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The wait is over. Fox News said Tuesday that Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Chris Christie and John Kasich will all appear on the dais Thursday for the first prime-time debate of the primary season. The seven other major declared candidates -- Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, and Jim Gilmore -- will appear at a debate earlier Thursday evening. The debate in Cleveland marks the beginning of a new stage in the Republican nominating contest, where candidates will likely...

MichelleMalkin.com readers have answered the call of duty! Last night, inspired by reader Duke, I put out a call for NASA logo redesign Photoshops to mock Team Obama’s Muslim-pandering makeover of the space program. Entries are pouring in to my mailbox. Had to share some of the best and most pointed images with you right away. Pick your favorites:

Howard Dean, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Senator Hillary Clinton (D.-NY) jointly hold the dubious distinction of being the only major public figures with less credibility than Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas, the recently elected successor to the late Yassir Arafat, alternately advocates peace with Israel and its total annihilation, depending on the particular audience he happens to be addressing. Likewise, both Dean and Clinton are on record as being not only the sworn enemies of conservatism, but also its truest of champions. Although they disagree on specific tactics in their respective quests for power, and they undoubtedly...

The new year is a fresh beginning in many ways. We set aside past disappointments and start with a clean slate. Some folks have more disappointments to set aside than others. Many Democrats, just to cite an example off the top of my head, require some major work. When a presidential candidate wins only 600 of the approximately 3,100 counties in the country, his party needs some serious reinvention. 2005 will be the year in which various leaders of the self-styled party of the people will undergo such extreme makeovers that they’ll end up looking like Joan Rivers. If they...

<p>Facing a polarized Legislature and a $34.6 billion shortfall, Gov. Gray Davis had no illusions of devising a budget plan that achieved his goal of long-term stability for California while pleasing everyone.</p> <p>In the proposal he unveiled Friday, the second-term Democrat instead plotted a pragmatist's course: mixing government cuts with tax increases and transferring some responsibilities to local government.</p>

Environmental Protection Administration chief Christine Todd Whitman answers questions during a news conference on air quality near Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Monday, July 1, 2002, near the Tennessee-North Carolina border. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)