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**Written by Doug Powers President Obama in late January of 2009: Challenged by one Republican senator over the contents of the [economic stimulus] package, the new president, according to participants, replied: “I won.” [...] With those two words — “I won” — the Democratic president let the Republicans know that debate has been put to [...]

Scroll for updates… Great news here in Colorado and across the country, where statehouses/state legislative chambers are back in Republican hands. Via the Republican State Leadership Committee: Colorado Republican captured the state house early this morning. It is the 16th state legislative chamber to move into Republican hands. NH House NH Senate IN House [already [...]

Making pledges is easy. Keeping them? Not so much. Just ask Mr. Hope and Change. The new GOP pledge is fine as far as it goes — especially the upfront acknowledgment that government’s powers derive from the consent of the governed, not from the penumbras emanating from the fingertips of all President Obama’s czars. But [...]

Redux?

Photoshop credit: Slublog Yesterday, GOP Sen. John Cornyn said it was “pretty clear” that sore loser Sen. Lisa “Evita” Murkowski would lose her energy post: “Senator Murkowski has submitted her resignation by share of the Congress last Friday. There’s also an issue as to whether or not its appropriate for her under the circumstances to [...]

Spread the word and send your money. Corruptocrat Barney Frank has a strong GOP challenger who needs your help in advance of the September 14 primary. His name is Sean Bielat. He’s a businessman. He’s a Marine. He’s a young father fed up with “systemic corruption” in arrogant Washington. He opposes cap-and-tax, will fight other [...]

GOP 8-term incumbent Mike Castle a no-show at a recent Delaware voter forum. Conservative challenger Christine O’Donnell on the right. I’ve said it before and Republican voters need to hear it again: Entrenched incumbency is not an argument for more entrenched incumbency. Remember these cap-and-tax Republicans? Photoshop credit: Leo Alberti Well, 70-year-old, nine-term House cap-and-taxer [...]

Emetic of the day: Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign clinging to his seat, begging donors to fatten up his anemic legal defense fund, and blaming liberals for all his self-inflicted problems. Pathetic: Sen. John Ensign is asking supporters for donations to pay lawyers defending him in ongoing ethics investigations, insisting he is “absolutely” innocent of [...]

A South Carolina reader e-mails: “Thought you’d be happy to see this!” From: Greenville County Republican Party Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:24 AM Subject: Greenville GOP – Resolution of Rebuke of Senator Lindsey Graham Greenville County Republican Party Tuesday August 3rd 2010 ————— All, Last night, the elected officers of the Greenville County Republican [...]

Drain the swamp.

Early front-runner?

**Written by Doug Powers The Republican National Committee is Steele-ing the election, and in the process they’re stealing it from Republicans. The RNC bumbling continues as the November election draws nearer. The RNC supported Dede Scozzafava (who returned the favor by supporting a Democrat), which cost them who knows how much by angering plenty of [...]

Three-quarter ton letdown

Clean House.

I’ve said it before and it bears repeating even louder: Entrenched incumbency is not an argument for more entrenched incumbency. Conservatives in Utah sent that message loud in clear this weekend in ousting entrenched GOP incumbent Sen. Bob Bennett, who begged and pleaded furiously to save his hide in the weeks leading up to the [...]

Steele and Sharpton: “Friends.”

“Uhhhhhh…”

On March 4, I asked: Does the GOP have enough balls to fight the Left or doesn’t it? Having to ask the question answers it. And this latest, depression-inducing news about Senate Republicans backtracking on their campaign to repeal Demcare, via Ace of Spades, confirms it: GOP Already Starting To Go Wobbly On Repealing Health [...]

The RNC’s lavish spending problems at racy nightclubs are bad enough. But I find RNC chairman Michael Steele’s meeting with open-borders zealots to be an even greater obscenity. The Soros/Tides/Ford/Rockefeller-funded Center for Community Change crowed yesterday that Steele gave them a “commitment” to “to help in securing Republican support for immigration reform:” Today, ten leaders [...]

As you know, I’ve been printing rejected RNC solicitation forms and disgusted e-mails from readers for months — see here, here, here, and here, for example. Financial fraud has wracked other major GOP outfits — remember the NRCC accounting scandal from a few years ago or the California GOP mess? I’m printing a new batch [...]

Hey, it’s not Republican Senator Scott Brown’s fault Obamacare passed. While I was feeling optimistic after Brown won Ted Kennedy’s seat in Massachusetts, I knew he was pro-choice (though he says he opposes infanticide, known euphemistically as partial birth abortion), and that dampened my enthusiasm. Regardless, I enjoyed reading stories about how worried Democrats were [...]

I’ll admit my bias up front: I really dig Star Parker. When I first met the former “welfare queen” back in 2004, it was like meeting a rock star. I shared a panel with her at a conservative student conference. I was so nervous, my voice shook. She was relaxed, funny, and informative. In this [...]

Scroll for more gross-out updates… Okay, this week is grossing me out. Can we hit the reset button? We’ve gone from crapweasel Eric Massa’s claims about naked shower summits with Rahm Emanuel to a Florida GOP Senate spat over…back wax. Really. FOX NEWS’ VAN SUSTEREN: And sort of a punch back which occurred previously is [...]

And no, I’m not talking about basketballs or baseballs or golf balls. You know what I’m talking about — excuse the language, but we need to be blunt. And you know that it’s the question that will hang over the Republican Party from now until November as it tries to persuade the base — let [...]

Scroll for updates…2:37pm Eastern reported deal reached on two amendments…bomb threats reported…vote set for tonight…78-19, unemployment benefits/COBRA extension, other government benefits extensions pass…$10 billion bill not paid for…roll call vote added I’ve praised GOP Sen. Jim Bunning many times over the last two years for taking unpopular stands against massive, government entitlement expansions. He was [...]

In critiquing Glenn Beck’s CPAC speech taking the Republican Party to task for failing to own up to its Big Government lapses, Bill Bennett cites various Republicans who have admitted the party’s culpability. But see if you can spot the glaring problem with his defense of the GOP: From Jim DeMint to Tom Coburn to [...]

Scroll for updates…GOP Senate candidate Marco Rubio of Florida condemns civilian trials for terrorists… Today is the opening of the Conservative Political Action conference (CPAC) — the storied annual gathering of the Right. As I noted the other day, it’s also the season for a bumper crop of conservative manifestos, action plans, and ideological contracts. [...]

It’s our own version of Britain’s Prime Minister’s questions and it’s been happening for nearly an hour live. Hurry and tune in now on C-SPAN online if you aren’t near a TV. Yes, Obama has shown some of his finger-wagging tendencies, ignored GOP Rep. Tom Price’s question, complained that health care critics likened Demcare to [...]

I’m disappointed, but understand his reasons. Erick Erickson at RedState has the full scoop: January 26, 2010 Open Letter to Friends and Supporters As many of you are aware, I have been approached about running for the United States Senate in 2010. Karen and I have been humbled by the outpouring of support and encouragement [...]

Roasted Ouch. Think he gets the message yet? Via Miami Herald/AP: Republican activists in Gov. Charlie Crist’s home county voted 106-54 to support former House Speaker Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate primary. Monday night’s straw poll was the 11th conducted by a county Republican committee and Rubio has won them all. The fact that [...]