Comment Policy
Please keep comments on topic and civil. Comments deemed by the editors to be rude, obnoxious, mean-spirited, or off topic may be removed without notice
VIDEO of the MOMENT
GET YOUR AMMO: THE BLOG
Bad News
Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while giving a speech to the Federalist Society tonight. It appears to have been a stroke. Prayers.
0 Comments
The Fight For Afghanistan
Some incredible photos from the newly-central front in the War on Terror.
0 Comments
Malkin on the Palin Smears
What we’ve seen in the smears against Sarah Palin go beyond the normal post-election squabbling.
0 Comments
Veteran’s Day
Thank you to our heroes. It’s you who make this grand experiment called America possible.
0 Comments
On the Sunnyside
All is not lost. An Obama presidency does provide an opportunity for Conservatives.
0 Comments
The Real John McCain
“What an old anecdote about Mo Udall in the hospital reveals about McCain’s character.” A must-read.
0 Comments
Obama vs. Obama (VIDEO)
More video evidence that “hope” and “change” really mean “typical politician.” The man has flip flopped more than John Kerry did in 2004.
0 Comments
McCain Does One Last SNL (VIDEO)
You have to admit that Saturday Night Live has done a spectacular job at becoming relevant again during the campaign. (Olbermann-bashing bonus)
1 Comments
Meet the Gang of Ten
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Kimberly Strassel has a great bit of journalism that will send your blood pressure sky-high if you’re in any way interested in beating Democrats this November.
Here are the key graphs:
It’s taken time, but Sen. McCain and his party have finally found—in energy—an issue that’s working for them. Riding voter discontent over high gas prices, the GOP has made antidrilling Democrats this summer’s headlines.
Their enthusiasm has given conservative candidates a boost in tough races. And Mr. McCain has pressured Barack Obama into an energy debate, where the Democrat has struggled to explain shifting and confused policy proposals.
Still, it was probably too much to assume every Republican would work out that their side was winning this issue. And so, last Friday, in stumbled Sens. Lindsey Graham, John Thune, Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker and Johnny Isakson—alongside five Senate Democrats. This “Gang of 10” announced a “sweeping” and “bipartisan” energy plan to break Washington’s energy “stalemate.” What they did was throw every vulnerable Democrat, and Mr. Obama, a life preserver.
That’s because the plan is a Democratic giveaway. New production on offshore federal lands is left to state legislatures, and then in only four coastal states. The regulatory hurdles are huge. And the bill bars drilling within 50 miles of the coast—putting off limits some of the most productive areas. Alaska’s oil-rich Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is still a no-go.
The highlight is instead $84 billion in tax credits, subsidies and federal handouts for alternative fuels and renewables. The Gang of 10 intends to pay for all this in part by raising taxes on . . . oil companies! The Sierra Club couldn’t have penned it better. And so the Republican Five has potentially given antidrilling Democrats the political cover they need to neutralize energy through November.
Sen. Obama was thrilled. He quickly praised the Gang’s bipartisan spirit, and warmed up to a possible compromise. Of course, he means removing even the token drilling provisions now in the bill. But he’s only too happy for the focus to remain on the Gang’s efforts, and in particular on the five Republicans providing his party its fig leaf.
Unbelievable.
Comments
- Join Primetime Politics.
Get informed.
Win arguments.
Stay right. - Subscribe to Primetime Politics by RSS.
SPOTLIGHTS
- The Impossible Obama Dream
- The Impossible Obama Dream
- Obama and Arab-Israeli Peace
- Mohamed Eljahmi - Mohamed Eljahmi on Libya’s Brutality Toward Dissidents
- Arms dealer caught in terror sting convicted in NY
- Palestinian security gets a feminine touch
- Inside the covert world of Gaza’s rocket factories
- Pressure grows on Obama as world economy deteriorates
- Hillary and Bill Clinton drama begins to tarnish Barack Obama’s takeover
- Obama Finance Chair Tied To Subprime Scandal
- What about ‘change’? Obama names yet another Washington insider to top post
- Israel: Labor party disappearing
- Child circumcision to be banned in Denmark?
- Iran increases stockpile of uranium
- Arizonan will head Homeland Security
- Minnesota hanky panky: On First Day of Recount, Franken Gains Net of 43 Votes on Coleman
- Longmont Times-Call staffers invited to work as valets at owner’s Christmas party
- Obama’s Pick of Daschle May Test Conflict-of-Interest Pledge
- Eric Holder Nips Marijuana in the Bud and Invents a Time Cover Story
- The Sejil: A New Iranian Missile can hit EU
- PA arrests over 250 Hamas terrorists
- Iraqi Yellowcake discovery- could silence skeptics on WMD
- Abdullah II warns Olmert, Barak: Gaza action could snowball into Jordanian instability
- Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon
- The Obamameter Points Left -
- Rezko 2
- Somali pirates seize ninth vessel in 12 days
- Indian Navy sinks pirate mothership during bold stand-off in Gulf of Aden
- Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama with racial epithet
- Al-Qaida calls Obama ‘House Negro’
SOURCES
- American Power
- American Thinker
- Copious Dissent
- Cross Action News
- Free Republic
- Gateway Pundit
- Global Nook
- Hot Air
- Hugh Hewitt
- Human Events
- Investor's Business Daily Editorials
- Little Green Footballs
- Memeorandum
- Michael J. Totten
- Michael Yon
- Michelle Malkin
- National Review
- Pajamas Media
- Politico
- Power Line
- Rush Limbaugh
- The Blog Studio
- The Minority Report
- The New York Times
- The Wall Street Journal
- The Washington Post
- The Washington Times
- The Weekly Standard
- Times of London
- Townhall
- Urban Conservative
- VodkaPundit
- YCA Solar Lights