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President Obama seems to be undergoing a strange metamorphosis. He's slowly turning into John McCain. 1) Last Thursday, Obama told a group of CEOs he would consider cutting corporate taxes. Candidate McCain was for a corporate tax cut. 2) On Friday, Obama seemed to channel McCain's famous campaign quote that "the fundamentals of the economy are sound." The exact Obama statement: "If we are keeping focused on all the fundamentally sound aspects of our economy, all the outstanding companies, workers, all the innovation, and dynamism in this country, then we're going to get through this." 3) Today the New York...

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is under fire from social conservatives for telling GQ magazine that abortion is an "individual choice" and homosexuality is not. Despite declaring to GQ that women have the right to choose an abortion, Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Michael Steele has issued a statement saying he has always been pro-life and supports a constitutional amendment to overturn Roe v. Wade. Matt Barber, director of cultural affairs for Liberty Counsel and Liberty Alliance Action, says in Steele's interview with GQ, he "sounded like he was on the payroll of Planned Parenthood." "I'm encouraged that Michael...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Christopher Hill, President Barack Obama's pick to become the top diplomat in Iraq, will meet privately next week with John McCain after the Republican senator said he opposes the nomination. Three other Republican senators have joined McCain in saying they were disappointed in Obama's choice. Sens. McCain, John Ensign of Nevada, Lindsay Graham of South Carolina and Sam Brownback of Kansas say Hill does not have enough experience in the Middle East.

Back in early 2007, about 20 months before the last Presidential election, I wrote a post called “Why I can’t trust John McCain.” I wasn’t alone. A Google search on “I don’t trust McCain” reveals a couple thousand hits. I grew tired of McCain fighting our agenda, voting against tax cuts, bowing to global warming loons, insulting Christian leaders, ganging against us with his liberal “Gang of 14” and passing useless laws with liberals like Russ Feingold. Not to mention his ignoring of CPAC. The Press rewarded him with the name “Maverick” for bashing the Republican Party (if a Democrat...

Meghan McCain put her two cents into the cable babble discussion on the "Democratic plot," as Rep. John Boehner calls it, of a second stimulus package, telling Fox & Friends this morning that it would be a "disaster." But last night, during what McCain Twittered was a "fun, provocative interview" with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow ("P.S. she's got great style..." continued the Tweet), McCain confessed she doesn't know much about the economy.

Link to Rachel Maddow interview with Meghan McCain on MSNBC (Total Time: 9:59) "...there are people who think we should go back to our conservative roots, become extreme conservatives" (emphasis mine) (1:26) Maddow identified Tim Pawlenty as being on McCain's side. (1:42) "I love the Republican Party and I'm trying to help it." (2:11) "...the poster child for moderate Republicanism..." (Maddow, talking about McCain) (2:44) "I still consider myself a Republican." (emphasis mine) (4:04) "...we're never going to create a dialogue, meet in the middle..." (talking about Republicans appearing on Maddow's show, Maddow appearing on Fox) (4:17) "And I hate...

The Senate confirmed David Ogden as deputy attorney general this afternoon, by a vote of 65-28, after an often testy debate between Republican and Democratic senators that dipped in and out of discussions of pornography. Mr. Ogden, who had served in the Clinton administration’s Justice Department, also represented Playboy magazine and librarians opposed to congressional mandated software that filtered content from the Internet when he was in private practice. His First Amendment work ignited some opposition, prompting what Senator Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, termed an “unprecedented” number of phone calls and contacts from citizens against...

Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain today denounced as “highly offensive” remarks about Ronald Reagan made by President Barack Obama’s nominee for the number two spot at the Department of the Interior. At a nomination hearing for David Hayes for deputy secretary of Interior, the former Republican presidential candidate read aloud from an article that Hayes wrote in April 2006 which drew unfavorable comparisons between former President George W. Bush and Reagan.

With President Obama's plan to tax the rich to pay for health care facing deep skepticism on Capitol Hill, key lawmakers are pressing a different way to raise money: taxing the health benefits workers receive from their employers. Since companies began offering group health insurance on a large scale during World War II, the value of that benefit has never been counted as income, reducing workers' taxable earnings by an average of $9,000 a year for family coverage. In recent weeks, however, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the tax-writing Finance Committee, has repeatedly advocated changing tax laws to include...

