama?" The exact wording of the question …
Freddie Reports $14B in 2010 Losses
Freddie Reports $14B in 2010 Losses The Hill reports: Freddie Mac lost $14 billion in 2010, the troubled mortgage giant reported Thursday. The government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) reported a loss of $113 million in the fourth quarter of the year alone. However, both those …
Six Dead in Iraqi 'Day of Rage'
Six Dead in Iraqi 'Day of Rage' The Washington Post reports: Thousands marched on government buildings and clashed with security forces in cities across Iraq on Friday, in the largest and most violent anti-government protests here since political unrest began spreading in the Arab …
Santorum: Boehner Should Defend DOMA
Santorum: Boehner Must Defend DOMA The Hill reports: One possible Republican presidential candidate is putting pressure on House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to defend in court the federal law that bans the recognition of gay marriage. Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), a …