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Tipping the Scales Against Washington

Several hours into last month’s marathon health care summit, President Obama became exasperated. Republican lawmakers Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Jon Kyl had plainly laid out their party’s objections to his massive legislation by emphasizing a major philosophical point of

Daily Gut: The Spurning of Chris Matthews

So yesterday on the Cartoon Network, Chris Matthews did a segment on Bret Baier’s interview with President Obama. Matthews, still suffering from Obama-erotica Syndrome, was astounded by Bret’s treatment of his Precious Prince. To make sure he got his point

RIP: Fess Parker, TV's `Davy Crockett,' Dies at 85

Associated Press: After departing Hollywood, Parker got into real estate with his wife, Marcella, whom he had married in 1960. He bought and sold property, built hotels (including the elegant Fess Parker’s Wine Country Inn & Spa in Los Olivos

Biden Mistakenly Blesses Irish Leader's Mother

AP: Vice President Joe Biden asked for God’s blessing for the late mother of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen during a White House celebration of St. Patrick’s Day — except the elderly lady is very much alive. “God rest her

Health Care Reform Meets the Chicago Way

The always impressive John Kass in today’s Chicago Tribune: Not even three or four pipes full of Hopium could have convinced me that the Congress of the United States would ever start looking like the Chicago City Council. But now,

Is Dodd Ending Too Big to Fail?

Surprise, surprise. Sen. Chris Dodd’s financial-regulation proposal raises the possibility of substantial progress on the road to ending “too big to fail” (TBTF) and bailout nation for banks and other financial institutions. How the Dodd bill will play out in

The Consent of the Governed

Knowing that the 111th Democrat-Progressive ruled Congress is indeed tyrannical in its endeavors to ram through ObamaCare, the Left continuously touts that the American people want this bill. Now, I have seen the polls and so have you, and so

Axelrod Challenges GOP on Health Care: 'Make My Day'

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The Hill: [White House Senior Adviser David] Axelrod said that the GOP would have to explain why insurance comapnies should once again be able to discriminate against customers

The Debt-Sea Scrolls

The Debt Sea, that ocean of red ink that threatens to overflow its banks and inundate every nook and cranny in America from Main Street to Wall street, is bordered on the south by the Potomac River, to the east-southeast

Big Labor's Big Disappointment

Authored with Bruce McElvein Recently Vice President Joe Biden spoke to the AFL-CIO executive council in Florida. As Ricky Ricardo used to tell Lucy, Labor thinks the Vice President’s “got some ‘splainin’ to do.” The Vice President was defensive saying

Karl Rove Has 'Sympathy' for David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel

Politico: “I have a certain sympathy for [them because of] the criticism,” continued [Karl] Rove, White House senior adviser and political “architect” for President George W. Bush. ”There’s been a lot of attention paid to … warfare ostensibly between David