Ron Paul, the Texas congressman who is the darling of the Libertarian Right, has more earmarks in the pork-laden $410-billion spending bill than any other Republican. That's not according to the MSM, or the liberal blogosphere. That's what Fox News is reporting. In an interview Tuesday night with Fox News' Neil Cavuto, Paul not only defended his own earmarks, he argued that every penny in the federal budget should be earmarked, to improve transparency. Paul, a fiscal watchdog who said he voted against the bill because he believes federal spending is out of control, acknowledged that $73 million in the...

Meghan McCain revealed to "Extra" her pick of stars to play her parents John and Cindy on the big screen. "I think if there were an actor to play my father, it would be Robert Duvall, because dad's a big fan of his." Meghan suggested that mom Cindy would be played by a glamorous legend "like Sharon Stone."

Fox News Sean Hannity invited Meghan McCain on his show to talk about court filing by 9/11 defendants detained at Guantanamo Bay. The group of detainees had admitted that they were terrorists to the bone. "They declared war on us and were fighting a war and we know there is about 60-some odd detainees that have gone back to the battlefield. Why for the first time ever would we give rights to enemy combatants?" asked Hannity. Meghan McCain seemed to agree. "What competent person thinks this is a good idea? Literally when I think of my brother and his people...

WASHINGTON, Mar 10, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says he's ready to work with President Barack Obama, the man who dashed his hopes for the White House last year. From issues involving Afghanistan and Iraq to military procurement reform, McCain says he is ready to work with the White House, Politico reported. Last week, he had a breakfast meeting with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, appeared with the president at a White House media event and discussed how to squelch budget earmarks with Vice President Joe Biden. "These are terrible, perilous times, so I will seek...

Don't Hold It Against Conservatives Who Voted Against McCain March 10, 2009 RUSH: I want to answer one question that was asked of me by Susan from Grosse Pointe, Michigan, about conservatives who voted for McCain, and I want to say up front here that this explanation that you are about to hear is one of these that will be ripe for taking out of context by my friends on the right to once again smear my meaning. Here goes. I said just before the previous hour concluded, I don't hold it against any conservative who voted against McCain....

NEW YORK, March 10 (UPI) -- Meghan McCain, daughter of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, said she was just offering her opinion when she criticized commentator Ann Coulter. McCain, 24, who writes a blog for the Web site The Daily Beast, said the conservative Coulter is "offensive," "insulting" and "confusing." "It's not meant to be mean or nasty, it's just my perspective," she told "Inside Edition" of her remarks.

After a losing presidential campaign in 2000, John McCain came back to the Senate and established himself as a force no White House could ignore. Eight years later, he’s home from defeat again, facing a very different landscape dominated by President Barack Obama and the collapsing American economy. From Afghanistan and Iraq to military procurement reform, McCain tells POLITICO he is already working with Obama. Last week alone, he had breakfast with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, appeared with the president at a White House press event and took a phone call from Vice President Joe Biden soliciting McCain’s input on...

Meghan McCain, the daughter of former GOP presidential nominee John McCain, was on CBS’ The Early Show this morning, where she talked about her distaste for controversial right-wing pundit Ann Coulter. McCain has called Coulter “offensive, radical, insulting and confusing all at the same time,” adding, “if figureheads like Ann Coulter are turning me off, then they are definitely turning off other members of my generation as well.” “I love the Republican Party, I spent two years campaigning with my father and I completely fell in love with the Republican Party, and I think it’s hard for me to explain...

Senator John McCain says he seeks to work closely with the Obama administration on economy, despite holding vastly different views on the issue. "These are terrible, perilous times, so I will seek ways to work with the president of the United States," the former Republican presidential nominee told Politico. "I don't want him to fail in his mission of restoring our economy." McCain, who was among leading opposition forces in the US Senate against President Barack Obama's hefty $787 billion stimulus plan, said he would not refuse to help Obama. McCain said he had already started collaborating with Obama and...

Meghan McCain calls Ann Coulter 'offensive' and 'insulting' Posted: 12:55 PM ET Meghan McCain takes aim at Ann Coulter in a new blog post. Meghan McCain takes aim at Ann Coulter in a new blog post. (CNN) – Fresh off public complaints about her own love life, Meghan McCain has a new target for her most recent gripes: conservative commentator Ann Coulter.

McCain: Rush 'a distraction' Politico Live Politico Live 40 mins ago Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that the Rush Limbaugh dust up this week has been "all a distraction." "I think it's all a distraction," McCain said during an interview on Fox News Sunday. "Mr. Limbaugh has his audience and his base of support around the country, but the important stuff is what we're talking about right now, job losses." Limbaugh has criticized McCain numerous times over the years, but the Arizona senator chose to lay off an opportunity to take a shot at the radio host. McCain also...