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Pelosi: Hey, we were all about deficit reduction!
"Our mantra." When a leader leaves an organization, or at least leadership of it, one expects a rather rosy take on the leader’s stewardship of it. But come on: Watch the latest video at...
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Was McConnell the indispensable man?
Architect? The Tea Party provided the energy to remove Democrats from control of the House, as well as score a historic victory in state legislatures across the country in the midterm elections. But...
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Open thread: The new Congress
Finally. Finally, at high noon, the moment of truth arrives. You can watch across the dial on cable news or online at C-SPAN or, er, Facebook. The office name plates are changing and the Twitter...
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The Sinister Soros-ACORN Connections You Aren’t Supposed to Notice
Fundamental transformation. A 2004 article from the UK’s The Independent noted the inevitable passing of the torch that occurs when businesses and large sums of money are at stake. George Soros, the...
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Video: Harry Reid on debt ceilings, then and now
Nuance. Debt ceiling limits are one of those issues that look different depending on perspective — and by perspective, I mean of course whether the President is from your party or not. Allahpundit...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: The home-office edition!
3 pm ET! Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), I’ll be broadcasting live from the offices of Townhall! I’ll bring in some Townhall stalwarts and Jim Geraghty promises to be with us as well! The Ed...
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Are you ready for President Bachmann?
Oh my. I pray that it’s true. Because let me tell you: A “Palin vs. Bachmann” storyline in the primaries would be the political event of a lifetime. ABC News has learned that Bachmann, R-Minn., also is...
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Video: The man with the golden voice
Talent. Pelosi just handed the gavel to Boehner as I’m writing this (video coming in a bit), so today is now officially all about feelin’ good. On that note, to cleanse the palate, here’s the first...
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NYT columnist: If censoring “Huckleberry Finn” gets more people to read it,...
Madness. I skipped this story yesterday thinking that, after so many years of this idiocy, not only is there nothing left to say about it but practically no one left who’s willing to argue the other...
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Video: The moment we’ve all been waiting for
The end. Four years, trillions of dollars in spending, and one possibly irrevocable new health-care entitlement later, Nancy finally steps away from the podium. Almost 10 percent of her caucus voted...
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Steny Hoyer: I’m thinking most tea partiers probably come from unhappy families
Terrific. I’m amazed. Not that a Democrat would say it — this is straight out of the Harry Reid songbook — but that it would come from someone like Hoyer who’s not normally given to bomb-throwing. In...
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Video: The Speaker speaks
"A great deal of scar tissue has built up on both sides of the aisle." NRO has the transcript but, at just 10 minutes or so, it’s worth watching if you can spare the time. Whether this is just Boehner...
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Gibbs: Obama only voted against raising the debt ceiling in 2006 because he...
Leadership. The funniest line? Gibbsy insisting that The One voted no at the time to send the message that we need to “get serious about fiscal discipline.” Barack Obama and fiscal discipline: Perfect...
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“Daily Show”: Meet the moron who got San Francisco to ban Happy Meals
No, not them. Via Reason, Heritage, and a slew of other righty blogs, cleanse your palate with a salty, fatty video snack. Things start slow but hang in there for the end of the interview between...
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“Death panels” no more: HHS drops Medicare reg on end-of-life planning
Oh my. Actually, there’s no panel involved. What we’re talking about here is paying doctors to remind elderly patients during the annual check-up that they might want to leave some written instructions...
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No, really: Is it time to get rid of the filibuster?
Hmmm. Well, maybe not “get rid of,” but how about reform? Three Senate Democrats rolled out their compromise proposal this morning and at least one writer at National Review (Dan Foster) says … it...
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Ed Schultz: Hey, sorry for calling these Republican bastards “bastards”
"Maybe I've had too much TV." Is this really as close as we’re going to get to a bona fide lefty media meltdown on the day the new tea-party Congress was finally sworn in? Big Ed reading from his...
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Bad news: Obama’s Hawaiian vacation rental was illegal
Uh oh. “Illegal” is such an ugly word. Instead, let’s say that the rental wasn’t … properly documented. And before any Birthers e-mail me: Yes, yes, I know. “Neither is he.” Something for Darrell Issa...
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Quotes of the day
Ceilings. “‘I don’t think that more than 20 of the 87 [Republican freshmen] would vote to increase the national debt,” said another of the new members in close talks with colleagues about the vote....
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Video: Man with golden voice reunites with mom after 20 years
"Mommy!" I know, I know — it’s overkill at this point. But I’ve got to ride this traffic pony for as long as I can. Three hours after I posted the “Today Show” clips, our internal traffic meter tells...
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