October 3, 2010

JOHN GIZZI — Conservatives who happen to be black: That's how many African-American candidates running on the Republican ticket for Congress this year often refer to themselves. With less than a month to go before November, signs are strong they will finally score some political success... (more)

October 2, 2010

NEWSMAX — An atheist group's attempt to have the "In God We Trust" and Pledge of Allegiance engravings removed from the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., has failed. A federal judge in Wisconsin threw out the lawsuit brought by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Roll Call reports... (more)

October 2, 2010

NEWSMAX — The Communist Party USA's open endorsement of Saturday's One Nation march on the Mall in Washington shows just how radicalized the mainstream of the American left has become, says noted author Paul Kengor. Organizers such as NAACP President Ben Jealous have labeled the march as the "antidote" to the tea party movement. The event also is a response to Glenn Beck's Aug. 28 "Restoring Honor" rally... (more)

October 2, 2010

DICK MORRIS — Comparisons of Barack Obama's presidency to Jimmy Carter's miss the point. Carter's presidency did little to change the basic party construct of the nation or to influence its ideology. Reagan's presidency accomplished both. But Barack Obama is destroying the Democratic Party... (more)

October 2, 2010

NEWSMAX — For the second month in a row, the number of Americans who identify themselves as Democrats has fallen to a record low -- and to the smallest percentage of Democrats recorded in nearly eight years of monthly tracking... (more)

October 2, 2010

CNSNEWS.COM — Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz. told CNSNews.com that President Barack Obama has "got his hands wrapped around our throat" as his administration sues the state of Arizona for trying to enforce the immigration laws that the federal government itself will not enforce... (more)

October 2, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — First Amendment cases top the Supreme Court's docket as it begins a new term with a new justice and three women on the bench for the first time... (more)

October 2, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — President Obama on Friday said a bittersweet goodbye to the energetic and fierce manager of his White House, chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and elevated a quiet and seasoned adviser, Pete Rouse, to the most important gate-keeping job in American politics... (more)

October 2, 2010

JONAH GOLDBERG — Imagine for a moment the entire Supreme Court was wiped out in an asteroid strike, or maybe they ate some really bad clams. Whatever. With the Supreme Court temporarily out of the picture, could Congress and the White House ignore the Constitution, shutting down newspapers and locking up tea partiers or ACLU members?... (more)

October 2, 2010

JOSEPH FARAH — There is a struggle underway for the hearts and minds of the tea-party movement, conservatism and the Republican Party. So-called "economic conservatives" are doing everything in their power to limit the scope of the movement to take back America to fiscal issues in the narrowest definition of that term... (more)

October 1, 2010

CNSNEWS.COM — John P. Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said "have a nice day" and otherwise declined to comment on Tuesday when asked about a statement he made that worldwide redistribution of wealth is "absolutely essential" in order to provide all human beings with a decent life... (more)

October 1, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Scientists reported more progress Thursday with a method of creating stem cells without using embryos. The advance in cell reprogramming by researchers in Boston was praised as a more efficient way of turning skin cells into stem cells, a step toward developing new medical treatments... (more)

October 1, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — The same people who brought you the global warming and Y2K scares have dreamed up a scheme to assert greater federal control over the Internet in the name of cybersecurity. According to Reuters news agency, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, intends to pass legislation on the subject authored by Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent, and Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia Democrat... (more)

October 1, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Justice Elena Kagan took her seat at the Supreme Court for the first time Friday in front of a packed courtroom that included President Barack Obama. The court session was merely ceremonial. Kagan and the rest of the court will return Monday for the start of the new term... (more)

October 1, 2010

THE HILL — Registered voters have a net-favorable view of Republicans' new governing agenda, a new poll suggested Friday. A new Fox News poll found nearly half of voters were familiar with the GOP's new "Pledge to America," and that, of those who'd heard of it, 46 percent had a favorable opinion... (more)

October 1, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Republican Marco Rubio commands a double-digit lead among likely voters in Florida's U.S. Senate race, harnessing a split among Democrats over their nominee Kendrick Meek and independent Gov. Charlie Crist, a poll issued Thursday shows... (more)

October 1, 2010

JOHN GIZZI — With President Obama's popularity ratings on the downswing in Pennsylvania and Keystone State Republicans upbeat about their statewide ticket this year, signs are strong that conservative GOPer Pat Toomey will pick up the seat of Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter--and possibly do so with ease... (more)

October 1, 2010

REUTERS — The U.S. healthcare reform law will worsen a shortage of physicians as millions of newly insured patients seek care, the Association of American Medical Colleges said on Thursday... (more)

September 30, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — A federal judge in Montana is dismissing a lawsuit launched by gun rights advocates and states seeking freedom from federal gun laws. The decision from U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy was expected since his magistrate a month ago recommended tossing out the lawsuit... (more)

September 30, 2010

NEWSMAX — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is so unpopular with Americans that her negative ratings are on par with oil giant BP. According to the Washington Examiner, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows that Pelosi's negative ratings are at 50 percent -- an all-time high for the Democrat from California. That number is the same as BP's in the immediate aftermath of this summer's Gulf of Mexico oil spill... (more)