“Family Research Council” on The Daily Caller

In a normal election cycle, the talk of a run for president by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would be nothing more than table talk, idle chatter indulged with the knowledge that the Republican Party abides by traditions and rules and thus usually nominates the next candidate in line. (more)

The class of Republican candidates fighting to come to Congress for the first time are vowing aggressive measures to cut government spending and to repeal the president’s health care law. (more)

Social conservatives, whose influence reached an apex during the Bush administration when the president campaigned on a constitutional amendment codifying traditional marriage and euthanasia brought the Capitol to a halt in the Teri Schiavo episode, are now on the defensive. (more)

To hear Democrats tell the story, they cower with a few paltry dollar bills in their hands as a tsunami of campaign spending by independent conservative groups threatens to sweep them away over the next three weeks. (more)

Parents of the 216 students in Washington, D.C. who have seen Mr. Obama’s congressional cohorts gut the Opportunity Scholarship program must have found cold comfort from the President’s soothing words on NBC. The Heritage Foundation’s able education analyst Lindsey Burke tells us what Mr. Obama said to The Today Show’s Matt Lauer: (more)

Conservative advocates debated the social versus fiscal divide in Tea Party and GOP circles at a Family Research Council symposium Friday, headlined by The New York Times’ conservative columnist Ross Douthat. (more)

House Republicans have been relatively successful this week at presenting a united front around their “Pledge to America,” but only through a strategic outreach campaign to lawmakers, media and outside groups, that has managed to keep deep dissatisfaction over several key issues largely under wraps. (more)

It was certainly reassuring to see the President and First Lady coming out of St. John’s Episcopal Church last Sunday.  With all the confusion about the President’s religion, we can be sure that that very liberal historic parish will provide a warm welcome to the First Family.  And they’re unlikely to hear anything as unsettling as “God d____ America” coming from St. John’s elegantly carved pulpit. (more)

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released a statement Thursday morning on the House Republican leadership’s “Pledge to America.” (more)

Delaware’s surprise GOP senatorial nominee, Christine O’Donnell, known for her views on family and religion, on Friday made one of her first public appearances since defeating Mike Castle at the Voter Values Summit, hosted by the Family Research Council. (more)

The Family Research Council boasted an all-star conservative lineup Friday morning at its 2010 Value Voters Summit in Washington with big-name potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates including former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Indiana Rep. Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint. (more)

Glenn Beck’s rally in Washington Saturday was a picture of unity on stage, but that wasn’t easy to accomplish, according to interviews with Christian ministers involved in planning the event. (more)

Dear American Taxpayer, (more)

There’s good news for parents who worry that their teenagers’ sex lives are affecting their school performance: A provocative new study has found that teens in committed relationships do no better or worse in school than those who don’t have sex. (more)

An address from Her Majesty the Queen: (more)

A California judge may have overturned the state’s ban on gay marriage last week, but advocates on both sides of the issue made clear Sunday that it is far from a closed case. And already they offered a preview of arguments they could make at the U.S. Supreme Court. (more)

By Ken Klukowski and Ken Blackwell (more)

Despite what you may think, Dhimmicrats are not Democrats. A dhimmicrat is a Western official who uses his position of power and influence to clear the pathway for the spread of shariah–the law they have in Saudi Arabia. Dhimmi is the Arabic word for the low status person–all non-Muslims–who live under sharia. (more)

Are you a Chamberlin or a Churchill, Mr. Cameron?  
The annals of English history shall record you in one light or the other.  You have snatched back a rudderless country out of the hands of directionless leftists – and for this, we across the Atlantic are thankful.  But don’t light your cigar just yet, sir.  You have failed your first test of fortitude. (more)

Gen. James Jones is not a “useful idiot.” He’s a well-educated, most respected military professional. He’s also a highly decorated Marine. He is President Obama’s National Security Adviser. Ordinarily, that would be good news for all Americans. (more)