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First, a quick note to those around the country who read this column each week. I'm still receiving e-mails and letters commenting on my recent column about political agendas creeping into private schools. I greatly appreciate the response. As I focus on one topic and then another from week to week, I find myself accused now of being a right-wing fanatic, and then a liberal softy who doesn't like Christians. Another frequent criticism is that I focus too much on happenings in Florida. Before this week's short and pointed message, let me address some of these criticisms. And forgive me,...

Republican leaders seemed to think of social conservatives as easy dupes. A couple of months ago the Republican leaders of the House and Senate put on a show for us, bringing to the floor a number of bills they knew would fail. The flag burning amendment and the federal marriage amendment are examples. It would be one thing if the leaders really believed in these bills, if they put time and effort into passing them, but that hardly seemed to be the case. Instead, the whole thing came off as a charade to keep the social conservatives voting Republican for...

George Bush has been bitch-slapped. Pole-axed. Humbled. The voters at these mid-term elections have crucified him over Iraq, and he's already had to dump his detested Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld. He's now desperately figuring how to bring his troops home, and will soon be in full retreat as the Democrats . . . Wakey, wakey! Dream over, Bushbasher. It's true, Bush has been hurt. It's true, his missteps in Iraq cost his Republican Party plenty. And it's true, too, that with the Democrats taking over the House of Representatives and Senate, he's lost some power. But now the buts. First,...

WASHINGTON -- From the riotous coverage of this election, starting months ago and ending with the November 7 crescendo, one might conclude that momentous events are afoot: To the Barricades! Out with the Old, in with the New! Actually we have just endured a typical midterm election, when a president halfway through his second term suffers losses on Capitol Hill. On average that has meant 31 House seats lost and six Senate seats poof. Now, once the lawyers have conjured with the corpus delicti in all the close elections, we shall see that this is about what happened. Do not...

When Americans voted to put Democrats in power Tuesday, they did not reject conservatism but the Republican establishment and its big-spending habit. "It [the election] was not a repudiation of conservative ideas or values," said Pat Toomey, president of the Club for Growth, a PAC that backs fiscal conservatives for Congress. "It was a rejection of the Republican Party, in part, we believe, for having failed to commit itself to the conservative ideas that are at the core of the coalition that elected Republicans." While Toomey acknowledged that the Iraq war, coupled with President Bush's low approval ratings and six-year...

Watching in stunned amazement from the other side of the Pacific, trying to take in the electoral devastation meted out to the GOP, I have only one question (and my inquiry is genuine): How the hell was this allowed to happen?

Editor's note: On Monday, Karl Rove joined Hugh Hewitt on his radio program to discuss polliing, House races, the Senate and all things Election 2006. The transcript follows: HH: Hello, Karl. KR: How are you, man? HH: Great, thank you. Karl, you’ve been an optimist. What sort of data do you have? And what’s it telling you to justify that optimism? KR: Well, for the past six weeks or so, I’ve been looking at as many as 68 polls every week, for as many as 68 races for the House, the Senate and governorships. And so I see the national...

Mohammed is best known for founding Islam. What is less known is that his entire philosophy is rooted in Western Liberalism as it is practiced in the modern day. Mohammed was born to a poor, non influential family sometime around 570 AD. When he turned 25 (like John Kerry and other other human lampreys that comprise the modern day elite) he entered the service of a rich widow and occasionally accompanied an Uncle on trips to Syria and Southern Saudi Arabia where he learned such things as Peace and Justice (cause even back then, these places were on the cutting...

...Rightroots has picked fourteen conservative House candidates and four conservative Senate candidates according to the belief that “properly funded, these candidates represent our best chance to retain control of Congress and to enact a conservative agenda.” The candidates are as follows: U.S. House of Representatives Michele Bachmann (MN-06) Chuck Blasdel (OH-6) Max Burns (GA-12) John Gard (WI-08) Diana Irey (PA-12) Jeff Lamberti (IA-03) Ray Meier (NY-24) David McSweeney (IL-08) Rick O'Donnell (CO-07) Peter Roskam (IL-06) Scott Tipton (CO-3) Van Taylor (TX-17) Chris Wakim (WV-01) Mike Whalen (IA-01) U.S. Senate Thomas Kean (New Jersey) Michael Steele (Maryland) Mark Kennedy (Minnesota) Mike...

Green Bay - This evening, at the Fifth Congressional District Republican Caucus, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker will announce that he is withdrawing from the race for the Republican nomination for governor of Wisconsin. In response to Walker’s announcement, Congressman Mark Green issued the following statement: “Words can’t properly express my appreciation and respect for Scott Walker. “He’s a committed and principled public leader, who always puts the needs of the taxpayers first. “His decision today only confirms that. “More importantly, he’s a good man, wonderful father and husband, and he keeps to his word. “Milwaukee County is very fortunate...

President George W. Bush's job-approval ratings have fallen off slightly from January 2006, according to a recent Harris Interactive poll, while Congress's ratings have remained about the same. Any benefit President Bush may have gained from his State of the Union speech didn't last long enough to be measured in the latest poll, as Mr. Bush's ratings are now 40% positive, down from a positive rating of 43% in January, and 58% negative, up from 56% negative. ~~~~snip~~~~ Here are full results of the poll: "How would you rate the overall job George W. Bush is doing as president --...

Sen. Hillary Clinton is "abusing the system" -- using New York State voters as a springboard to the presidency, according to a 38-year-old Republican who would like to stop Mrs. Clinton in 2006, well before the 2008 Democratic race for president. "[Clinton] is not even running for U.S. Senate, she is running for president and she clearly has no intention of fulfilling a six-year Senate term if she is re-elected," said likely GOP Senate candidate Adam Brecht in an interview with Cybercast News Service. "Unfortunately, she's abusing the system," Brecht said. "I think putting everyone through the charade of a...