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Today, 6 months after passage, the first provisions of Government Health Care begin to take effect. Nothing will ever be the same again.

Sen. Orrin Hatch is up for reelection in 2012. On Wednesday, he used his considerable powers to ensure that Lisa Murkowski–who, you know, lost a GOP primary and continues to wage a Quixotic battle that may prevent a GOP win

In 1994, GOP Leaders managed to release a “Contract with America” just days before voters swept them into office. Establishment types sitting in DC continue to believe that the “Contract” was somehow relevant to their victory. One of us was

Today, in 1776, soldier and spy Nathan Hale was executed by the British. His purported last words were, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

From The Hill: President Ronald Reagan, a Republican icon, might not be welcome in today’s GOP, Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) suggested Tuesday. Inglis, a Palmetto State Republican who was defeated earlier this year in a conservative primary challenge, said that

From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Organized labor is hatching a plan to use prominent Democratic officials and TV ads to pummel Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker over the O’Donnell Park garage accident to try to keep him from being elected governor.

From the New York Times: It was billed as “Investing in America,” a live televised conversation on the state of the economy between President Obama and American workers, students, business people and retirees, a kind of Wall Street to Main

Today, in 1937, J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit is published.

Every day, we see an expansion in the midterm battlefield as the number of vulnerable Democrats increases. This video goes a long way to explain this. Done for Ben Lange, in Iowa’s 1st District, this seat is on no one’s

From Robert Samuelson: Confidence is crucial to stimulating consumer spending and business investment, and Obama constantly subverts confidence. In the past year, he’s undone some of the good of his first months. He loves to pick fights with Wall Street

From the UK’s Telegraph (where we often go to find stories not covered by our lame media): First they were ignored. Then they were derided as the tools of Big Money. Then they were branded as racists, the unhinged, the

Remarks of President Obama at Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Dinner, as prepared by the White House: Hello CBC! It is wonderful to be back with all of you. I know you’ve spent a good deal of time talking about what

That sound you hear is total panic in the Democrat party. Expect lots of silliness between now and November. It won’t save the Democrat party, but it may get messy.

Andrew Breitbart addressed the Right Nation Conference in Chicago on Saturday. Here’s his speech: [youtube GlrNbdzMF5Q nolink] Breitbart chastises the mainstream media, praises citizen journalists, and has way too much fun at the expense of the “anti-hate” protesters who spat

From Michael Barone: Here at The Washington Examiner we have read with interest editorials written by our friends at the Washington Post denouncing the greed of the Montgomery County teachers’ unions. Unfortunately, their editorials (and ours) don’t seem to have

From the Associated Press: Highly visible ethics trials for two prominent Democrats will almost certainly be put off until after the November election, denying Republicans a televised spectacle that could influence voters near the end of campaigns dominated by economic

Mary Curtis at PoliticsDaily: Though it may be a mix-up or a misunderstanding, it doesn’t look good. On the tape, Norton notes that colleagues on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee have already received donations. “I’m handling the largest economic development

Today, in 1787, the US Constitution was signed in Philadelphia. Over two hundred years later, elected officials no longer care. Hopefully, we can right this ship in November.

Tonight, Delegate (or in her self-absorbed world, Congresswoman) Eleanor Holmes Norton responded to reports that she put the squeeze on a lobbyist. Of course, she tried to change the subject: The conservative blogger, Andrew Breitbart, best known for his misinformation

Today, in 1992, was “Black Wednesday” in the UK. Under pressure from currency speculators, the British government was forced to withdraw the Pound from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism. The financial crisis cost the British Taxpayers over $5 billion. George

Rep. Charlie Rangel won his primary. And, the tea party had a temper tantrum, but we aren’t going to comment on that. Lame-duck session, here we come…

Shocking story from the Poughkeepsie Journal: State institutions for the developmentally disabled generate so much federal Medicaid money that New York’s other programs for people with intellectual disabilities would be threatened without them, state officials acknowledge in an internal document

Today, voters in 7 states, and the District of Columbia, go to the polls to set their party’s nominees for the November elections. The outcome of several November races hang in the balance.