By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  October 19th at 02:00 AM  | 

Previously we covered Chris Bowers working over at Daily Kos on a linking scheme to manipulate Google’s search service. Now we come across a new attack on the company, a plan to manipulate click tracking the firm does to figure out what links are most interesting to its users. Of course, the Daily Kos folk want to smear Republicans using Google. Again, we look to | Read More »

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  October 13th at 03:00 PM  | 

Taxpayers are against earmarks because they waste money and corrupt the political process.  It is that simple. House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) authored an excellent Op Ed in Politico attacking earmarks.  Cantor writes today that in March Republicans imposed an earmark moratorium for this Congress — a moratorium that expires on January 3, 2011.  Cantor is showing some leadership by calling for the elimination | Read More »

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  September 14th at 11:00 AM  | 

Tax cuts are the talk today in Washington.  The elites in Washington want to promise some sort of tax relief to voters, because they are scared that ObamaCare, the Stimulus and other attempts to expand the federal government have angered the voters.  These promised tax cuts may be too little – too late for many incumbents. The Senate will vote today on an amendment from Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE) to | Read More »

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  September 13th at 10:00 AM  | 

Congress is back in session and up to no good.  Both the House and Senate are expected to fail to pass an extension of all of the ’01/’03 tax cuts and the regular appropriations bills.  Liberals are in a panic in Washington, D.C., so watch closely while terrified politicians try to buy votes and pass legislation in a desperate effort to save Congressional jobs.  These liberals are | Read More »

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  August 5th at 11:00 AM  | 

Transparency is a tough promise for President Obama to keep.  Politico reports today: Four times in the last week, President Barack Obama has quietly slipped into private, exclusive Democratic Party fundraisers around town, glad-handing well-heeled donors away from the eyes of the press – and contradicting his pledge to run the most transparent administration in history. The Senate will debate the nomination of anti gun activist Elena Kagan to | Read More »

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  July 20th at 10:30 AM  | 

President Obama’s popularity is going down fast.  According to Gallup, the President is especially unpopular in Wyoming (29%), Utah (34%), West Virginia (34%), Idaho (34%), Oklahoma (37%), Alaska (38%), Montana (38%), Arkansas (40%), Kentucky (40%), Tennessee (41%), New Hampshire (41%), Alabama (41%), and Missouri (41%).  If you are running for House or Senate in any of these states, it may be time to start running | Read More »

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  July 14th at 11:00 AM  | 

Thank you President Obama.  We couldn’t have done it without you.  The Conservative movement is back and strong as ever.  Liberals and Progressives are in tears.  Keep up the good work, Mr. President. More on this issue below the fold. The House will vote on H.R. 1722, the Telework Improvements Act, and 6 suspension bills.  The Senate is scheduled to continue work on H.R. 5297, TARP, Jr., and | Read More »

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 30th at 11:00 AM  | 

Clearly, President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court Elena Kagan does not believe in a limited federal government.  Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) asked her whether the federal government has the power to tell Americans that they have to eat “three vegetables and three fruits every day.”  Kagan declined to use that question as an opportunity to state that the federal government has limited powers and used the question as | Read More »

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 23rd at 10:00 AM  | 

Tea Party Activists are likely to have another ally in Washington this Fall — Mike Lee, the Republican nominee for Senate from Utah.  Lee will join Republican nominee from Kentucky Rand Paul and the Republican nominee from Nevada Sharron Angle as non-establishment Tea Party activist candidates for Senate.  If these candidates are sworn into office, expect the Republican establishment to sound more conservative next year. The Senate | Read More »

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 16th at 10:30 AM  | 

President Obama laid an egg on national TV last night.  The Boston Celtics followed with their own egg laying against the Lakers.  Obama is in the process of losing his base, as evidenced by the scathing analysis by three Obama cheerleaders at MSDNC (via RCP) Keith Olbermann – “I thought it was a great speech if you lived on another planet for the past 57 days.” | Read More »

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 9th at 10:20 AM  | 

All eyes in Washington are on the Tuesday tea leaves to see if the Tea Party movement is here to stay.  Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) may have scored a Pyrrhic victory in squeaking out a win over lefty Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, yet she is going into this fall as the most endangered incumbent member of the United States Senate.  Also, Washingtonians are taking note that Sarah | Read More »

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  May 24th at 11:00 AM  | 

This week is the last week of work for the House and Senate before the Memorial Day recess and these are the times when taxpayers should keep a close eye on elites on Capitol Hill. Keep an eye on all of the expensive ideas up for a vote, because this week could prove very expensive for the American people if Congress passes every “must pass” | Read More »

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  May 19th at 11:00 AM  | 

Elites in Washington are looking over their shoulders today.  There is a new Scarlet Letter in America and it is the Scarlet Letter “I” for incumbent.  If you are a Senate candidate running for re-election or a member of the House, both Republican and Democrat, you are nervous that the people of America will kick you out of office because you are part of the problem.  Rand Paul, | Read More »

By: Ned Ryun (Diary)  |  May 18th at 06:10 PM  | 

From the diaries by Erick A paragraph in today’s Politico article detailing Mark Souder’s resignation over his affair struck me as odd: “A hard-line conservative, Souder recently survived a tough GOP primary in the Hoosier State, edging two opponents who held him under 50 percent. Souder’s Republican rivals criticized Souder over his support for the Troubled Asset Relief Program and Cash for Clunkers programs.” I | Read More »

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  May 13th at 11:00 AM  | 

Today will be another day of Obama Solicitor General Elena Kagan one-on-one meetings with Senators.  As Senators review the qualifications and actions of Elena Kagan to be the next Supreme Court Justice, they should hold her to the high standard that she sought to impose on conservative nominees.  In 1995 Kagan wrote a review of the book “The Confirmation Mess” by Stephen L. Carter and she complained of | Read More »