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The National Republican Senatorial Committee refused to fund the Tea Party darling in Delaware Christine O’Donnell, who kicked out of office the establishment Republican Castle in the state primary yesterday. This was the ugliest decision the Republican elite could have made. When folks donate to the NRSC they expect them to fight for every senatorial candidate. They should not discriminate between the glamorous former CEO lady and the woman who struggled through home foreclosure. People expect the NRSC to support all senatorial candidates that folks moved forward in legitimate Republican primaries. It is not the Republican’s elite who decides...

<p>The National Republican Senatorial Committee is running its first ad of the election cycle in Kentucky, where GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul faces state Democratic candidate Attorney General Jack Conway.</p> <p>The attack ad, a black-and-white film that resembles an old-time news reel, show pictures of a horse race and a voice-over that says Mr. Conway is riding on the back of President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and their failed policies.</p>

There are a number of razor-close political races happening in California this November. Voters couldn’t give a hoot. All they care about is ganja. This year, attention has been shifted from political races and re-focused on Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana for recreational use in the Golden State. The debate has been anything but relaxed. The National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), the Marijuana Policy Project, several other grassroots activist groups and even rapper Snoop Dogg have been lobbying for the proposition, which has dominated California social media in the past few weeks. Snoop even issued a...

This morning I took part in a sacred civic obligation: I voted. The casting of one’s ballot is a truly egalitarian American experience — everyone has an equal say in how they will be represented in matters of governance. It doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor, religious or not, a Mayflower descendant or a newly sworn-in U.S. citizen. But in Maryland, my rights were infringed upon when my identity as a legal voter was rendered insignificant. Nobody asked me for identification, nor was anyone obliged to do so. As a result of this inaction, voter fraud will not only...

August Industrial Production Misses Expectations Vincent Fernando, CFA Sep. 15, 2010, 9:16 AM U.S. industrial production rose by 0.2% in August vs. 0.3% expected according to Finviz. July's industrial production growth was also revised down to 0.6% from 1%. Federal Reserve: The downward revision in July primarily resulted from newly available data on the output of four industries within manufacturing: iron and steel, construction machinery, paper, and pharmaceuticals. The index for manufacturing output rose 0.2 percent in August after having advanced 0.7 percent in July; the step-down in the rate of increase reflected a fallback in the production of motor...

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About Contact Archives RSS Columns Photos About Contact Archives RSS Columns Photos Michelle Malkin Rove bashes O’Donnell; O’Donnell supporter at victory party strikes back; NRSC cuts and runs; Update: Soros Republican Castle won’t back O’Donnell By Michelle Malkin • September 14, 2010 10:43 PM Scroll for updates… I just finished watching Karl Rove trashing GOP Senate primary winner Christine O’Donnell. It was on Sean Hannity’s FNC show. Might as well have been Olbermann on MSNBC. The establishment Beltway strategist couldn’t even bother with an obligatory word of congratulations for O’Donnell. He criticized her “character” and “rectitude” and claimed she hadn’t...

How do we make sense of Christine O’Donnell stunning Mike Castle in Delaware, Carl Paladino crushing Rick Lazio in New York’s GOP gubernatorial primary, and Kelly Ayotte and Ovide Lamontagne still running neck-and-neck in New Hampshire’s Senate GOP contest? It’s simple: We’re witnessing a purge within the Republican Party. Yet it’s important to understand that this purge isn’t out of the ordinary. It’s what political parties do after they lose. The happiest people today are the beleaguered folks in the West Wing. The intra-party spat inside the GOP means the White House gets a few days out of the spotlight,...

It is an undisputed fact that democratic principles are closely linked to the will of the people almost any place where even fledgling democracies exist. Turkish citizens are able to take an active role in deciding issues that face their country. Whether the public wants to maintain the status quo or whether they want change and whether the majority of the people want change through constitutional reform and vote “yes,” the question is, “Did the majority of the electorate know what they were voting for?” Or did they just not like the military, so people wanted change? In a similar...

Editors' note: this piece is co-authored by Jeanne Monahan. The abortion industry is in celebratory mode these days. They are rapidly achieving a long hoped-for goal of making chemical abortions more acceptable and easily accessible. The problem is they are resorting to profound and dangerous deception to get what they want. On Friday, August 13 – after 5 p.m., when most of the nation’s capital had left for a lazy summer weekend – the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly announced approval of “ella,” a new and more effective “Emergency Contraceptive (EC).” Although the drug is officially categorized as an...

