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Hillary's Date with Destiny

“There is,” Shakespeare’s Brutus said to Cassius, “a tide in the affairs of men.” Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a

Republican Toomey Wins Specter's Seat

Pat Toomey, the Republican conservative whose popularity scared Arlen Specter from the GOP, was elected to Specter’s Senate seat Tuesday. He defeated Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak.

Obama's Senate Seat Goes Republican

Congressman Mark Kirk has won the Senate seat once-held by President Barack Obama. In his acceptance speech, Kirk talked about being a fiscal conservative, social moderate and a national security hawk

CBS Anchorage Affiliate KTVA Fires Two Over Phone Flap

In response to a Big Government story broken on October 30th, which exposed CBS affiliate KTVA employees conspiring as to how to potentially damage the campaign of Republican Senate candidate, Joe Miller, KTVA has announced the firing of two producers.

Early Returns in Colorado.. as of 7:30pm Mountain

Polls have closed in CO and returns are trickling in…. So far, it APPEARS that Dem stronghold of Boulder and/or Denver city/county is being reported, as the results seem very heavy toward the Dems – far beyond even the most

Great Early Signs in Florida

In early voting Marco Rubio has been declared the winner in the U.S. Senate race and Rick Scott (R) leads in the Governor’s contest. Races you may not have heard of but represent possible huge wins for conservatives: Steve Southerland

Judgment Day

Over the last twenty-two months, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid have sown the wind. Today – if the polls are any indication – they will reap the whirlwind. The portents have been there for a very

Are Your Senators or Congressman Trying to Have it Both Ways on Gitmo?

The Center for Security Policy recently released its ninth National Security Scorecard for the 111th Congress, 2009-2010. We’ve already identified in previous posts which legislators were “Champions of National Security” (scoring 100%) and which legislators were “national security failures” (scoring

Did Barbara Boxer Buy Maxine Waters' Endorsement Again?

As the Chair of the Senate Ethics Committee, and a 28-year inhabitant of Washington, DC, locked in a surprisingly tight race for re-election, one might expect Barbara Boxer to avoid controversial figures like the plague. But the challenges facing Boxer

Election Night Colorado

The elections going on Tuesday night are going to be very interesting in Colorado for a multitude of reasons. In 2008, CO broke ‘blue’, rather than the ‘purple’ it had been for several previous elections. The Front Range area of