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If Democrats get arrested in a megalopolis, will the media make a sound?
Name That Party! Yesterday gave us all a cause for celebration. The Los Angeles County District Attorney brought accountability to the city of Bell, a low-income enclave in the eastern side of LA, as...
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Blumenthal flip-flopping on cap-and-trade?
C&T CPR? So says Linda McMahon, who has some video evidence of the charge. Not so, says Richard Blumenthal, who accuses McMahon of dirty politics. The contretemps got the attention of the NBC...
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McCollum: I support Nancy Pelosi!
Stay the course. No one should be terribly surprised. Supporting Nancy Pelosi is practically the only job function Betty McCollum has in Congress. During a debate this week, her Republican challenger...
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Video: No bailouts for Europe … Update: Release the DefiKraken!
... or anywhere else. Why is the Obama administration participating in the bailout of Greece, wonders Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)? Although it doesn’t get mentioned in this web ad protesting the...
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The flight of the “Wal-Mart Moms”
Disillusionment. Jim Geraghty provides another look at the flight from Democrats in this election cycle, given in a focus-group analysis of women surveyed for their political points of view. The...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Jim Geraghty, Guy Benson, Sean Bielat, and Dr. Larry...
3 pm ET, busy day! We’re in for a busy day on The Ed Morrissey Show today (3 pm ET)! Jim Geraghty of National Review’s Campaign Spot joins us first to talk about his series on Barbara Boxer, Wal-Mart...
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Video: Berwick rations his public response
"He's not taking any questions." My friend and “brother” Jason Mattera has certainly moved up in the world. Not only has he become the editor in chief of Human Events, the administration has begun to...
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Poll surprise of the day: Barney Frank in trouble?
Bielat within 9, Frank under 50. The Sean Bielat campaign has declared themselves within reach of unseating Barney Frank in Massachusetts’ 4th CD, one of the presumed safest districts for Democrats in...
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Pawlenty flooding the zone in New Hampshire
Hmmmm. Of all the won’t-say 2012 contenders, Tim Pawlenty has been the least concerned with plausible deniability. He organized his Freedom First PAC under his eponymous domain name, and has been...
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Unreal: Senate GOP decides not to strip Murkowski of seniority on Energy...
Disgrace. I’m baffled. A GOP source in the room tells CNN, despite anger towards Murkowski, the conference decided not to even take up the question of the Senate Energy Committee post because “there...
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MSNBC: Toomey up “slightly” in PA
Same margin that Obama had in 2008 popular vote. In 2008, Barack Obama won the national popular vote by seven points over John McCain for the presidency, an outcome that got reported as a major...
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Sure, why not: Stephen Colbert to testify about immigration before House...
Nuance. I thought the Daily Caller must have been suckered, but no, apparently, this is really and truly happening. Could be a fun way for Pelosi to spend her last days as speaker, though, yes? Have...
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Video: Clinton blames Powell for DADT
Leadership. “Ah did not have intellectual relations with that policy — don’t ask, don’t tell.” Be honest: as soon as Bill Clinton starts wagging the finger at Katie Couric, you thought the same thing,...
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Ohio Democratic chairman: What’s up with these tea-party f***ers?
Aw. Three reasons not to get too upset. One: Hey — it beats “teabagger.” Two: These days, you’re apt to hear worse language about tea partiers at a meeting of the Republican caucus in Congress. Three:...
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Video: “Mourning in America”
Heartbreak. Simply brutal — and yet not at all angry, which is quite an achievement for a political ad. How brutal is it? Brutal enough to turn Kathleen Parker against The One. Dude, this ad is...
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CNN poll: Coons 55, O’Donnell 39
Oof. That’s among likely voters. Among registered voters, it’s … Coons 59, O’Donnell 34. But the survey indicates that if Castle had won the primary, he would be leading Coon’s 55 to 37 percent in the...
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GOP unveils new agenda, “A Pledge to America”; Update: “Dreck”?
"We have learned our lesson." CBS has the full 21-page text along with a bullet-point summary, but if you’re looking for a friendlier rundown, NRO has got you covered. Five key elements: Jobs,...
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Rise of the conservative woman: “Fire from the Heartland” premieres tonight...
"So it starts now. It starts here." Via Stephen Kruiser, who’s seen the entire film. It also has Reps. Michele Bachmann, Jean Schmidt, and Cynthia Lummis working hard within the system. Bachmann’s...
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It’s come to this: Obama begs religious leaders to help him sell ObamaCare
Divine intervention. If Obama can’t bend the cost curve, maybe God can. With nothing else working, President Barack Obama is asking religious leaders to help him sell the public on health care reform....
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Loretta Sanchez on Univision: The Vietnamese are trying to take my House seat
Identities. Via Breitbart, she of course means “our House seat.” I’m honestly curious: Does she talk this way in front of English-speaking audiences too, counting on her Absolute Moral Authority as a...
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