Nov 23, 2009 – They camped out overnight in 30 degree weather. They talked about feeling hopeless with the politics of the Obama administration. They talked about how much Palin made them feel inspired.She's not perfect, but my goodness, what you see is what you get.Here's Politico's Anne Schroeder Mullins and Patrick Gavin covering...

Nov 23, 2009 – We've seen it all.

Nov 23, 2009 – The latest global warming scare video:

Nov 22, 2009 – Just to add my two cents to the post below by Townhall staff.  Make no mistake that last night's vote was a serious threat. …

Nov 21, 2009 – The cloture vote is through.Byrd was wheeled in in a chair. Landrieu sat near the clerk. You could barely hear her "aye." Lincoln sounded more confident. Lucky (or unlucky) Senate aids sat near the clerk as well. Specter mumbled his "aye." Vitter snorted no. The motion was reported as "agreed...

Nov 21, 2009 – Something to remember is that bills that get cloture votes are passed 98% of the time. Breaking filibuster on a cloture vote requires 2/3 of the Senate. Passing a bill requires a simple majority. This is the biggest legislation that most Senators will ever see in their lifetime. Of course...

Nov 21, 2009 – Sen. Blanche Lincoln was the 60th Senator to say she'll vote in favor of cloture on the health care bill at 8pm. In other words, the Senate is giving their "ay" vote in favor of Obamacare tonight.Lincoln and Mary Landrieu, the 59th vote, tried to insist that this was merely...

Nov 21, 2009 – ...by Sen. Lindsay Graham, during a line of questioning on why Holder is insisting on bringing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others to New York for a trial. No one really gets why Holder is doing it, but few have expressed that disbelief as well as the esteemed Senator from...

Nov 21, 2009 – Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln, and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu. They're the only two "undecideds" on a cloture vote on the health care bill, or a vote affirming that the Senate will vote on the bill, which will take place at 8pm tonight.  A cloture vote is as good as a...

Nov 21, 2009 – Guest post from Chris Gacek with the Family Research CouncilThere is much gnashing of teeth by abortion supporters over the inclusion of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment in the Speaker Nancy Pelosi health care bill – H.R. 3962.  Bart Stupak, Michigan Democrat, and Joe Pitts, Pennsylvania Republican, succeeded in amending H.R. 3962...

Nov 20, 2009 – similarly castigated the so-called "tea party" movement which has attracted millions of Americans opposed to high taxes, and the townhall…

Nov 20, 2009 – Guest post from Mattie Duppler with the Center for Fiscal AccountabilityA GAO Report released today shows that the "stimulus" is so good at creating jobs, it doesn't even need money to do it. According to the report, over 50,000 jobs have been "saved or created" without a single dollar of...

Nov 19, 2009 – Reid just filed cloture on the motion to proceed with HR 3590, which is the bill that will eventually be the official health care reform legislation. The actual vote will be on Saturday night at 8pm.This means three things:1) Reid is flat-out ignoring the 72-hour window to "read the bill"...

Nov 19, 2009 – Public Policy Polling showed that 26% of Americans believe ACORN stole the presidential election for Obama, including 52% of Republicans. Only 11% of Americans actually view ACORN favorably.Another interesting factoid: 40% of Americans were found to be in support of Obamacare, with 52% opposed."For the first time in our polling...

Nov 19, 2009 – Sen. Tom Coburn is trying to force Senate clerks to read the 2,074-page Senate health care bill before it's voted on. That would take roughly 34 hours. The Washington Times says:Pity the poor Senate clerks. How about, pity the poor citizens who are subject to such a monstrosity!

Nov 19, 2009 – Townhall columnist Chuck Norris recently visited Iraq to give our troops a little pick-me-up.…

Nov 19, 2009 – Guest post from Mattie Duppler with the Center for Fiscal AccountabilityIn response to Rep. Darrell Issa's request for information on recovery.gov, Earl Devaney, head of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, confirmed exactly what we have been arguing since the first day President Obama uttered his dubious millions of jobs...

Nov 19, 2009 – Complete with "grace points" and prizes:

Nov 19, 2009 – After "unconceding" the race, he issued a statement alleging voter fraud:...recanvassing in the 11-county district shows Owens' lead has narrowed to 3,026. In Oswego County, I was reported to lead by only 500 votes with 93 percent of the vote counted election night, but inspectors found I actually won by...

Nov 18, 2009 – The feds have a bad track record for getting foreign terrorists the death penalty. New York juries simply aren't keen on executing criminals. And the one who is charged with pursuing the death penalty for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a personal opponent of the death penalty.Here's Gehragty:The last time a...

Nov 18, 2009 – If true, it's a simply incredible story of the abortion industry - the dollars paid, the women hurt, and the babies killed. Blood Money is being released in the next few weeks; here's the shocking trailer.

Nov 18, 2009 – Palin raked in a 8.7 household rating for the Oprah Winfrey show on Monday, beating out Whitney Houston and other top-ranked celebs who have appeared on the show in the past two years.

Nov 18, 2009 – It's go time. Republican Senate aides expect Harry Reid to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed with Obamacare at 5pm tonight. This means that the writing-the-bill part of Obamacare will end, and the process will begin to call an official vote in the Senate.Reid is invoking cloture because he'll...

Nov 18, 2009 – Guest post from Mattie Duppler with the Center for Fiscal AccountabilityA new page in the Obama playbook has appeared with regards to “stimulus” tracking – instead of making up jobs, the recovery.gov data is making up places for people to be employed. The data on federal government’s “stimulus” tracking...

Nov 18, 2009 – Special offer: Michael Medved's book free when you subscribe to Townhall Magazine This realization hit me with special force as part…