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NRO signs on to the new GOP "Pledge To America." We’ll Take the Pledge The inevitable question will be: Is the pledge as bold as the Contract? The answer is: The pledge is bolder. The Contract with America merely promised to hold votes on popular bills that had been bottled up during decades of Democratic control of the House. The pledge commits Republicans to working toward a broad conservative agenda that, if implemented, would make the federal government significantly smaller, Congress more accountable, and America more prosperous.  Via the Weekly Standard. Jay Cost argues in this week's issue of THE...

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Now that's clever.

Here we go again. Chris Coons, the freshly minted Democrat selected as Tea Party favorite and Republican nominee Christine O'Donnell's opponent in the Delaware U.S. Senate race traveled to Africa in the 1980s -- emerging as a committed leftist after volunteering for an organization supporting Black Liberation Theology. The controversial religious philosophy espoused by radical left-wing activist James Cone and President Obama's one-time spiritual mentor the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Black Liberation Theology is an off-shoot of liberation theology, a Marxist-driven interpretation of Christianity. And the liberal media -- alarmed at O'Donnell's success and busily running all manner off stories designed...

Following up on his promise to transcend race, President Obama visited with black leaders on Saturday and implored them to help "guard the change". From Reuters via Yahoo!: Obama urges blacks to vote and "guard the change" "I need everybody here to go back to your neighborhoods, and your workplaces, to your churches, and barbershops, and beauty shops. Tell them we have more work to do. Tell them we can't wait to organize. Tell them that the time for action is now," he told the Congressional Black Caucus. The words of America's first black president showed a deliberate effort to...

"You don't EVER have to answer the question!!!"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The congressional election in November will define President Barack Obama's next two years in office as Republicans look likely to pick up seats and put their stamp on issues ranging from the huge budget deficit to economic recovery and immigration. Reuters correspondents will interview an influential line-up of newsmakers at next week's Reuters Washington Summit starting on Monday and they will take an in-depth look at the election and its implications for Obama. Elected in 2008 on the promise of changing Washington, Obama will be forced to scale back his ambitions if the Republicans, who have tried...

GOP Sen. Jim DeMint said his party is on track to become stronger ideologically with O'Donnell's win over Castle.  Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), who endorsed Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell in Delaware's Republican Senate primary, said he's content with the GOP staying in the minority if the party doesn't stand for any principles.  DeMint's party argued before O'Donnell's victory that she could not win a general election in Delwarare, and polls suggest Democrat candidate Chris Coons will defeat O'Donnell in November.  But DeMint, the leader of the Senate Conservatives Fund, said the GOP was on track to being a stronger...

MSNBC continued their (insert sarcasm) fair, objective-free balance of the Tea Party begging the question: “The Tea Party is against spending, but what are they for?” For the segment they brought on Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis and GOP strategist Joe Watkins. Kofinis hit the talking points harder than ever by saying the “tea party is a flesh eating bacteria for the GOP.”

“REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER”!!!! Those words had sounded so strong like it was yesterday, in a number of Republican primaries. The message that which was sent out loud and clear by the election of tea party and conservative talk radio show supporting candidates for the USA House, Senate, and a number of state governing positions. USA House of Representative and Minority Leader John Boehner, (R/MD), spoke in no uncertain terms, WARNING both the Democrats AND the Republicans as well, RINOS in a special way that the American people are simply “fed up” and cannot take it anymore, thus the wins by...

Tim Kaine announced there would be a major announcement later today. From CNN: Democrats tout "major" announcement Wednesday Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine plans to make what's being billed as a major announcement Wednesday about the future of the party, according to a Democratic source with knowledge of the speech. The source tells CNN that Kaine will announce something that will excite Democrats across the country. Kaine's event comes as Democrats face the difficult task of holding onto their majorities in the House and Senate this November. Any guesses? Here are some of mine: 1. Hillary will replace Joe...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicted Tuesday that House Democrats would retain their majority in Congress. On her way in to meet with Democrats just returning to Capitol Hill after a six-week summer break, Pelosi told reporters she was confident in her party's chances of prevailing in November's congressional elections. "I am not yielding one grain of sand. I want to have the same big, strong majority that we have," said Pelosi, D-California.

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index [.SPX  1119.94    10.39  (+0.94%)   ] has jumped more than 6 percent from its August low two weeks ago with credit being given to some slightly better-than-expected employment figures, an improving credit picture in Europe and a flight out of low yielding bonds into equities. But some on Wall Street believe another force is driving prices: a Republican Revolution. The Intrade contract predicting the Republicans long shot chances at actually taking the Senate has increased to as much as 30 percent this September, from a low of about 17 percent last month. The...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – House Republican Minority Leader John Boehner said Sunday that his party is set to make significant gains in November legislative elections, but called regaining control "an uphill fight." "I think winning the House (of Representatives) is still an uphill fight, but I can tell you that we have great candidates across the country and we have a great opportunity," Boehner told CBS television's "Face The Nation." Boehner declined, however, to give much credit to insurgent "Tea Party" Republicans -- who have ousted several established party candidates with anti-incumbent fervor -- for his party's renewed vigor. "The Tea...

WASHINGTON — With a war chest rivaling that of the Republican Party itself, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has emerged in the last year as perhaps the Obama administration’s most-well-financed rival on signature policy debates like health care and financial regulation. Critics on the left have long complained about the chamber’s outsize influence. But now they are taking on the business association directly, charging in a complaint filed Friday with the Internal Revenue Service that it violated tax codes by laundering millions of dollars meant for charitable work from a group with ties to the insurance giant A.I.G. The complaint...

Alternate headline: “Eeyorish blogger finally feels like he can breathe again.” Republicans usually score higher with likely voters. But the election is still more than seven weeks away. Counting only likely voters at this point “screens out Democratic groups that you know are going to be there at the end,” says the GOP consultant. “There are unions and African-Americans who typically get their information late, from leadership or the pulpit.”… As they look at the polls, some Republicans remember the painful near-death experience of 1998. In that year of scandal and partisan warfare, then-Speaker Newt Gingrich predicted the GOP would...

DOVER, Del. — To insurgent Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, sometimes a tweet is just a tweet. Even when Sarah Palin is doing the typing. Speaking to reporters after an evening rally on the lawn of the state Capitol Wednesday, O'Donnell said while she still hoped to earn an endorsement from the former Alaska governor-turned-conservative-superstar, Palin's retweet of support from another backer doesn't meet the threshold. On late Tuesday, Palin passed along a message written by a conservative radio host that said [O'Donnell's] “election must be a major focus for us all." But O'Donnell said that she doesn’t consider the...

Amid a growing consensus that their chances for retaining control of the House of Representatives have waned in recent weeks, Democratic Congressional candidates appear less than thrilled about the timing of President Obama's proposed $50 billion plan to jumpstart transportation infrastructure projects. The plan, which Obama announced in Milwaukee on Labor Day, would attempt to stimulate the still faltering economy with $50 billion in federal funds that would be targeted to spur job growth through upgrades in the nation's transportation system. But Congressional Democrats have already said that it is unlikely that the House will take up the measure before...

I sang at the Tea Party Express press conference in Delaware supporting Christine O'Donnell, Constitutional Republican for U.S. Senate. O'Donnell is a "real deal" Tea Party movement candidate -- create more jobs, cut spending & debt, lower taxes and protecting our core values. However, I was struck by the number of tea party groups, volunteers and ordinary concerned citizens who showed up in support of O'Donnell. It confirmed that despite the media's attempts to convince us that the energy of the tea party movement is unsustainable, the movement is stronger than ever and growing. Here is a shout out to...