Liberals to Black Voters: “Thanks, But You’re Bigots”

After spending nearly two years on the campaign trail appealing to the politically essential “African-American vote,” Barack Obama displayed his huge success with this demographic last Tuesday at the polls.  With well over 80% of African-American voters giving a nod to Obama (most estimates are 90% and above) and African-American voter turnout at it’s highest level ever, it would [...]

Who Is Valerie Jarrett?

Good question.  If you aren’t from Cook County, IL, chances are, you have no earthly idea.  Meet Obama’s choice to replace him as U.S. Senator from Illinois.
From HotAir.com-
The crony in question: Valerie Jarrett, who’s never run for public office in any capacity as far as I can tell but has earned appointments as chairman of [...]

Disgraceful: Dodd (CT-D) to Remain in Banking

WASHINGTON — Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd said Thursday he intends to remain at the helm of the Senate Banking Committee next year rather than take on a new assignment in the post-election leadership shuffle.
“As a United States Senator from Connecticut, there is no more important way right now that I can serve the people of [...]

Obama: “No Thanks, W. We Got This One.”

Hope and chutzpah.
New York Times today -
[President] Bush has invited world leaders to Washington on Friday and Saturday for an international conference on the economy. Mr. Obama and his team have declined to attend. Mr. Obama supports a new economic stimulus package; the Bush White House is cool to that idea.

Obama’s Big Day: Closing Gitmo and Creating a New Justice System

WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Obama’s advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but could require creation of a controversial new system of justice.
In testament to [...]

Good News from Iraq

From today’s LA Times:
Once the mightiest of Shiite militias, the Mahdi Army [led by cleric Muqtada Sadr] finds itself on the run as rivals benefit from government ties and U.S. backing. Efforts to reorganize into a socio-religious group may not help.

Not surprising at all as the Surge has been proven a success.  What is more surprising is [...]

Why We Are Safe

Hints: it’s not because the terrorists have given up.  And it’s not because the New York Times is concerned about our national security.
WASHINGTON — The United States military since 2004 has used broad, secret authority to carry out nearly a dozen previously undisclosed attacks against Al Qaeda and other militants in Syria, Pakistan and elsewhere, according to [...]

Celebrity Endorsement of the Military

Stephen King, author of intellectually challenging tomes Creep Show and Pet Sematary, publicly announced his support for the troops last month.
“I don’t want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don’t, then you’ve got, [...]

Contenders for RNC Leader

At this writing, Newt Gingrich and Michael Steele top the list and are in a close race.  
(This blogger’s choice is Steele who would be far less polarizing than Gingrich.)
Here are all of the apparent contenders, courtesy of the Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich: The former congressman and House speaker from Georgia is being looked to by [...]