GOP leaders’ backroom plot first reported in November
House Republicans gird for shutdown - TheDC
With the clock ticking down, Republican and Democratic leaders are still at odds
Pollster Frank Luntz goes after 'violent' remarks on Huffington Post, MoveOn and Daily Kos - TheDC
‘People really need to back off out there and treat others with respect’
Steele claims credit for transforming GOP - TheDC
RNC chair begins unofficial effort to win a second term, despite critics in his own party
Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
If Palin is at the top of the ticket in 2012, brace yourself for another hollow heaping of Hope through 2016. The thought of her going toe-to-toe with Obama in a debate is frightening
Wall Street woes
If you meet someone at the park wearing a pastel tie who deals in derivatives, uses the word “collateralize,” or hedges things with a laptop, probably best to keep ‘em away from the kids
Financial reform 'feeling a little weird' - The Daily Caller
Bipartisan financial reform suffering from residual anger of health-care battle
Got health care?
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?
Bullies and bystanders
If we are surrounded by the trivial and the vicious, it is all too easy to make our peace with it. Let us not accept such a fate
Make room at the table
Make no mistake, if Republicans make gains in this year’s midterm elections—as it appears they will—it is due in no part to what they stand for, but rather against
New budget pushes Rep. Paul Ryan into the spotlight - The Daily Caller
President Obama’s budget director, Peter Orszag, raises a Republican lawmaker’s ideas on how to fix the problem in White House proposals
No walk in the park - The Daily Caller
If Republicans needed evidence that 2010 will hardly be the political cakewalk some expect, President Obama walked reminded them on Friday with an aggressive appearance before pointed questions from House GOP lawmakers
Tucker Carlson: Flight of the Coakley supporters
But you probably won’t see all the work that went into it. As of late this afternoon, Luntz was still scrambling to balance his focus group with supporters of Democrat Martha Coakley. “I just lost another one,” Luntz growled over his cell phone from a hotel ballroom at Logan Airport. In the last 24 hours, six Coakley voters have dropped out. By contrast, Luntz hasn’t lost a single supporter of her opponent, Scott Brown
