Mattera, the author of a new book titled “Obama Zombies,” has risen to prominence by filming punchy, made-for-Fox News interviews with liberal activists and Democratic members of Congress — most recently, he confronted Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) in a stairwell and demanded answers about whether the health care bill would fund jungle gyms. Tommy Christopher of Mediaite ripped into Mattera; Mattera, in an interview with Newsbusters, responded.

Tommy Christopher’s a joke. Nobody reads him. It’s probably him and his two moms. That’s about it.

Mattera also won some cable TV infamy for a speech at CPAC which The New York Times criticized for “racial tones” and “racial stereotypes.” The young, Brooklyn-born activist was furious — what the paper described as a “Chris Rock dialect” was how he actually talked. And I can confirm this. Hearing Mattera call somebody “brother” is like hearing him use the words “the” or “but.” It was, however, an example of just how dedicated he is to roiling the left.

Cheney knows that the personal attacks on him, as offensive as they are, in reality constitute stark evidence that Obama and his supporters are simply unable to match him in the substantive policy debate. An old lawyers’ cliché says: “If the law is against you, pound on the facts; if the facts are against you, pound on the law; if the law and the facts are against you, pound on the table.” Obama and his supporters are doing the political equivalent of continuous table-pounding, because that’s basically all they have to offer. Cheney’s unwillingness to be deterred by the media assaults on his character, his judgment and his performance in office are therefore his most impressive force multiplier with the general public. Outside-the-Beltway Americans see him for exactly what he is: a very experienced, very dedicated patriot, giving his fellow citizens his best analysis on how to keep them and their country safe.

Novak would often tell aspiring journalists to pick a different field if their goal was to change the world.  But, by simply aiming to inform and to do his job as well he could, Novak changed the lives of his readers and those of us blessed to work with him.

Update: Lynn Sweet confirms it:

“He was someone who loved being a journalist, love journalism and loved his country and loved his family,” Novak’s wife, Geraldine, told the Sun-Times on Tuesday.

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It gets angrier from there:

- “the DNC is running insidious advertisements and the White House has launched its “Great American Snitch” program at flag@whitehouse.com.”

- “dare you speak of the anointed one and you are a racist.”

- “Left wing blogs attack Governor Sarah Palin and made allegations that her young Son Trig is not hers.”

- “No one is questioning the law license inactive status of First Lady Michele Obama. And what is up with twenty-two staffers for the First Lady Michele?”

- “The Bush twins were regularly part of media attacks, dare no one speak of the Obama daughters who attend wonderful — and very expensive — Sidwell Friends private school.”

- “As a 22 year US Army combat veteran I can tell you when I smell fear, and the left wing liberal socialists are stinking up the place.”

Now, the district that West is trying to take for the GOP is a classic swing seat; it voted only 52-48 for Obama in 2008, and West lost an underdog campaign to Rep. Klein by only 10 points. It’s saying something that West would eschew an under-the-radar moderate campaign and instead breath fire on a national conservative Website in order to gin up support from the party’s base. Was there any successful 2006 Democratic challenger who launched a campaign by asking why no one was investigating First Lady Laura Bush’s scandals?

The Norris endorsement comes just days after former Arkansas governor and Iowa Caucus winner Mike Huckabee formally endorsed Vander Plaats at a fundraiser in Spirit Lake. Norris was a big supporter of Huckabee’s presidential campaign. Vander Plaats was Huckabee’s Iowa chair.

In the column titled “3 Amigos Who Fight for America,” Norris also announced his endorsement of John Kasich in the Ohio gubernatorial race and Roy Moore — you remember him — in the Alabama governor’s contest.