“Frank Luntz” on The Daily Caller

An anecdote in a new behind-the-scenes book by author Robert Draper has outraged liberals, but the revelation isn’t exactly news. (more)

In the latest sign of the seriousness of the shutdown threat, a 5:00 p.m. meeting with Republican chiefs of staff includes as its guests the House Sargent at Arms and the staff director for the House Administration Committee, two key officials charged with preparing for the logistics of government funding running out at midnight Friday night. (more)

There has been a lot of finger-pointing from the left, particularly at former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, accusing conservatives of intensifying of the political discourse. (more)

Michael Steele won’t officially say he’s running for a second term as chair of the Republican National Committee, but an interview with reporters at his Capitol Hill offices Friday afternoon made it clear that he’s eager to defend his record if he does. (more)

I caught a piece yesterday in Politico penned by Roger Simon, entitled: Sarah Palin Is At The Top Of Her Party.  Is she really?  I like Simon.  He seems like a pretty intelligent guy.  He wears glasses.  Could he be right, though? (more)

Every month I receive a financial statement from one of the Wall Street behemoth firms. The raw materials used in the mailing—paper and stamps—are generally worth more than my account balance. (more)

On Wednesday afternoon around 1:45 p.m., the New York Times reported that Keith Olbermann had petulantly forced the abrupt cancellation of MSNBC’s weeklong series “America the Angry.” On Wednesday afternoon around 1:47 p.m., Olbermann suddenly tweeted that he would be undergoing a colonoscopy that would prevent him from hosting Wednesday and Thursday’s shows. (more)

After two days of angry partisan arguments in Washington over the issue of financial regulation reform, a Republican senator from Tennessee summed up the state of play. (more)

If ever the American Medical Association deems ‘en masse paralyzing confusion’ a pre-existing condition warranting treatment, I have a hunch the tab for national health care may soar north. In the immortal words of Joe Biden (I love that guy), the passage of health care reform is a ‘big fu#*ing deal’. No doubt. But is it a good deal? (more)

I should say at the outset that I was a brutish brother at times growing up. The second eldest of five children, I made the lives of the other four—at some point—downright miserable. (more)

I have always resented the liberal presumption of intolerance among conservatives – the notion that we huddle around campfires in endangered forests and seethe in our abhorrence of gays, ethnic minorities, illegal immigrants and France. (more)

Read a transcript of The Daily Caller’s interview with Ryan here. (more)

If Republicans needed evidence that 2010 will hardly be the political cakewalk some expect, President Obama reminded them on Friday with an aggressive appearance before pointed questions from House GOP lawmakers. (more)

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Just about every election night, Republican pollster Frank Luntz assembles a focus group of likely voters to help predict election results. Tonight you can see Luntz interview an assembly of Massachusetts voters on Fox at 9:10 p.m. EST. (more)