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The lesson of 1998 is reflected in those two Rasmussen polls: Don't investigate "birther" allegations or Ground Zero Mosque developers or Reverend Wright, or anything else that would bee seen as partisan. DO aggressively analyze and investigate the devastating financial impact that Obamacare will have on the Republic. If they GOP takes the latter route, then they will do the nation a great service and reap political rewards. If the GOP takes the former route, then they risk awakening the Ghost of Investigations Past, and the failure that he will bring.

As an election law attorney with fourteen years experience, I can tell you that the Miller camp is using the "spaghetti justice" approach to election law. They are throwing the whole pot of pasta up on the wall to see what sticks. We have a job to do in Washington, one that Joe Miller passionately supports. It is my sincere hope that the person in the Miller camp who understands third grade math prevails soon because the Alaska ballot count is a distraction from the task at hand: Balancing the federal budget and ending the Obama deficits.

The unelected special prosecutor became the face of the GOP. He was an easy target. The GOP lost sight of fiscal restraint because impeachment had put our heads squarely up our derrieres. We never regained our focus. The GOP lost control of the debate, and as a result the public believed that we were more interested in marking Slick Willie with the Scarlet "A" than we were in governing.

In the strange case of Heath Shuler, the Democrats took a page out of the GOP book and ran a proud evangelical Christian, who has been able to obscure his left-leaning tendencies by connecting with voters through faith. Shuler won't win the race for Minority Leader, and importantly, no one should be fooled. The fact that he will run and lose does not mean that there is a strong conservative or moderate wing of the Democratic Party.

Gifted politicians understand the heartbeat that lives under those Friday night lights. Bill Clinton understood it. Bush 43 understood it. Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin and other 2012 hopefuls understand it.

These are the tactics that the Left has used to keep an iron grip on urban counties such as Hudson County. This is not an isolated case in New Jersey. Voter fraud is endemic. There have been criminal prosecutions of voter fraud in the urban areas of Atlantic and Essex Counties. It looks now like there may be one in Hudson.

Despite the fact that America is a Pro Life nation, and despite the fact that the incoming GOP majority is a pro life majority, there is no 2010 mandate to move pro life legislation.

The Republicans in Washington can stop the hideous liberal agenda. The Legislative abomination that is FOCA needs to be stopped. With 41 Republicans in the Senate and with the chaos in the Democratic Caucus, a Republican should be able to mount a filibuster, and there should be enough Republicans to oppose a cloture motion. A filibuster would support the efforts of millions to pass significant abortion reform legislation nationwide.

overnor Blagojevich is at it again! He has defied his own party and appointed a successor to President-elect Barack H. Obama in the United States Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has already announces that the Senate would not seat the new nominee, which raised the question, when was the last time that the United States Senate refused to seat an elected Senator. According to U.S. Senate historians, the last time was in 1947, when a coalition of Republicans and Northern Democrats refused to seat Hon. Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi (pictured left). Senator Bilbo was a real character of...

When he was Candidate Obama, the President-elect promised to be The One to stop the rise of the oceans. Despite the fact that they do not vote in American elections and are not supposed to donate to American prsidential candidates, the rest of the world now want to hold The One to his promise to stop the mythical rise of the oceans. That translates into implementation of the Kyoto Accord. Implementation translates into severe damage to the American economy, especially the auto industry. How will the auto industry, its lobbyists and the legislators who shill for it oppose Kyoto after...

There is a lot of talk in the blogosphere (and in what’s left of the newspapers) about the 2010 election cycle. The talk is about Camelot Barbie and her quest for Hilary’s Senate seat; there is talk about Harry Reid’s uphill battle to retain his own seat; and there is talk about Jeb Bush running for the Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez. These are interesting topics, but conservatives must focus on the first task at hand - the 2009 statewide races in Virginia, New Jersey and perhaps Illinois.

The New York Daily News created some buzz in the press and on the web when it obtained and released the official record of Caroline Kennedy’s voting history. Their analysis was that she had missed nearly half of the elections that she has been eligible to vote in since she registered to vote in New York. Frankly, this is a red herring. Instead we need to focus on her lack of experience and learn what we can about her policy positions.

Democrats everywhere are drooling over the coming ascension of Caroline Kennedy to the United States Senate. Despite her total lack of relevant experience, “Camelot Barbie” is going to begin her career near the top. How can someone with no objective qualification for statewide office begin her career with statewide office in one of the most powerful states in the Republic? It is because her party love political royalty. And liberals love political royalty because it helps them rationalize their defeatist worldview.

The Conga Line of corruption in New Jersey has been leading more and more Democrat elected officials first to the court room, then to the GreyBar Hotel. Yesterday, the Conga Line grew by one as the New Jersey Attorney General announced the indictment of a sitting New Jersey Assemblyman for using his legislative office to obtain, view and distribute child pornography. The question for Republicans is convincing the public that they are not just more of the same.

The congregants from the Wasilla Bible Church were not looking to cast stones in the wake of the fire that nearly destroyed Gov. Palin’s house of worship. With an investigation in progress, the authorities will not comment or theorize. Given the criticism of the church by the forces of political correctness and the historical background of the election, is it possible that this arson is the work of the Anti-Prop 8 Mafia?

Under the principles of Faithful Citizenship established by the Conference of Bishops, Catholic churches may be involved in certain forms of non-partisan political activity. MFP is developing an idea for a modest addition to the Faithful Citizenship program undertaken in each parish in the nation. MFP recommends a nationwide effort to assist those Catholics in need of assistance in voting, either by absentee ballot or by transport to the polls.

Was BHO born in Kenya? Did he become a citizen of Indonesia? These are questions that were not throughly explored by the candidates who ran against BHO in the Democratic Party primaries and caucuses. Messrs. Berg and Donofrio are giving their own life blood to bring the question to a head, but their quest will end tomorrow when the United Supreme Court puts an end to Donfrio v. Wells.

The image of a very popular governor and possible 2012 rival hangs over the President-elect as he establishes a professional relationship with her. BHO is in a Catch-22. On one hand, he has an obligation to work with her on the natural gas pipeline project. On the other, if he helps make it a success, does he hand a potential rival an accomplishment?

Conservatives, embittered by the election debacle, are on the internet in force threatening jihad on BHO over the apparent defects in his citizenship. For them, it is payback time. For eight years, the American Left wrongfully undermined President Bush by arguing ad nauseum that he stole the 2000 election. They hurt the party by doing so, and conservatives who undermine the legitimacy of BHO’s election will end up hurting the nation.

The time to challenge President-elect Obama’s citizenship has long since passed. Based on long-standing principles of election law, opponents must raise defects in nominating petitions, including the eligibility of the candidate, at the time of the filing of the nominating petition. Petitions were filed in late 2007 and early 2008. There were no legal challenges And not for nothing: Don’t you think that Senator Clinton would have raised this issue in order to keep BHO off the ballot? Citizenship will remain as a political issue, and may return as a legal issue in 2012.