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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 [...]

Scroll for updates… I noted on Friday that libs were getting “anxious” about the MA Senate race. The latest numbers from Public Policy Polling should have them hitting the panic button even faster: The Massachusetts Senate race is now a toss up. Buoyed by a huge advantage with independents and relative disinterest from Democratic voters [...]

I encouraged you last week to fight the SEIU/Demcare corruption and contribute to MA GOP Senate candidate Scott Brown’s campaign. The election date — Jan. 19 — is rapidly approaching and the race has turned competitive thanks to grass-roots conservative pressure. The NYTimes takes notice today. In a word, Democrats are “anxious:” While Ms. Coakley [...]

The Wall Street Journal’s Kim Strassel profiles GOP up-and-comer Sean Duffy, a 38-year-old district attorney in Wisconsin who’s taking on decrepit Democrat incumbent Rep. David Obey. He’s bringing fresh blood and energy to the fight — and he’s focused on fiscal responsibility: Wisconsin’s Mr. Duffy describes it this way: “I’m running because this is the [...]

Sharing an e-mail from reader and fellow Coloradan Jayme, who writes about her congressman, GOP Rep. Mike Coffman. We don’t hear many stories of good guys in Washington these days. Coffman is one of them. By way of background, Coffman enlisted in the Army at 17, served in the Army Reserve while in college, transferred [...]

I listened to Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell on Sean Hannity’s radio show yesterday. He sounded tired and barely able to rally the troops against the Democrats’ government health care takeover. He told Sean’s guest host at the end of an obligatory-sounding critique of Harry Reid that, and I quote, “We’re going to fight ‘em [...]

Memo to GOP candidates: Do not call yourself the “Tea Party backed candidate” if, in fact, Tea Party groups aren’t backing you. Embarrassing details here: Ugh. Where’s that head-banging-against-the-wall graphic? Ah, there:

“I have nothing against white men…but…”