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    How Is Elena Kagan ‘More Representative’ of America?

    “Barack Obama … is not only replacing the last veteran on the Supreme Court with a non-veteran, but replacing that veteran with a woman who thought it constitutional and proper to throw the military off college campuses.” In Barack Obama’s address to the nation regarding his nomination of Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court, he said, “Neither [Elena's mother], nor Elena’s father, lived | Read More »

    Morning Briefing for May 12, 2010

    RedState Morning Briefing For May 11, 2010 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. Good morning from Carrollton, GA. I’d love to say I have some great witticism for you this morning, but I’m tired this morning and put pretty much everything I want to say about today in the top post. So here are the headlines — and remember, this | Read More »

    The Great Disentangling Has Begun: What Bob Bennett’s Defeat Means and Does Not

    I’d like to think I might have some idea of what Bob Bennett’s defeat means and does not mean. After all, as with Marco Rubio, Doug Hoffman, and Marlin Stutzman, before others noticed, I was beating the drum — all the way back to September of last year on Bob Bennett. Pay attention now you media types who look for great meaning in all things | Read More »

    Morning Briefing for May 10, 2010

    RedState Morning Briefing For May 10, 2010 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. Good morning from Carrollton, GA. As you wake up, it appears Barack Obama is picking Elena Kagan to be his Supreme Court pick. You can find out more here. I don’t normally go all in for braggadocios-ness, but I think today warrants it. Back in December | Read More »

    We Must Now Move Rapidly to Colorado

    Friends, let me have your attention for a minute. We won Pennsylvania by default with Pat Toomey. Same in Florida with Marco Rubio. We lost in Indiana with Marlin Stutzman, though I hope we’ll see him again within two years. We won in Utah tossing Bob Bennett — but it won’t be much of a win unless Mike Lee wins the primary. Along the way, | Read More »

    I’m staying with Chuck DeVore

    I appreciate Sarah Palin. I know sometimes you read that I’m somehow a critic of Palin’s, but truth be told, I love the lady. You can say all day that she doesn’t have the “intellectual curiosity” to be President — which is to Palin as “Cheney’s gravitas” was to Bush — but you cannot deny this woman is fundamentally conservative, Christian, and would be a | Read More »

    RedState Has the Pulse of the Grassroots

    “You want to know where conservatives are going to be tomorrow, next week, or next month? Read RedState. We aren’t angry. We’re just taking over.” I don’t normally go all in for braggadocios posts, but I think today warrants one. Back in December of 2008, I got a lot of crap piled on me from a lot of people for daring to support a guy | Read More »

    It’s About Bob Bennett’s Responsibility, Not His Conservatism

    Just watched the CNN spot a friend mentioned earlier… the interview with the Utah tea party founder is awesome… TEA PARTY FOUNDER: “It’s not a question of how conservative he is, it’s a question of being responsible. And it wasn’t responsible of him to vote for the bailout for failing companies.” REPORTER: “Should his career end over that one vote?” TEA PARTY FOUNDER “His career | Read More »

    When Sports & Politics Don’t Mix

    Elisabeth Meinecke has the top story today at Human Events. One of the cardinal rules of sports organizations is that it always boils down to the fans. That’s why mixing politics and sports, like the Phoenix Suns organization did Wednesday, is tricky. The Suns decided to wear their “Los Suns” jerseys—which they’ve done before—on Cinco de Mayo for their playoff game against the San Antonio | Read More »

    Morning Briefing for May 7, 2010

    RedState Morning Briefing For May 7, 2010 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. Good morning from Charlotte, NC. I’ll be honest with you. I’m sleeping in this morning. It is 1:30 a.m. I’ve just driven 7 hours to Charlotte with my wife, my 4 year old, and my 1 year old in what should have been a 4 hour | Read More »

    Morning Briefing for May 7, 2010

    RedState Morning Briefing For May 7, 2010 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. Good morning from Charlotte, NC. I’ll be honest with you. I’m sleeping in this morning. It is 1:30 a.m. I’ve just driven 7 hours to Charlotte with my wife, my 4 year old, and my 1 year old in what should have been a 4 hour | Read More »

    Senator Tom Coburn Asks Lloyd Blankfein a Simple Question. Comedy Ensues.

    Senator Coburn asked a very simple question to the Chairman of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein. What happened next is comedy gold. The simple question was, “Have you personally spoken to anyone at Treasury about the regulatory reform effort?” The response? Makes you wonder what Goldman Sachs is hiding. Yes, the fact is Goldman and others on Wall Street will actually get rich off financial deform.

    Obama Fiddled While the Gulf Burned

    Jeff Crouere has the top story at Human Events today. I normally excerpt and get you guys to go over to our sister site to read the rest. But the piece is so awesome and the graphic is so well done, I’m putting up the picture and really hope you guys will click it to go check out Jeff’s article. J

    Barack Obama Ignores Tennessee Flood Victims In Favor of Haiti and Chile

    For those of you who think this administration really is malicious — okay, when it comes to free markets, capitalism, and the greatest of the country I’m with you — we have greater examples that the President and his advisors really are just amateurish. On April 30th, Barack Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation declaring today the National Day of Prayer. In it, he wrote, Let | Read More »

    Morning Briefing for May 6, 2010

    RedState Morning Briefing For May 6, 2010 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. Good morning from Macon. I’ve got a problem this morning and I need your help. I’ll be speaking at the Post Party Summit in Charlotte, NC tomorrow. But we’ve had trouble making in roads with local media and talk radio in the North Carolina area. Every | Read More »