March 25, 2010

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — It's hard to decide the best historical metaphor for Bart Stupak -- the "pro-life Democrat" who caved to Marxist-style pressure and gave Speaker Nancy Pelosi the votes she needed to destroy America with "Obamacare"... (more)

March 24, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — Americans have grown used to Congress claiming the right to regulate and control everything they do. But by what right can Congress force Americans to purchase health insurance?... (more)

March 24, 2010

TERENCE P. JEFFREY — The day after the House approved the health care bill, a reporter asked White House spokesman Robert Gibbs about the lawsuits some states were threatening against the legislation on the grounds that the provision forcing all Americans to buy health insurance was unconstitutional... (more)

March 24, 2010

JILL STANEK — I'm proud to be a Republican, but I'm pro-life first. After making a couple observations about two years ago, I decided to work harder at being a nonpartisan pro-lifer. First, it seemed to me Republicans were taking our support for granted and had wasted political capital... (more)

March 24, 2010

FOX NEWS — Defense Secretary Robert Gates is going to make it tougher for U.S. military personnel to get kicked out of the military for being gay by having each case reviewed by more senior-ranking officers, a senior defense official tells Fox News... (more)

March 24, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has a message for the Americans people: Do not submit to "Obamacare," the massive health-care reform bill President Obama just signed into law. "I want to let people know that we hear you," she told WND. "We want this bill repealed, too, and we're not just going to roll over and accept Obamacare... (more)

March 24, 2010

SEN. JIM DEMINT — There is no fixing President Obama's healthcare takeover that was jammed through on a partisan vote with secret deals, kickbacks and carve-outs. This Mediscam bill must be repealed. The Democrats promised their bill would reduce the deficit, decrease healthcare costs and lower insurance premiums... (more)

March 24, 2010

JONAH GOLDBERG — First: Congratulations to President Obama and the Democratic leadership. You won dirty against bipartisan opposition from both Congress and the majority of Americans. You've definitely polarized the country even more, and quite possibly bankrupted us, too. But hey, you won. Bubbly for everyone... (more)

March 24, 2010

JOSEPH FARAH — I love the tea-party movement. As I have repeatedly said, I think it is the greatest grass-roots political uprising in America in my lifetime -- not just in size, but in spirit. But I have a warning for the rank-and-file activists as well as the leaders -- all good people with the best of motivations and intentions... (more)

March 23, 2010

NEWSMAX — Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, the chairman of the conservative FreedomWorks organization, is warning that an "emboldened" President Obama, fresh off a big healthcare victory, will redouble his efforts to transform America by escalating the size and reach of government... (more)

March 23, 2010

CBS NEWS — Most Americans don't have an opinion about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a new CBS News poll finds, even after more than a year of debate over the health care reform bill that put them squarely in the public eye... (more)

March 23, 2010

NEWSMAX — With the battle over healthcare reform won, President Barack Obama's allies in Congress are turning their attention to climate change legislation -- and drawing opposition from both sides of the issue. Sen. John Kerry, a proponent of congressional action on climate change, said administration officials can now "pour their energy and attention" into the issue... (more)

March 23, 2010

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER — Why did President Obama choose to turn a gaffe into a crisis in U.S.-Israeli relations? A gaffe it was: an announcement by a bureaucrat in the Interior Ministry of a housing expansion in a Jewish neighborhood in north Jerusalem. The timing could not have been worse: Vice President Biden was visiting, Jerusalem is a touchy subject, and you don't bring up touchy subjects that might embarrass an honored guest... (more)

March 23, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — Following this past weekend's 219-212 health-care vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, two leading tea-party groups have established a pair of new target numbers: 219 representatives to be "fired" and a top 10 list of those that most need to go... (more)

March 23, 2010

CNSNEWS.COM — The Internal Revenue Service will function as the government's chief enforcer for health care reform, should President Obama sign the bill into law as expected, monitoring both businesses and individuals to certify whether they have the insurance coverage the government requires... (more)

March 23, 2010

NEWSMAX — A Fox News poll revealed Tuesday that most American voters believe it's possible the nation's economy could collapse, and majorities don't think elected officials in Washington have ideas for fixing it... (more)

March 23, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — A beaming President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a historic $938 billion health care overhaul that guarantees coverage for 32 million uninsured Americans and will touch nearly every citizen's life, presiding over the biggest shift in U.S. domestic policy since the 1960s and capping a divisive, yearlong debate that could define the November elections... (more)

March 23, 2010

PR NEWSWIRE — Phyllis Schlafly, president and founder of the conservative grassroots public policy organization Eagle Forum, made the following remarks after the public announcement that formerly pro-life Democrat Bart Stupak (D-MI) would cast a "yes" vote for the Senate health care bill Sunday in the House... (more)

March 22, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The once mighty community activist group ACORN announced Monday it is folding amid falling revenues - six months after video footage emerged showing some of its workers giving tax tips to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute... (more)

March 22, 2010

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Lawmakers in the House of Representatives thumbed their noses at their constituents as they voted to provide a glidepath to federal takeover of a very personal part of your life -- the relationship between you and your doctor... (more)