Nov 16, 2009 – Reid needs all 60 members of his caucus to vote for Obamacare if it is to pass, so Lieberman's vote is crucial. But since since health care is such an important issue for the Democrats, Lieberman's willingness to buck the party line on Obamacare as an indication of newfound confidence.

Nov 16, 2009 – Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, talks about Britian's debate over the re-installation of the 50 percent income tax. The dark ages of the 70's were overcome by Margaret Thatcher's cutting the top rate of tax to 40 per cent, which caused the country to be transformed from a "sclerotic...

Nov 16, 2009 – Guest post from Sandra Fabry with Americans for Tax Reform.Mark Twain must be rolling over in his grave. The man who popularized the phrase “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics” would no doubt be incredulous over the wild imagination of this administration and its attempts...

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Nov 16, 2009 – That was the total number of vehicles that took him from the Bejing airport to the Diaoyutai state guest house, en route to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao. That included both American security cars and Chinese greeting cars.

Nov 15, 2009 – Here's Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) talking to CNS News:The United States Congress passed laws regarding Medicare and Medicaid that became de facto mandatory programs. States all the time require people to have driver’s licenses. I think that this is a bit of a spurious argument that’s being made by some...

Nov 15, 2009 – A longstanding independent technical advisor to the Executive Branch and Congress has released an analysis of the costs, savings, and coverage impacts  of Pelosicare. Their analysis? Wellness programs could decrease costs by preventing disease, but the cost of installing those wellness programs is more than the cost of treating the...

Nov 14, 2009 – Guest post from Nicole Kurokawa with the Independent Women's ForumLast weekend was a busy one - aside from Saturday Night Thiever Nancy Pelosi's health care vote, the American Medical Association had its annual meeting. Several doctors present attempted to convince their colleagues to rescind support of the House health care...

Nov 14, 2009 – Guest post from Sandra Fabry with Americans for Tax ReformThe meme of the President’s 2008 campaign has now become a policy with regards to counting “stimulus” jobs. Reports of exaggeration and dishonesty are rampant in the reporting of employment supposedly affected by the $787 billion measure, but that’s not even...

Nov 14, 2009 – Guest post from Ernest Istook with the Heritage FoundationCongress wants America to believe its new promises to control spending even as it reneges on its old promises and spends more than ever. The “new” promise within health care reform bills is to reduce Medicare spending by hundreds of billions...

Nov 13, 2009 – The Democrat from Louisiana has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for bribery and other charges, including his infamous act of hiding $90,000 in his freezer. Prosecutors had asked for 27 to 33 years, and Jefferson's lawyers had asked for less than 10.

Nov 13, 2009 – Fifty percent of us think its NOT the government's responsibility to make sure all Americans have health care coverage, and 47% think it it IS the gov's responsibility, according to Gallup's newest poll. That's a huge difference compared with three years ago, when 66% said it was the government's responsibility.Hat's...

Nov 13, 2009 – Guest post from Matthew Vadum with the Capital Research CenterACORN says it has a constitutional right to your money. That’s what I write in today’s American Spectator. From the top of the article: Activist group and organized crime syndicate ACORN has a constitutional right to defraud the people of...

Nov 13, 2009 – Guest post from Ross Kaminsky with the National Taxpayers UnionI reported a couple of weeks ago on an AP story describing how errors or lies are massively inflating the "jobs created or saved" number touted by the Administration as a sign of the effectiveness of the so-called "stimulus". In that...

Nov 13, 2009 – Putin getting down with Russian hip hop artists.

Nov 13, 2009 – In response to "Van Hollen: Health Care Bill Is Key To Electoral Success," DanNV writes:   What we have here is a propaganda campaign pure and simple. It is the message that the White House and the Dem leadership has been pushing since this abomination, "Obamination." passed the House. It...

Nov 13, 2009 – Meredith mentioned that the private business cards Major Nidal Hasan made for himself had no mention of his military affiliation, but instead identified him as a "SoA (SWT)" which is commonly used shorthand for "Soldier of Allah."Will this be the final straw that enables federal prosecutors to charge Hasan with...

Nov 13, 2009 – Four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue highrise were all under suspicion of being operated by the Iranian government under the guise of being part of a nonprofit entity. From Bloomberg:The non-profit organization that partially owns a 36-story tower at 650 Fifth Avenue is a front for the government of...

Nov 13, 2009 – Gerhagty postulates that Obama's "hopeful-but-losing-faith" supporters are getting really, really close to abandoning ship in the near future. Why? Because of Obama's unfounded ambiguity about the Hasan question. Finger-pointing, blame-shifting, and at the top, a leader who offers inspiring rhetoric but a certain vagueness about a fundamental question — why...

Nov 13, 2009 – From his newly-renamed Frum Forum:If your principles don’t allow you to save your country when it needs to be be saved, then there’s something wrong with those principles....TARP rescued a lot of people who didn’t deserve rescuing, but TARP was indispensable.

Nov 13, 2009 – Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (Md.) said that he was confident Democrats would do well in the 2010 mid-term elections... as long as the health care bill was passed. Here's Van Hollen at Bloomberg’s Washington Summit:The political fortunes of the entire Caucus are tied together in getting...

Nov 13, 2009 – Meanwhile, as Townhall contributor and conservative blogger Michelle Malkin notes, Bauer and Obama have a long, storied past together…

Nov 12, 2009 – Guest blog post from Rob Schwarzwalder with the Family Research CouncilFamily Research Council has several critical concerns with the Democratic health care legislation under consideration on Capitol Hill.  The sanctity of human life, although safeguarded in the House version of the measure passed on Saturday, remains a live issue as...

Nov 11, 2009 – Tarren wrote about Maine's public option insurance system, Dirigo, in Townhall back in July.…

Nov 7, 2009 – and passes 220-215.   39 Democrats voted against the bill along with all but one of the Republicans.Cheering breaks out in the House chamber and Michael Steele (being interviewed on Fox) says "the Dems are applauding themselves right out of office."