Unsure About “Obama the Centrist” - Barack Obama really doesn’t care about foreign policy, it just isn’t his thing. When it comes to the economy, he needs to make sure the financial system is functioning. He’s about to expand the federal government more than we’ve seen since FDR. No, Obama’s no centrist.

Media Forgets That Wall Street Rip Off Artist is a BIG Democrat Donor - No surprise here. The media’s ignoring Bernard Madoff’s ties to the Democrat party.

Biden to Shrink VP Role - Big Time - Joe who?

GOP on the Comeback Trail - There’s a little life left in the Republican party after all. (Now if only all those so called conservatives would stop urging Republicans to be more liberal.)

Anatomy of the Morgan Stanley Panic - How does a major US financial institution go from a picture of fiscal strength to teetering on the brink of collapse? Rumor, then panic.

Did NBC Risk Employee Lives in Green Agenda Stunt? - Read about how NBC sent their employees on a dangerous journey to ‘prove’ global warming exists, putting ideology above human life. They also put ideology above actual scientific evidence, as the author points out.

Communist Party Celebrates Democrat Wins - Why am I not surprised by this?

Paulson’s True Successor - If you aren’t happy with President Bush’s handling of the economic crisis, you aren’t going to be any happier with the Obama administration. Get used to the bailouts.

BRIETBART: The Kids Are Alright - The GOP needs to lighten up! It’s time for some fresh, young Republican faces to attract all of the soon to be disillusioned Obama voters.

The direction of the Grand Ole Party remains a mystery. If the Republicans’ future performance is anything like their performance over the past 8 years, we’re in trouble. Hopefully they’ve learned the lesson.

This morning Michael Steele filled in for Bill Bennett on Morning in America. He can’t believe how Republicans have allowed the Democrats to co-opt the founder of the Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln. What a great point! I doubt most Americans have any idea Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. Most Americans don’t even know that Democrats have controlled Congress for the last two years.

Bret Prelutsky (one of my favorite columbists) isn’t too optimistic about the future of the GOP. Read the rest of this entry »

The GOP has released their Bill Ayers-Barack Obama file. Barack Obama and his campaign insist that Obama and Ayers were just casual acquaintences.

But Obama’s Connections With Bill Ayers Are Much More Extensive Than He Or His Campaign Staff Is Willing To Admit:

In 1995, During Obama’s First State Senate Campaign, William Ayers And Wife Bernadine Dohrn Hosted A Meeting Of Chicago Liberals At Their Home For Obama, Which One Attendee Said Was Aimed At “Launching Him.” “In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district’s influential liberals at the home of two well known figures on the local left: William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. While Ayers and Dohrn may be thought of in Hyde Park as local activists, they’re better known nationally as two of the most notorious — and unrepentant — figures from the violent fringe of the 1960s anti-war movement. … ‘I can remember being one of a small group of people who came to Bill Ayers’ house to learn that Alice Palmer was stepping down from the senate and running for Congress,’ said Dr. Quentin Young, a prominent Chicago physician and advocate for single-payer health care, of the info rmal gathering at the home of Ayers and his wife, Dohrn. ‘[Palmer] identified [Obama] as her successor.’ … Dr. Young and another guest, Maria Warren, described it similarly: as an introduction to Hyde Park liberals of the handpicked successor to Palmer, a well-regarded figure on the left. ‘When I first met Barack Obama, he was giving a standard, innocuous little talk in the living room of those two legends-in-their-own-minds, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn,’ Warren wrote on her blog in 2005. ‘They were launching him — introducing him to the Hyde Park community as the best thing since sliced bread.’” (Ben Smith, “Obama Once Visited ’60s Radicals,” The Politico, 1/22/08) Read Full Story

According to the Politico Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats adjourned the House and shut down the lights and microphones. But John Boehner and other Republicans are refusing to leave. It started out with just a handful but they are trying to round up other Republicans to return.

The Democrats turned off the lights and the microphones because they don’t want this covered by the press. They don’t want it covered by the press because they don’t want you to know about it. This is good stuff and it’s a crying shame that it’s not being covered by the media. Doesn’t anyone have a video camera? They’re calling it a “new Boston Tea Party”.

The Politico’s last update was at 4:30, they are still there and apparently they aren’t going anywhere soon. They’ve even brought in boy scouts! I wish I was there.

Update: C-Span issued a statement saying it isn’t their fault they aren’t covering the news on the House floor. The Speaker of the House (Nancy Pelosi) controls the cameras. So don’t believe anyone who sayd that Nancy Pelosi isn’t keeping the public from knowing what’s going on in Washington.

Update: At 5:00 PM they ended their protest, singing “God Bless America”.

That’s a little bit disappointing. It’s now up to President Bush to call them back.