Ron Paul Fails in Record Bid

Laughable.

Ron Paul… even with the money games such a claim would invariably have attached to it, failed in his attempt to raise $10M USD in one day.

Of course, in the press, no mention that it was a failed

Mike Soraghan, Hill, reports on Senator Tom Colburn(R-OK) getting his priorities backwards:

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said Congress’s deficit spending has become a moral issue surpassing abortion because it saddles future generations with massive debt before they’re born.

“The

Manu Raju at The Hill:

 Senate Republicans said Thursday they would invoke new ethics rules to block Democratic efforts to send to President Bush the first appropriations package of the 110th Congress.

Do you understand the impact of what’s being

TPM Muckraker says:

Over the past several months, the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey has issued two grand jury subpoenas to former clients of Kay LiCausi, a lobbyist and former aide to Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ). The investigation, of

By way of the Conservative Grapevine, we see Hewitt has an interview up with Huckabee.

Huckabee has some serious problems, particularly with his insisting on raising gasoline taxes… like that’s what the American family needs is more taxes… over and

John Harris over at the Politico:

Congressional Democrats certainly know the power of a throw-the-bums-out message. It vaulted them to power a year ago this week. Little wonder anxiety is boiling over inside the new majority as lawmakers ponder a

As a canidate, Mrs. Clinton keeps repeating how tough she is.    Yet every time Mrs. Clinton is attacted, her campaign whines like a little girl.   Case in point, Mrs. Clinton’s campaign response to her debacle in Philly.   Hat tip:  Jim

From the quips list:

I would put Glenn Greenwald calling anyone’s masculinity into question, on par with Greenwald’s Hero, Harry Reid, calling anyone “incompetent”, and for the same reason.

I should have put something in there about Dennis Kucinich, I

We recently posted about how the Democrats… particularly those in his home state of Pennsylvania should have had enough long ago, and should start moving to remove him from office. 

Interestingly, there’s a number of Democrats looking to do exactly

I’ll expect the same outrage for Pelosi’s actions, if not more, that FEMA generated by staging a press conference.

The Hill is reporting that Speaker of the House Pelosi (D) is concerned that Republicans will use the Rangel’s “controversial new

Doctor Thomas Sowell points up something I’ve discussed here previously:

It is remarkable how many political “solutions” today are dealing with problems created by previous political “solutions.” Three examples that come to mind immediately are the housing -market crisis,

Michelle notes a Fox News report that says a career army officer, and small business owner has decided to challenge Jack “Cold Blood” Murtha…

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. —(FOX)- A career Army member left the service two years short of retirement to

Hey John, if you don’t like advertisemnts for prescription drugts, don’t watch them.   Then lay off our Constitution.

Edwards may be a shyster of a lawyer, but he doezn’t seem to be much of a physician.   Holly Ramer, Associated Press

Heh….

WASHINGTON -AP- Dutch lawmakers who recently visited the Guantanamo Bay military prison said they were offended by a testy exchange in Washington with a senior congressional Democrat.

The lawmakers said that Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., chairman of the

There has long been discussion about why Congress is generally speaking not the best place to be leaving secretive information, particularly when democrats are in charge.  This is a primary aim sample of why, from TPM:

This summer the