Earlier today, I spoke with Senator George LeMieux (R-FL) about the current state of affairs in the Gulf disaster and the federal response, and the Senator did not mince words. [...] Read the rest »

Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Andrew Malcolm of the Los Angeles Times’ Top of the Ticket blog joins us by telephone today, as he is on the road.  We’ll talk about the latest in politics and media, especially about the unfolding crisis between the White House and its commander in the main theater of war.  We’ll also talk about the polling fallout of the Oval Office speech, and all of the rest of the headlines.

The news in the last week on White House appointees has mostly revolved around the blanket holds that Sen. [...] Read the rest »

Reuters reports on the latest Government intrusion into the efficient processes of profits, pricing and capitalism (emphasis mine):

Attorney General Eric Holder has dropped all charges against Stevens:

Watching images of Barack Obama, Britney Spears, and Paris Hilton intermingling on the Celeb commercial and seeing Tina Fey out-Palin Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live, one could be excused for thinking of this year's presidential contest as a spectacular pseudoevent, the term historian Daniel Publication: The American Conservative

...and pretty soon we might be bankrupt.

The top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee says the Obama administration is on the right course to save the nation's financial system.

But Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire also says President Barack Obama's massive budget proposal will bankrupt the country.

Gregg says he has no regrets in withdrawing his nomination to become commerce secretary. He pulled out after deciding he could not fully back the administration's economic policies.