Fox News:
The community organizing group ACORN mismanaged about $200,000 received from the Justice Department, which failed to track how the allocated money was used, according to a report by the department’s watchdog.
The news is the latest blow to a group whose public image has taken a beating in recent months after some of its employees [...]
Politico:
After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political force, the tea party movement has become embroiled in internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money and is at risk of losing its momentum.
The grass-roots activists driving the movement have become increasingly divided on such core questions as whether to [...]
Accuracy In Media:
The liberal media’s mission to destroy Sarah Palin in the heat of her ongoing book tour ensnared an unwitting a 17-year-old Palin fan in Grand Rapids, Mich. Norah O’Donnell of MSNBC set up the girl, Jackie Seals, by staging a confrontation with her over Palin’s views on last year’s government bailout of the [...]
Tulsa World:
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, perhaps Congress’ most vocal skeptic of man-made global warming, essentially declared victory Wednesday in a lengthy speech on the Senate floor.
“I proudly declare 2009 as the ‘Year of the Skeptic,’ the year in which scientists who question the so-called global warming consensus are being heard,’’ the Oklahoma Republican [...]
House Republican Leader:
House Republicans today launched a new effort to change the way Congress works, calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to schedule an immediate vote on five common-sense reforms that will bring greater transparency to the legislative process and make Congress more open and accountable to the people it serves. The House GOP [...]
WASHINGTON – Not a speed reader? Want to get through Sarah Palin’s new book in a flash?
A look at Palin’s most frequently used words capture some of the key themes of the former Alaska governor’s memoir: Alaska, campaign, Todd, family, kids, right, governor, government, oil, work, energy.
The Associated Press electronically scanned the book, “Going Rogue,” [...]
Public Policy Polling:
Losing NY-23 candidate Doug Hoffman became the latest in an increasingly long line of conservative politicians to blame his problems on ACORN yesterday despite the complete lack of evidence the organization played any role in his defeat.
The Republican base is with him though. PPP’s newest national survey finds that a 52% majority of [...]
By John Boehner, from his website:
Just like the original 2,032-page, government-run health care plan from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) massive, 2,074-page bill would levy a new “abortion premium” fee on Americans in the government-run plan.
Beginning on line 7, p. 118, section 1303 under “Voluntary Choice of Coverage of [...]
The Hill:
Recently launched California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina (R) is on a quest to prove her conservative bona fides to California voters. But on Wednesday, the Fiorina’s first target was a group of D.C. reporters.
Fiorina, who faces a grassroots conservative primary challenger before she can get to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), cast doubt on global [...]
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Hollywood (AP) - - Oprah Winfrey’s interview with former vp candidate Sarah Palin scored the talk show host her highest rating in two years.
Monday’s episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” drew a 8.7 household rating and 13 share — the best since Winfrey had the entire Osmond family on the show in 2007.
That means Palin [...]
