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The First Dude's Temper Tantrum
Todd Palin's vindictive rampage raises concerns about the character of a hypothetical Palin White House. Matthew Continetti has a reply from Todd Palin to the Joe Miller email flap. My family has worked hard in supporting Joe Miller, so when I heard he'd said something less than supportive …Westboro Protest Gets Drowned Out
En route to Washington, where the Supreme Court is hearing their case, the infamous Westboro Baptist Church stopped off in Maryland for a mini-protest. The infamous Westboro Baptist Church cult, en route to Washington D.C., made time Tuesday morning for a pit stop outside of the school I attended …
Watch: David Cameron's Tory Conference Speech
Watch: David Cameron's Tory Conference Speech conservatives on livestream.com. Broadcast Live FreeIs Rahm "Too Jewish" to be Mayor?
Is Rahm "Too Jewish" to be Chicago Mayor? Rachel Shteir reports: It doesn’t matter how big a war chest Rahm Emanuel can accumulate, to whom he sends dead fish wrapped in newspaper, or how many folksy features the New York Times runs to give his campaign legs. “Rahmbo” will …
Editorial: O'Donnell Embarrasses Delaware
How O'Donnell Embarrasses Delaware Ron Williams writes: Has there ever been a time in Delaware political history that's been more embarrassing for the state? We all take without thinking twice the "Dela-where" jokes and the obscure, tiny state comments. Delaware, Ohio? It's …
Ryan Plans To Update Roadmap
Ryan Plans To Update Roadmap Robert Costa reports: “I spend a lot of my time looking at these baselines, ” Ryan says. “Most people don’t know this stuff. Most people in Congress don’t understand just how quickly our fiscal situation has deteriorated. And now the Left thinks that …
Woodward: Hillary for VP "On the Table"
Woodward: Hillary for VP "On the Table" Politico reports: Speculating that President Barack Obama will replace Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton on the 2012 ticket has been a private pastime among some Democrats the past few months, and it broke into the open Tuesday night when …
No, Minister
In Britain, new cabinet ministers quickly learn that civil servants aren't always working towards the same goals. Click here for all of David Frum’s blogposts from the 2010 Conservative Party conference. Best line of the party conference: At the News International cocktail party, I …How Big a Threat is British Islam?
Britain has a big problem with integrating Muslims. But many of the fiercest debates are within the British Muslim community itself. Click here for all of David Frum’s blogposts from the 2010 Conservative Party conference. I spent a lot of time Tuesday listening to discussions of …Hispanic Voters Giving Up on the GOP
A new report by the Pew Hispanic Center reveals the extent to which the GOP has alienated the fastest growing voter group in the country. On Tuesday, the Pew Hispanic Center released a new report which reveals the extent to which the Republican party has managed to alienate the fastest growing …Latino Voters Less Enthusiastic for Midterms
Latino Voters Less Enthusiastic for Midterm Elections Politico reports: A new poll finds that Latinos — a key bloc in Democrats’ electoral coalition — are less enthusiastic than voters overall about the looming midterm elections. Nearly two-thirds of Latino registered voters, …
York: Big Labor Couldn't Match Glenn Beck
York: Big Labor Couldn't Match Glenn Beck Byron York writes: The nation's biggest, richest and most powerful labor unions spent months organizing the "One Nation Working Together" rally at the Lincoln Memorial Saturday. With midterm elections approaching, they hoped to put on a …
Applebaum: Terror Warnings Must Be Specific
Applebaum: Terror Warnings Need to Be Specific Anne Applebaum writes: Speaking as an American who lives in Europe, I feel it is incumbent upon me to describe what people like me do when we hear warnings like this one issued on Sunday : We do nothing. We do nothing, first and …
White House Installs Solar Panels
White House Installs Solar Panels The AP reports: WASHINGTON (AP) -- Solar power is coming to President Barack Obama's house. The most famous residence in America, which has already boosted its green credentials by planting a garden, plans to install solar panels atop the …
Dems Halve GOP Lead on Generic Party Ballot
Dems Halve GOP Lead on Generic Party Ballot The Washington Post reports: Less than a month before the midterm elections , the political landscape remains strongly tilted toward Republicans, although Democrats have made modest improvements with voters since their late-summer low …
Cornyn: All GOP Senate Seats Safe
Cornyn: All GOP Senate Seats Safe The Wall Street Journal reports: The head of the Republicans’ Senate campaign said that no seat his party now controls is in danger in this year’s election, leaving the GOP to solely go on the offense in the last month of the campaign. “All of …
50% of Tea Party Identifies With Religious Right
50% of Tea Party Identifies With Religious Right The Washington Post reports: A new poll shows that half of those who consider themselves part of the tea party movement also identify as part of the religious right, reflecting the complex - and sometimes contradictory - blend of …
Gerson: Obama Losing Religious Voters
Gerson: Obama Losing Religious Voters Michael Gerson writes: As a candidate, it was a measure of Barack Obama's political innovation and ambition that he set out to win religious voters, including evangelical Christians. As president, his failure in this effort is equally revealing. …
Murkowski: Don't Air Ads for Joe Miller
Murkowski: Don't Air Ads for Miller The Huffington Post reports: JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's campaign is warning Alaska broadcasters not to air ads by a national tea party group that the campaign says are "littered with lies and intentional mischaracterization…