Words are supposed to convey thoughts, but they can also obliterate thoughts and shut down thinking. As Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, a catchword can “delay further analysis for fifty years.” Holmes also said, “Think things, not words.” When you are satisfied to accept words, without thinking beyond those words to the things — the tangible realities of the world — you are confirming what philosopher Thomas Hobbes said in the 17th century, that words are wise men’s counters but they are the money of fools. Even in matters of life and death, too many people accept words instead of...

In case you haven't seen it, check out Rachel Maddow's lame hit piece on Christine O'Donnell last night. The crux of it is that Maddow seems to have a problem with the fact that O'Donnell is a Christian who believes in Biblical morality. On the clip O'Donnell is quoted as speaking out against masturbation. So has Maddow crafted a new campaign slogan for Chris Coons? "Vote For Chris Coons! He's The Candidate That SUPPORTS Masturbation!" C'mon Freepers, let's have some fun with this. Give us some great campaign slogan suggestions for Coons based on the Rachel Maddow hit piece.

The crash of our time came two years ago today. We know the economic story well. Lehman Brothers fell. The markets went with it. But the political story of September 15 is barely known. That it made Barack Obama's majority. That, two years later, it explains why the Democratic majority is on life support. Recall the Obama hyperbole of November 2008. Talk of an enduring progressive majority. New York Times' columnist Paul Krugman typified a corps of liberal analysts at the time. "We've had a major political realignment," Krugman wrote. "[The] presidential election was a clear referendum on political philosophies...

Here is video of Delaware’s new GOP U.S. Senate nominee – Christine O’Donnell – on ABC this morning, where she talked about her victory with George Stephanopoulos. She also fired back at criticism of her by GOP Political Strategist Karl Rove, who last night questioned her ability as a candidate, and raised questions about her personal background. O’Donnell gave credit to Sarah Palin for making the difference in her race. Palin endorsed her, and really helped her gain traction. On criticism from Karl Rove, O’Donnell said his statements are “unfactual,” and suggested it comes from the fact Rove predicted she...

Dear Carrie: My husband and I are both considering taking Social Security next year at age 62. I'm told that I could draw on my husband's account and potentially collect more monthly than I would if I draw from my own earnings without it affecting what he gets. Is this true? Also, should my husband die before me, would I collect his full monthly benefit or a portion of it? -- Mary Dear Mary: Your question is interesting because it brings up several issues about spousal and survivor Social Security benefits that can be confusing. Whether to take benefits at...

Pope Benedict XVI The Pope will arrive in the UK for his four-day trip on Thursday More than 50 public figures have added their names to a letter in the Guardian newspaper saying the Pope should not be given the "honour" of a UK state visit. Authors Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman and actor Stephen Fry are among those critical of the Vatican record on birth control, gay rights and abortion. David Cameron has said the Pope's visit will be a "very special four days". A Catholic spokesman said the prime minister's comments were an "excellent response to this open...

President Barack Obama's popularity remains high in Europe but has fallen in the past year as doubts emerge about some of his foreign policies, an opinion poll published on Wednesday showed.

In any normal year, a longtime powerbroker like the 84-year-old Dingell wouldn’t waste a second thought on a neophyte challenger in his reliably Democratic seat. Even in bad years for Democrats, Dingell’s won comfortably—he's been held under 60 percent of the vote just once in his long career. In 2008, Democrat Barack Obama won his district with two-thirds of the presidential vote. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42191.html#comments#ixzz0zbYhLsk8

Autonation CEO Succumbs To Obama Derangement Syndrome: Says President Is Playing The Class Warfare Card To Divide America Joe Weisenthal Sep. 15, 2010, 8:01 AM Oh hey look! It's another CEO outraged that Obama plans to raise taxes on the rich. This time it's Autonation CEO Mike Jackson who says on CNBC that the President is playing class warfare to divide Americans. Apparently returning tax rates for the richest Americans to where they were prior to Bush -- which actually we don't think is a great idea -- is class warfare. All of these CEOs keep bashing Obama, which is...

Iran has agreed to donate $25 million to Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in order to support Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's next election campaign, the British Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday.