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President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid remain optimistic the Senate can wrap up the healthcare overhaul in time for Christmas, but few signs suggest that package will be ready in 2009. “I think it's going to pass out of the Senate before Christmas,” Obama said during an interview aired Sunday on CBS News’s “60 Minutes.” The Senate will pick up the debate this week after taking a break to pass a spending bill to keep the government running. But Reid (D-Nev.) will have to find a way to get 60 votes with Republicans united against the bill...

I want you to go to Constitutionally Speaking (CS) ... but not quite yet. As I have written numerous times, most members of Congress (past and present), knew that Obama was constitutionally ineligible for the office of President and remained silent. The names include Barney Frank, Maxine Waters, Shelia Jackson Lee, Joe Scarborough, Ted Kennedy, Orrin Hatch .... the list is endless. This is the dirty little secret known to most everyone in Washington, in the MSM, and in the legal community. It was purposely kept from the general public. The CS series provides exhaustive details of Congress' extensive knowledge...

The president rolled out the new strategy of scapegoating insurance companies during his town hall meeting in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday,

When it comes to donating to politicians and filling their coffers, bonus-and-bail-out embattled American International Group Inc.'s Financial Products unit in Wilton has a stimulus record of its own, providing Sen. Christopher Dodd's presidential campaign with more than $103,000 during the 2008 election cycle. AIG's contributions to Dodd outpace the financial firm's $101,000 contribution to President Barack Obama's election bid. Altogether, AIG executives raised $630,000 during the past election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, as the company was coming under fire. At least $120,000 of those contributions were made after September when Congress awarded AIG the first...

WASHINGTON – A Democratic official rebuked conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh on Friday for suggesting a health care proposal will be named in memory of Sen. Edward Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer. On his radio show, Limbaugh said President Barack Obama's proposed health care revisions will be championed by "the liberal lion Teddy Kennedy."

As polls just before the election showed Barack Obama winning, Dave Keene, president of the American Conservative Union, paid a visit to columnist Robert Novak at his home. His longtime friend was chuckling, and Keene asked him why. “Well, my Democratic friends think they’ve died and gone to heaven,” Novak said. “If they’d been around as long as I have, they’d realize that it isn’t heaven, and they don’t have a permanent invitation to stay anyway.” In fact, Keene tells Newsmax, Obama did not win for the reasons he thinks he did, and he can be counted on to overreach,...

All of the historic work that's been done in Virginia over the last six months now comes down to just five days, and Barack Obama, Mark Warner and our Congressional candidates are relying on YOU. Talk of the infamous GOP "72-hour program" has already begun. In 2000 and 2004 this program put George W. Bush over the top in Florida and Ohio, respectively. This year, the same operation is expected to land in Virginia. However, the Republicans have failed to recognize the infrastructure we've built over the last three years. Our operation elected Governor Kaine in 2005, unseated George Allen...

Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Monday used some of his harshest language to rip Democratic rival Barack Obama but stopped short of the personal attacks his running mate has launched. The Arizona senator, speaking in the battleground state of New Mexico, described Sen. Obama (Ill.) as a candidate who will promise one thing and do another. In addition, McCain said the American people have not received enough answers from the Democrat. “For a guy who’s already authored two memoirs, he’s not exactly an open book,” McCain stated. “Whatever the question, whatever the issue, there's always a back story with...

A political scientist at a Christian college in New York City warns that if Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama loses the election on November 4, race riots could break out in large U.S. cities. A recent Associated Press-Yahoo News poll suggested Senator Obama's race could cost him up to six percentage points on election night. David Corbin, a politics professor at The King's College, contends there is potential for public riots the night of or after the election, if Obama's lead in the polls does not translate into victory. "I don't think that's something that we've looked at very closely,...

Please tell me if you can, who BELIEVES the crap that's being posted over there at Daily Kos? WHO????

Bernanke declares markets must be stabilized, Bush reported eyeing speech to nation WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke declared Wednesday that economic growth depends on stabilizing stressed financial institutions as the White House said President Bush was weighing a speech to the nation on turmoil in the markets.

BALTIMORE, Md. -- Biden accepted the endorsement of the National Association of Police Organizations this morning on behalf of the Democratic ticket, pledging to again provide a seat at the table for local law enforcement. Biden, speaking on a conference call with NAPO President Tom Nee, made a plug for the “Biden Crime Bill,” which he said was contributed to a 30 percent drop in violent crime in the 1990s. “Then, for some reason, because this administration and my good friend John don’t think it’s a role of the federal government to be involved in local law enforcement … they...

A quick video of Bob Hope delivering a classic dig at Rats.

Congressional Democrats want the United States to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help bring down oil prices, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray said Saturday. Murray said during the Democrats' weekly radio address that with gasoline prices reaching new highs, it is time to use the emergency reserves and urge oil companies to drill on leased federal lands. We believe it's time for the oil companies to use that land and to make sure that it stays in America instead of shipping it to the highest bidder overseas, Murray said. Democrats also think it is time to tap into the...

The latest pre-primary polls suggest that Hillary Clinton has faint hopes of stalling Barack Obama's march to the Democratic nomination. Obama had been leading by double digits in Oregon, where he expects to win on Tuesday, enabling him to declare victory in the pledged delegate race and perhaps sew up the nomination. But the latest polls in Oregon show Clinton within striking distance. Obama leads 45 percent to 41 percent with 8 percent undecided and 6 percent refusing a response, according to a Suffolk University survey released this morning. An American Research Group survey puts Obama's lead at 50 percent...

The specter of John Kerry in 2004 is beginning to haunt the Democrats in 2008. It is the specter of wimpy campaigns past. It showed up, like Banquo's ghost, at the debate Wednesday night in Philadelphia, particularly when Hillary Clinton joined with ABC's George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson to nip away at the edges of Barack Obama's patriotism. Between the questions about Obama's meager association with William Ayers, a former Weatherman, and the suspicions raised by his lack of a flag lapel pin, the likely nominee is slowly being turned into John Kerry. He is becoming, in other words, a...

The New York Times “blog” takes note of the internecine warfare at the web’s chewy center of left-wing lunacy On Friday, it got to be too much for Alegre, a diarist on the flagship liberal blog DailyKos, who frequently writes in support of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. “I’ve put up with the abuse and anger because I’ve always believed in what our online community has tried to accomplish in this world,” Alegre wrote Friday evening. “No more.” Objecting to the tone of attacks against Mrs. Clinton and her supporters on the blog, the diarist called for a “writers strike.”

It's Sunday, enjoy a laugh as Bill and Hill tagteam on Barack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0bvZiyaBKs

Using congressional privilege, Rep. David Wu helped direct more than $2 million in defense contracts to a company in his district for T-shirts that Marines say they can no longer use in battle because they can melt and cause severe burns. A report in today's Seattle Times also found the company's top executives contributed to Wu's campaign account about the time the spending "earmarks" were written into the final Department of Defense budget. Wu told The Oregonian today that he is "horrified" the Marines had to ban the polyester T-shirts in battle because of the danger they pose. "I didn't...

The decision to exclude the brother of a pilot killed in the Sept. 11 attacks from ceremonies marking its anniversary has set off a political firestorm in Massachusetts. Jim Ogonowski, who is a Republican candidate for Congress in the heavily-Democratic state, was not asked to speak, as he had for the past four years. Ogonowski?s brother John was the pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, one of two planes that was flown into the World Trade Center. While Jim Ogonowski was not invited, speaking will be ex-Congressman Martin Meehan, whose wife is chairing Democrat Niki Tsongas' campaign against Ogonowski. "I...

Rove's Departure No Loss For America, Leaves Office Before Clearing the Air Karl Rove, chief architect of Bush's failed and reckless policies, resigns under a cloud of suspicion, refusing to testify before Congress regarding the US Attorneys scandal. Like so many senior Bush Administration officials before him, Rove's departure is marked by controversy -- not only over the US Attorneys scandal but his involvement in the Valerie Plame scandal where he leaked the name of the covert CIA agent. Undoubtedly, Rove's departure will not end the Bush White House's policies of putting what's best for the Republican Party ahead of...

Our massive strategy was to use the Fairness Doctrine to challenge and harass right-wing broadcasters and hope the challenges would be so costly to them that they would be inhibited and decide it was too expensive to continue." - William Ruder, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce Now that liberals have seized control of the U.S. Congress, they are trying to shut down talk radio so the American people can no longer hear the truth from Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity and a host of other conservatives. But isn't that what liberals always do... silence the opposition? When Lenin seized...

Excerpt - WASHINGTON - A brawl over presidential pardons punctured the normally courtly ambiance of the Senate on Thursday night, but Republicans and Democrats agreed to bury the hatchet and erase the evidence before the sun rose Friday. In the heat of a partisan spat, Democrats forced a vote on a nonbinding measure to instruct President Bush not to pardon former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. But there's no record of the 47-49 vote in the daily record of congressional proceedings — or anywhere else. That's because senators agreed less than an hour later to undo their vote...

What Democratic presidential candidate would you let babysit your kids? Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Bill Richardson Dennis Kucinich

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured Jerusalem holy sites Saturday alongside a congressional delegation that included the first Muslim elected to Congress. The tour was part of the congressional delegation's first full day in Jerusalem, the first stop on their fact-finding trip to the Middle East. The group arrived here Friday. Flanked by security guards, Pelosi, D-Calif., and the delegation toured the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where Christians believe Jesus' body was buried, in Jerusalem's Old City. They also visited the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism, where Jews have gathered for centuries to pray. Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison...

The federal agency that tracked pork-barrel spending during the 12 years of the Republican congressional majority has discontinued the practice since Democrats took power, riling lawmakers suspicious of the timing and concerned about the pace of fat being added to bills. "To me, something doesn't smell right," said Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican. "I just hope no one is pressuring" the Congressional Research Service (CRS). While not blaming the Democratic leadership, Mr. DeMint added: "I guess if you're looking for a motive, you'd have to look in that direction."

It's hard to believe, but that's what we're hearing from Capitol Hill. A resolution has been proposed in the House of Representatives that condemns Iran for the seizure of British sailors and marines, expresses support for our British allies. It's hard to see anything controversial in that. But apparently, the resolution has languished all week while Pelosi refuses to allow it to come to the floor. Earlier today, Congressman Eric Cantor wrote the following letter to Pelosi: Dear Madam Speaker: Fifteen kidnapped British marines and sailors recently became the latest victims of a systematic Iranian campaign of terror and international...

At one press conference, Rep. Maxine Waters, now serving her 9th term in the House of Representatives, declared that under the Out of Iraq Caucus's plan, the United States could remove U.S. troops from Iraq "by August of 1980 [sic."] Then, Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, reasoning that 1980 had already taken place, said the actual date was August 2008. Rep. Lloyd Doggett suggested that Mr. Bush, "the misleader," was to blame for his colleagues' confusion. Rep. Lynn Woolsey, California Democrat, tried to explain the caucus plan, but stumbled over the chronology of the withdrawal, saying at one point that...

REID DEMANDS SENATE REPUBLICANS NOT BLOCK CRITICAL 9/11 LEGISLATION Tells Senate Republicans to stop protecting the President and starting protecting the American people Washington, DC — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today released the following statement demanding Senate Republicans put the security needs of the American people ahead of the political needs of President Bush and drop their plans to block legislation to implement the recommendations of the bipartisan 9/11 Commission. "The same President that initially opposed the Department of Homeland Security and initially opposed the 9/11 Commission has signaled that he may oppose to the most sweeping improvement to...

(2007-02-19) — After failing to pass a non-binding resolution condemning a U.S. troop surge in Iraq, Democrats, reluctant to cut funding for the war, are reportedly studying a host of alternatives designed to show that they support the troops yet oppose the commander-in-chief, President George Bush. “Cutting funding for troops in the field is political suicide,” said one unnamed Democrat senator, “but we think we have some creative ways to accomplish our goal of ending the war, without the perception that we’re anti-troop.” The following is a partial list of the top options now under consideration by Democrat leaders in...

GOP tactic blocks Iraq debate As Democrats were getting ready to debate what was wrong with President Bush's plan to send additional troops to Iraq, Republicans managed to block the resolution. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid accused Republicans of giving Bush a "green light." "You can run, but you can't hide," Reid said. "We are going to debate Iraq."

If there really are two Americas, one of the two probably lacks available space for more mansions like the one just purchased by Mr. Populism himself, John Edwards. Don Carrington of The Carolina Journal dishes on King John's new palace.If it were any other human being alive, it probably wouldn't grate much to watch this chapion of the lawsuit lists erect a pleasure dome that Kubla Kahn would get lost in without a GPS and a digital map. It grates particularly, because of his scathing denunciations of the wealth and social conscience of so many others. It galls when one...

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven AN ACT establishing a committee to study the feasibility of imposing a luxury sales tax and an amusements tax. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study the feasibility of imposing a luxury sales tax and an amusements tax. 2 Membership and Compensation. I. The members of the committee shall be as follows: (a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house. (b) Three members of the senate, appointed...

U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (CA-35) issued the following statement regarding the changes President Bush is making to his Iraq policy team: "Over the past several days, we have learned about the President's plans to make significant changes to his team of advisors and military personnel for the Iraq war. However, these changes will not matter if the underlying policy does not change. The proposed changes in personnel are, in effect, like rearranging the chairs on the Titanic. "According to press reports, Army Lt. General David Petraeus will replace General George Casey as commander of the multinational forces in Iraq. Navy...

The Democrats must be feeling pretty good about things right now. They have waged a one-note campaign about the stupidity of George W. Bush since he won the 2000 election and their victory in the 2006 midterms finally, to them, validated their most passionate “position.” To the victors go the spoils so let’s see what the Democrats have reaped: Donald Rumsfeld is gone and Robert Gates has replaced him. This will result in not an iota of change in policy, as the secretary of defense is there to carry out the president’s vision, and the president is in no mood--thank...

Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has told fellow Democrats she wants to pass the party's six top legislative items and toughen ethics rules before President Bush delivers his State of the Union address. The president's speech is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 23, meaning that Pelosi, D-Calif., and the new Democratic majority would have less than three weeks to pass the bills that formed the core of the party's campaign platform. The measures would raise the minimum wage, expand the opportunity for federally funded research on embryonic stem cells, and permit - but not require - the government to negotiate for...

Will the Democratic takeover of Congress lead to better government? Yes No

On November 7, 1917, Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky.

John Gibson just stated that Rep. Conyers has announced that since Speaker Pelosi said that impeachment is 'off the table' that there will be no impeachment of President Bush.

CINCINNATI - A federal appeals court on Sunday put on hold a decision that suspended Ohio's identification requirements for absentee voting, meaning voters applying for the early ballots must continue giving proof of their ID. The ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by State Attorney General Jim Petro to stay an order issued Thursday. That was when U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley ruled on a lawsuit challenging Ohio's new law, which requires all voters to show proof of identification when casting a ballot. "The attorney general is very pleased that he was successful...

Democratic strategists, seeing this election as the best opportunity for the party since the 1974 post-Watergate blowout, are urging party leaders to go for broke. James Carville called it a “twicein-a-lifetime environment” that could give Democrats “gains large enough to affect congressional control over this decade.” The Democratic National Committee has already said it is taking out a loan of up to $10 million to plow into hot Senate races in Tennessee, Virginia and New Jersey. And the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee wrote checks for at least $12 million last week, primarily for ad buys targeting 30 at-risk Republican districts...

I am voting for the rats because?

Recent Polls Outside The Historical Norm For Party ID. A spate of recent polls paints a very gloomy electoral outlook for GOP candidates in next month's elections. One reason for that, possibly, is a set of samples in recent polls that do not mirror the historical norm for party ID. A memo circulating among Republicans on the Hill, authored by GOP pollster David Winston, takes a look at the historical spread between Democrats and Republicans in House elections and polling over the last 14 years. According to Winston's analysis, there is a material discrepancy between the party identification listed by...

Kerry: Bush assurance on Iraq a blunder By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer 19 minutes ago Democratic Sen. John Kerry said Tuesday that President Bush committed "a gigantic blunder" by giving top Iraqi officials assurances that U.S. forces would remain indefinitely in the war-torn country. Kerry argued that his 2004 rival should have pressured Iraqi leaders to set aside their differences and focus on making progress in assuming responsibility for security, a move that could lead to a reduction in U.S. troop levels. "The absence of pressure I find is an enormous blunder that gives the Iraqi politicians a free...

Corruption claimed in Harry Reid dealSenate Minority Leader hung up phone when queried about $1 million windfall Posted: October 11, 2006 3:02 p.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid hung up the phone when questioned by the Associated Press about a $1.1 million windfall on land he had not owned for three years, the wire service is reporting. Reid collected on the Las Vegas land sale in a deal engineered by a longtime friend and former casino lawyer, Jay Brown, whose name has surfaced in organized crime investigations, the AP said. According to...

Democrats assail Bush's N. Korea policy By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer 13 minutes ago Democrats seized on North Korea's brazen act to criticize President Bush's record in confronting the communist regime, contending the administration's focus on Iraq ignored legitimate threats. Democratic Sen. John Kerry, the president's rival in 2004 and a potential 2008 candidate, assailed Bush's policy as a "shocking failure," and said, "While we've been bogged down in Iraq where there were no weapons of mass destruction, a madman has apparently tested the ultimate weapon of mass destruction." One month before midterm elections, North Korea's reported nuclear test...

As the Mark Foley e-mail scandal unfolds, many experts say the Republican Party could lose control of one or both houses of Congress in the November elections. What would you like to see happen? I want the Democrats to control all of Congress. A split Congress with the Democrats controlling one house, the Republicans the other. I want the Republicans to retain control of Congress.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a political conspiracy unravel as fast as this one that involves former representative Mark Foley. Let’s recap. 1. On September 29th Foley is approached by ABC NEWS about salitious Instant Messages with a former page and abruptly resigns. Four days later he turns himself into rehab. 2. Through investigation by several bloggers, including yours truly, it is discovered that during the last few years, liberal watchdog group CREW may have had specific knowlede of the IM’s existance, and of Foley’s activities, and might have possibly been in possession corospondence between Rep. Foley and former...

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders should have kept Democrats in the loop — and now must conduct a thorough investigation — about the inappropriate e-mails that led to Rep. Mark Foley's resignation, a top Democrat said Sunday