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Breaking: Federal judge rules ObamaCare mandate unconstitutional; Update:...
Mandate impermissible. CNN has a breaking alert on a ruling by a federal judge in Virginia that rejects ObamaCare as unconstitutional: A federal judge in Virginia has ruled parts of the sweeping health...
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Politico: Obama launches “charm offensive” with hostage-takers, or something
The "offensive" part was successful. Something tells me that Barack Obama may have launched this effort just a few days late: House Republicans don’t take power for another three weeks, but the White...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Tim Pawlenty, Jazz Shaw
3 pm ET! Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), we welcome a special guest — Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. Governor Pawlenty will discuss his Wall Street Journal essay on the danger of...
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Video: Stage set for the Obama boom?
Details, details. Neil Cavuto waxed nostalgic this morning over prospects of an economic boom, thanks to Barack Obama’s actions last week in reaching a compromise and then reaching out to the model of...
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The billion-dollar man?
Irony. Will Barack Obama become The Billion Dollar Man in the 2012 election? Chris Cillizza thinks Obama can raise that much money in a re-election bid that will likely be at least as contentious as...
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Chuck Schumer – Tea Party Expert
Tone deaf or just plain deaf? This week, as part of the push to sell a Democratic version of tax rates for next year, Chuck Schumer (D-NY) came out with a rather startling revelation. Middle-class...
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Marist poll shows no bounce for Obama after negotiating with “hostage takers”
WaPo finds consensus on the deal, though. In a curious but predictable divergence, Barack Obama’s popularity dropped while the deal he cut gained a broad political consensus. A new Marist poll shows...
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Barbara Walters on Boehner’s tears: I think he might have an emotional problem
Terrific. Via Greg Hengler, behold as the master of the weepy celebrity confessional interview, who’s been turning emotional problems into “news” for decades, suddenly discovers how off-putting tears...
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Breaking: Senate reaches cloture on tax cuts bill
60 votes. The vote hasn’t been gaveled yet — Reid’s holding it open for several more hours to give stragglers a chance to get back to the Capitol after leaving for the weekend — but they’re already at...
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Surprise: Michael Steele reportedly running for reelection as RNC chair after...
What could go wrong? Politico said he wasn’t, now Fox News (and Frum Forum) say he is. To help you process this news, read Ed’s post from this morning about Obama potentially spending a cool billion on...
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Video: The sadly obligatory “punk Jets coach trips Dolphins player” clip
"I wasn't thinking." Not as embarrassing as the Woody Hayes meltdown, but embarrassing enough to warrant a little ritual public shaming. As a Jets fan, I wish I could say I was surprised. But… “They’re...
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New nonpartisan “No Labels” group has its own “anthem” by Akon for some reason
Serious. No joke. That’s what they’re calling it — the “No Labels Anthem,” presumably to be played whenever Mike Bloomberg walks into a room or “Morning Joe” goes to commercial or, I guess, as...
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Cavuto to Chris Matthews: Cram your remarks about Chris Christie’s weight up...
It's on. I’m not paraphrasing; watch to the end and you’ll see that he really does go there. All for this? MSNBC’s Chris Matthews gladly played the GOP 2012 guessing game at Thursday’s Q&A Cafe at...
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Romney: The tax cuts deal is a bad bargain
Hmmm. Says John Podhoretz of this piece, “And the Mitt Romney, Most Inauthentic Politician in America, Drive to the Presidency continues.” I know our resident Palinistas can’t wait to point out that...
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Video: “Thor” trailer
It's come to this. So, between this and “The Green Lantern,” the lesson is that we’ve exhausted the supply of cool superheroes, right? Superman got the movie treatment long ago, then we got a half...
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Video: New RINO-in-chief crowned
Heart-ache. I missed last night’s episode of Palin’s show but my morbid curiosity was piqued when Twitter lit up with exclamations about Kate Gosselin’s unbelievable jackassery. So today I searched...
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Quotes of the day
Security. “First lady Michelle Obama plans to warn in remarks Monday that the nation is seeing ‘a groundswell of support’ for curbing childhood obesity, and she is unveiling new ammunition from current...
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Obamateurism of the Day
Good ol' what's-his-name. Almost two months ago, the New York Times reported that it took Barack Obama 18 months to finally offer to meet with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and then only...
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NEA’s Independent Teaching Commission Not So Independent
Sensing a pattern here ... At the union’s convention last July in New Orleans, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel announced the creation of a Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching, which would...
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Cuba launches its own version of Wikipedia
Familiar? Hey, don’t laugh. This could qualify Fidel Castro for Time’s Person of the Year in 2011, or perhaps 2015: On Tuesday, Cuba launched its own version of Wikipedia, called EcuRed, an online...
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