House Liberals To Pelosi: “We Cannot Support The Senate Bill. Period.”
In a private meeting in the Capitol just now, a dozen or more House liberals bluntly told Nancy Pelosi that there was no chance that they would vote to pass the Senate bill in its current form — making it all but certain that […]

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The “money bomb” for Scott Brown appears to be turning into “carpet bombing” (moved from Off-Topic - thanks for the link, deanz)…
As one commenter pointed out, at this rate, lack of direct support by the RNC is rapidly becoming a virtual non-issue.
You will likely want to view the update on the linked item, including the […]

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Momentum grows for Copenhagen climate deal | Reuters
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - World leaders on Friday rallied to a diplomatic offensive to forge a U.N. climate deal in Copenhagen next month and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said an agreement was “within reach”.
Ban, and Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen who will host the December 7-18 […]

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Obama Loses, Fort Hood Victims Win
Rep. Judge Stone (R-TX) seems to have defeated early dem leadership efforts to kill this. Obama has got to fuming - it opens the door for greater scrutiny of the terrorist-act-committed-by-a-nonterrorist.
Here’s the press release:
WASHINGTON, DC) – Army and civilian personnel who were wounded or killed in the shooting attack on […]

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And did he really? Hoffman ‘unconcedes’ in N.Y.-23 House race
Hoffman appeared on conservative commenatator Glenn Beck’s radio show this afternoon. Beck asked the him if he would “unconcede.”
“Yes, if I knew this information at the election night, I would not have conceded,” Hoffman said. Beck asked him again if he was “uncondeding” and Hoffman replied […]

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Looks Like Bill Owens’ Campaign orchestrated Election Fraud in NY-23 «
I don’t find this surprising. Do you?

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So-Called ‘Death Panel’ Measure Survives in House Health Bill - Political News - FOXNews.com
The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was tantamount to “death panels” for seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday.
All the things we’ve come to love about the Pelosi/Obama Socialized […]

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Aren’t Civil Wars Fun? - Rich Lowry - The Corner on National Review Online
What is happening in NY-23 is a product of how bad Scozzafava is
More of the usual bullshit from NRO tool Lowry, who, as usual, has no clue what something like NY-23 is all about. It isn’t about Soccafava’s “noxiousness” as much […]

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Fred Thompson is rolling out an ad for Doug Hoffman in the final week of the NY-23 race. You can view it here.

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Instapundit » Blog Archive » THE COUNTRY’S IN THE VERY BEST OF HANDS
Sen. Thomas Carper (D.-Del.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, told CNSNews.com that he does not “expect” to read the actual legislative language of the committee’s health care bill because it is “confusing” and that anyone who claims they are going to […]

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83% Say Congress Should Post Bills Online For All To Read Before Voting On Them - Rasmussen Reports™
Listen up, rational ignoramuses. If they aren’t going to read them, they sure as hell don’t want you reading them.

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Morning Bell: Government-Run Health Care by Next Thursday? » The Foundry
Folks, if you think we aren’t going to get ObamaCare Socialized Medicine, complete with the Public Option private enterprise killer and, probably, mandates and rationing as well, you probably don’t understand how the Senate really works.
Here’s the critical info:
But what about Senate Finance Chairman Max […]

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Legalese and the Option Syndrome
I’m not sure the name will catch on since the reference is itself vague to those without specialized training. But there’s little doubt that a system whereby people don’t know what they’re signing and a lawyer is required for even mundane transactions is a bad state of affairs for non-lawyers.
Absolutely. […]

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Moe Lane » Schumer, Gillibrand, and the Wall Street payoffs.
Mind you, it’s a perfectly rational decision on Wall Street’s part: paying protection money often is. Despite Yahoo/Politico’s somewhat disingenuous suggestion of ‘Stockholm Syndrome,’ what actually is happening here is a trade. Wall Street gives Schumer – and his new junior partner Gillibrand* – money, and […]

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The Volokh Conspiracy - -
Law-Making is what they are in Washington (or, for that matter, in Albany, or Harrisburg, or Springfield) to do, and the idea that they should “rely on experts” to do their job is pretty spectacularly wrong.
I think this notion is “pretty spectacularly wrong” as well. They are not there […]

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The stunning, total defeat of ACORN | Washington Examiner
The ACORN vote in the House is stunning news. Just 48 hours after Republican Leader John Boehner introduced the “Defund ACORN Act,” the bill — which most Republicans thought Democrats would do anything to block — passed by a resounding 345-75 vote. It would never have made […]

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Works and Days » The Rise of the Uncouth
For now, tes, I thought Rep. Joe Wilson was a boor to scream out at the President during a Joint Session. If everyone were to do that, we’d descend into some sort of Third World Parliament in short order,
Oh, geez, you mean like The Mother of Parliaments, […]

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About the only way you can ever get Congress upset about executive power grabs are when those power grabs threaten its own attempts to seize all power to itself.

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The clock is ticking on tax cheat Charlie Rangel | Washington Examiner
Last week, we learned that Rangel filed a grossly misleading financial disclosure report for 2007 — failing to report at least half a million dollars in assets.
It turns out Rangel had a credit union account worth at least $250,000 and maybe as much as […]

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Poll: Obama loses ground on health care - White House- msnbc.com
WASHINGTON - Despite his public-relations blitz over the past two weeks to promote his plans to reform the nation’s health-care system — including holding two town halls on Wednesday — President Barack Obama has lost ground on this issue with the American public, according to […]

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Nancy Pelosi on being unpopular: ‘I don’t care’ - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
is one of the most despised political figures in the country.
And, frankly, she doesn’t give a damn.
And that is because she doesn’t have to. She represents San Francisco, which will keep returning her to office as long as […]

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Caveat: What follows is based on the notion that Palin will continue her political career, and is setting herself up for a run for the White House in 2012.
1. Start putting her national team together now. Recruit from the best and the brightest of real conservatism.
2. Ignore her enemies, both in […]

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Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: The Al Franken decade begins
in terms of civic decadence, voting in a C-list comedian feels sort of like Caligula appointing his horse to the Roman senate.
Well, part of his horse, at least:

Next up: Locking the barn door after the horse stole the election.

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Congressional Memo - Climate Change Bill May Be Election-Year Issue - NYTimes.com
Veteran members of both parties vividly remember when many House Democrats, in the early months of the Clinton administration, reluctantly backed a proposed B.T.U. tax — a new levy on each unit of energy consumed — only to see it ignored by the Senate […]

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