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Allen West, a retired lieutenant colonel who’s making his second run for Congress from a south Florida swing district next year, pens a column for Human Events that touches on almost every far-right base. West is angry that Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fla.), the incumbent congressman, isn’t making himself available for town halls, and that Democrats [...]

If the GOP has any interest in regaining its status as a national party and shedding the legacies of Jesse Helms and the “Southern strategy,” its leaders might want to instruct members — particularly those who hold public office and the people who work for them — not to do things like this, or this, [...]

The National Organization for Women nominates David Letterman for a slot in its “Hall of Shame” for his joke about the governor of Alaska’s daughter getting “knocked up” at a Yankees game.
After two nights of “jokes” at the expense of Palin and her family, Letterman tried to explain himself and offer something of an apology. [...]

Over the weekend, noted blogger/hoax peddler Larry Johnson responded to my post on the anniversary of the “Michelle Obama whitey tape” with a new theory about the mythical, incredibly damaging video.
Why was the tape never revealed and used? One theory is that the hardline conservatives in possession of the tape did not want John McCain [...]

One year ago tomorrow—May 16, 2008—former CIA analyst and current security consultant Larry Johnson put up this blog post at his site “No Quarter.”
I now have it from two sources that there is video dynamite–Michelle Obama railing against “whitey” at Jeremiah Wright’s church. Republicans may have a lousy record when it comes to the economy [...]

Michelle Obama tells a joke:
First lady Michelle Obama called her “current life” in the White House “a very blessed situation, because I have what most families don’t have — tons of support all around, not just my mother, but staff and administration. I have a chief of staff and a personal assistant, and everyone needs [...]

The overwhelming reaction in Europe to the election of Sen. Barack Obama has been one of enthusiasm and support. Yet a scan of the European press also reveals some peculiar — and some deplorable — responses.
Der Spiegel reports on the shock that has rippled through the German-speaking world after Klaus Emmerich, the “Wolf Blitzer of [...]

CHICAGO, Ill. – Sen. Barack Obama cast his vote this morning, both daughters in tow, and announced that the experience was a hit.

New narrative alert: Sen. Barack Obama will win this election — in a landslide.
But wait, weren’t all the experts and pundits worrying about Obama’s demise just one month ago? Well times change.
Markets fall. Running mates get exposed as embarassingly unqualified. So now this week’s conventional wisdom — first teed up on the front [...]

Michelle Obama will make her first appearance on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” on Wednesday.
Her husband has already done three visits, but Michelle never found the time to sit down with Stewart. The interview will air after the second presidential debate — a night of politics and high ratings.