NFL Week 3 open thread
Department of Defense. I’m barely conscious after staying out later for my 30-year reunion than I did for my senior prom, and I’ll be traveling home today and hoping to catch up on my sleep deficit....
View ArticleSteny Hoyer: Hey, maybe letting Colbert testify in character was inappropriate
Maybe. Via Gateway Pundit. Just kidding about the headline, by the way: Hoyer didn’t say that the decision to let Colbert testify was inappropriate. What he said was that the testimony itself was...
View ArticleVideo: “The Daily Show” humiliates union for using … non-union picketers
Hypocrites. It’s almost a week old but so brutal that we can’t let it pass unposted (and no, I’m not saying that because of this). What’s more painful here, the UFCW rep’s palpable discomfort in...
View ArticleWe are paying attention
Awakening. The Left was unable to paint the Tea Party as anarchists, violent lunatics, or racists. The feeble attempt to suggest they should really be focusing their ire at George W. Bush or the...
View ArticleGreat news: UN to appoint envoy to extraterrestrials
What could go wrong? A fun microcosm of the UN in action: Not only are they willfully embarrassing themselves, but should the day ever come when an envoy is needed, their plan will go straight out the...
View ArticleQuotes of the day
Class warfare. Via the Right Scoop. Essential background here. Read this post »
View ArticleObamateurism of the Day
Priorities. Barack Obama notoriously likes to publicly assign a multitude of issues to the status of “highest priorities,” but perhaps he hasn’t necessarily aired every one of them yet. In Bob...
View ArticlePoll shows Obama re-elect number at 38%
Hoping for change. A new poll from Politico has bad news for the White House as Barack Obama prepares for the grueling task of re-election. Despite a long history of American voters choosing to...
View ArticleVideo: Laughter erupts after Dem Congressman claims Social Security “stable”
Hilarity ensues. Actually, what makes this even more funny is that it’s part of Russ Carnahan’s attempt to run against George Bush rather than Republican nominee Ed Martin, who gets the last word in...
View ArticleCollege health insurance plans still suffering from “uncertainty”
"Huge profit margins"? The debate over whether ObamaCare will kill health insurance plans in higher education has not yet been resolved — mainly because the Obama administration wants to stop talking...
View ArticlePoll: Among cable-news networks, MSNBC trusted by … 12%
Air America on TV. In an otherwise serious poll from Politico and George Washington University, the survey also asks respondents which cable-news network they access most for political news. The...
View ArticleChavez loses supermajority in legislative elections
Lame-duck session? If Hugo Chavez intends on grabbing full power in Venezuela, it looks as though he has a short window of time in which to do so. His party and leadership got rebuked by voters in...
View ArticleCensus data shows Texas, Florida big winners
Stock up! A new analysis of Census Bureau data shows that Texas and Florida may have won the reapportionment sweepstakes, mainly at the expense of New York and Ohio. In the next Congressional...
View ArticleVideo: Worst political ad ever?
"Taliban Dan"? Behold the ad that actually takes on Allahpundit’s challenge and beats out Alan Grayson’s sleazy attempt to call Daniel Webster a draft dodger, after Webster’s attempt to enter the...
View ArticleThe Ed Morrissey Show: Adam Baldwin; Face the Chat
3 pm ET! Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Kevin McCullough joins us again to discuss the intersection of faith and politics. Kevin and I will talk about the new Alan Grayson ad, as well as...
View ArticleRasmussen has O’Donnell nine back of Coons in Delaware
Castle a non-factor. Would a write-in campaign by Mike Castle in Delaware hurt Christine O’Donnell or Chris Coons more — and would it make enough of a difference either way to change the election?...
View ArticleVideo: John Yarmuth’s Greatest Hits!
If you act now, maybe you can put away your credit cards. Hot Air readers will get the first look at the new campaign ad for Todd Lally in Kentucky’s 3rd CD bid to unseat John Yarmuth, who has had a...
View ArticleMcMahon moving closer in CT, almost within MOE
Rasmussen has her back five. Linda McMahon doesn’t have Richard Blumenthal on the ropes yet, but the Republican nominee for the Senate in Connecticut has almost closed the gap on a race that Democrats...
View ArticleObama: Gee, those Republicans sure sound irresponsible!
Stones and glass houses. Mark Halperin titles his post with this video “Seriously,” which may refer either to Barack Obama’s suggestion that Democrats have a more serious approach to fiscal...
View ArticleIt’s come to this: ND Dem now touting fact that … he voted with George Bush
Awesome. Their tears of desperation are oh so delicious. In one his first ads this cycle, Pomeroy highlighted his vote against cap-and-trade… In his latest ad, Pomeroy goes a step further, highlighting...
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