December 15, 2011

JOHN HAYWARD — The Obama 2012 campaign will be a profoundly moralistic enterprise. Its practical components have recently been field-tested. The President himself turned up on "60 Minutes" last weekend to unveil the latest updated version of his "Blame Bush" strategy, in which the horrible numbers swirling around his moribund economy are actually the fault of his predecessor... (more)

December 15, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — Imagine China without the Communist Party. The people of one Chinese fishing village have made that a reality. Earlier this week, mobs of angry villagers chased communist officials and police out of Wukan, a coastal town of 20,000 in southeastern China. A dispute had been simmering for months with party bosses after a series of land seizures... (more)

December 15, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The Department of Homeland Security is cutting ties with Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is accused of a wide range of civil right violations, effectively stripping him of the ability to enforce immigration laws... (more)

December 14, 2011

NATIONAL REVIEW — A hard-fought presidential primary campaign is obscuring the uncharacteristic degree of unity within the Republican party. It has reached a conservative consensus on most of the pressing issues of the day. All of the leading candidates, and almost all of the lagging ones, support the right to life. All of them favor the repeal of Obamacare... (more)

December 14, 2011

PHILIP KLEIN — A series of recent polls suggest that Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has emerged as a real threat to win in Iowa, despite his controversial foreign policy views. One survey, by Public Policy Polling, finds him within one point of front-runner Newt Gingrich... (more)

December 14, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — The U.S. military's fast-approaching Dec. 31 exit from Iraq, which has no way to defend its airspace, puts Israel in a better place strategically to strike Iran's nuclear facilities. Iraq has yet to assemble a force of jet fighters, and since the shortest route for Israeli strike fighters to Iran is through Iraqi airspace, observers conclude that the U.S. exit makes the Jewish state's mission planning a lot easier... (more)

December 14, 2011

PETER LEMISKA — Not long ago, Herman Cain was a clear favorite to win the Republican nomination for President. He was seen as a likeable, yet savvy businessman and a bold straight-talker, a welcome relief from the life-long denizens of D.C., who care more about their own political futures than the future of the country... (more)

December 14, 2011

WORLDNETDAILY — An adviser to Barack Obama who played a key role in developing the energy provisions of the so-called stimulus bill has served on the boards of several companies that recently received government funds, including hundreds of millions in "stimulus" money... (more)

December 14, 2011

EMILY MILLER — Taxes for everyone are set to go up on New Year's Day, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid won't allow a vote to keep this from happening. Nine of the 12 annual appropriations bills expire on Friday night, and the Nevada Democrat refuses to bring them up for a vote, leaving open the possibility of a partial government shutdown... (more)

December 14, 2011

NEWSMAX — House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa warns that a proposed Internet anti-piracy bill would give Attorney General Eric Holder widespread power to police the Web. The proposal retains "the fundamental flaws of its predecessor by blocking Americans' ability to access websites... (more)

December 14, 2011

NEWSMAX — Polls showing Newt Gingrich strongly ahead of Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential race continue to pour in. The latest: A Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey finds former House Speaker Gingrich leading former Massachusetts Gov. Romney 40 percent to 23 percent among likely GOP voters. That's the biggest lead any candidate has held in the poll this year... (more)

December 14, 2011

BREITBART — This video is a compilation of Newt praising FDR multiple times over many years. "...the greatest Democratic President of the 20th century and in my judgment the greatest President of the 20th century..."... (more)

December 14, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — Billionaire Donald Trump, in the midst of a media blitz promoting his latest book, said the Republican Party needs to pick an electable presidential candidate - and if it doesn't, look for an independent Trump run in 2012... (more)

December 13, 2011

BLOOMBERG NEWS — State lawmakers introduced more immigrant-related measures this year than ever before but succeeded in passing far fewer into law, according to a report released today by the National Conference of State Legislatures... (more)

December 12, 2011

NEWSMAX — Newt Gingrich campaigned in New Hampshire today just as the National Association for Gun Rights sent out robo-calls in the state accusing the former House speaker of being "anti-gun." The calls, reports The Boston Globe, accuse the former house speaker of failing to address the group' survey, "Maybe it's because of his past support for gun control"... (more)

December 12, 2011

FRANK GAFFNEY — We have been hearing a lot about the Muslim Brotherhood lately - and none of it is good news. Get used to it. With the Brotherhood's ascendancy in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey and beyond, the world is going to be subjected to a crash course in Islamist supremacism - and what it means for the rest of us... (more)

December 12, 2011

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) crowd (with White House ties) is the natural outgrowth of several generations of classroom Marxist indoctrination. Foremost has been the hate-America "history" taught in writings of the late Communist Party member Howard Zinn... (more)

December 12, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take the case of Arizona's tough immigration crackdown law, adding yet another contentious clash between the Obama administration and the states to its docket. The case, which has attracted national attention, pits Arizona against the Obama administration, which sued and won court orders blocking implementation of most of the law at both the district and appeals court levels... (more)

December 12, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on Arizona's controversial law targeting illegal immigrants, setting the stage for an election-year decision on an issue that is already shaping presidential politics... (more)

December 12, 2011

ROBERT KNIGHT — Three incidents in recent days tell us all we need to know about the Obama administration's "values." On Dec. 1, the story broke that Bethesda-based Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where wounded veterans convalesce, apparently had banned visitors from bringing in Bibles or other religious items... (more)