Curiously, there’s an important Senate primary race in Indiana that some top conservative voices are ignoring. The Republican incumbent candidate supported amnesty and the Kennedy-McCain DREAM Act, as well as President Obama’s nominations of Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. It’s no wonder that Senator Dick Lugar has been called “Obama’s favorite Republican.” (more)
Former Nevada senate candidate Sharron Angle has made her first endorsement of the 2012 campaign season, throwing her support behind Richard Mourdock, who is mounting a primary challenge to Senator Dick Lugar of Indiana. (more)
When former Vice President Al Gore, who was recently dubbed a “modern day patron saint” – ”St. Al of Green” — by the Wall Street Journal, reversed his position on corn ethanol subsidies last week, not many thought it would foreshadow a contentious debate in Congress’ lame duck session. (more)
The United States has long stood for democracy and freedom, but in Cuba, a dissident who opposes Fidel and Raul Castro’s communist regime tells The Daily Caller that he and his compatriots are feeling an icy breeze from the Obama administration. Democracy advocates say the lack of support can be attributed to the Obama administration’s strategy of “aggressive niceness” toward the communist country. (more)
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is vowing to bring the immigration-related “DREAM Act” to the Senate floor and some Senate Republicans are sounding the alarm bells, highlighting that it would offer amnesty to an estimated 2.1 million illegal aliens. (more)
A repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell?” Don’t bet on it. (more)
Republicans are upping the pressure on Obama diplomatic nominee Mari Carmen Aponte, demanding to see details of her background investigation conducted by the Administration. (more)
Gautham Nagesh has wrangled two letters to Sen. John Kerry’s office, both asking that the committee hearing for the appointment of Mari Carmen Aponte as Ambassador to El Salvador be delayed (likely because, as Nagesh reported Saturday, Aponte was romantically involved with a man who was an alleged Cuban Intelligence asset). In a letter to Kerry, Senators Jim DeMint, Johnny Isakson, James Inhofe, Bob Corker, John Barrasso, Jim Risch, and Roger Wicker wrote: (more)
