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No one’s entirely sure how many people showed up this weekend for Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally.  Beck has suggested the number is around 400,000.  The official unofficial number provided by Washington, D.C.’s Park Services is 325,000.  CBS low-balled the event, claiming that no more than 85,000 attended, only to have their assertion countered by NBC’s estimate of 500,000.  Regardless of the numbers, Democrats are desperate to dismiss the event. They do so at their own peril.  There’s a lot they could learn from it. (more)

A group of religious leaders representing different faiths have signed an open letter in support of the controversial Park51 Islamic community center and mosque scheduled to be built in Lower Manhattan, calling political opposition to the center a “transgression of the worst order.” (more)

Week after week, I come here to bury Keith Olbermann, not to praise him. I mock his opinions, his verbal tics, his pompous demeanor and his orange face. But just for kicks, I’m going to try something different this week and see if I can find something to celebrate about this sad, angry little man who is wrong about everything. (more)

Richard Bernstein is the author of Duped America: How Democrats And The Mainstream Media Have Duped The American People And Are Harming Our Country. The former Democrat turned Republican describes himself as “not a professional pundit, politician or celebrity, but rather an ordinary American very concerned about the future of our country.” (more)

Palin nomination brought out the little community organizers in scores of lefty journos — Charlie Crist is a momma’s boy — University attempts ‘thought reform’ on Christian student — Howard Dean and Newt Gingrich: A match made in the bowels of National Lampoon? — DOJ witness can’t testify in NBPP case — Cop Update: Many Federal police still do not understand the Bill of Rights (more)

Liberal and environmental activists say that Democrats will not suffer in November because of their failure to pass Senate climate change legislation. (more)

As another addition to our new domain name, KeithOlbermann.com, we here at The Daily Caller would like to share some of Keith Olbermann’s finest moments on his show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Here they are, courtesy of our friends at Olbermann Watch (see more videos here). (more)

For months, the conventional wisdom has been that Democrats’ best hope of holding the House rests on two things: the long time they’ve had to prepare for a wave election, unlike in 1994, and the money advantage they’ve accumulated due to fumbling at the Republican National Committee and House Republican fundraising arm. (more)

On Monday evening, a friend told me that Patrick Murray, the Republican opponent of Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), was holding an event on the roof of my apartment complex. Intrigued due to the RealClearPolitics video of Moran saying “the economy has recovered” this past weekend, as well as the ethics issues Moran was cleared of earlier this year, I attended the event, where the campaign allowed me a few minutes to interview Murray. (more)

Barack Obama rode a Twitter and Facebook infused wave of support all the way to the White House. Before the scream, Howard Dean’s net roots support propelled him to improbable frontrunner status in the 2004 Democratic primary. Even Bob Dole had a website way back in 1995. Certainly, the Internet has changed political communications. But, one key ingredient to a political campaign hasn’t changed much or adapted to the Internet age – television advertising. Given the divided nature of the country and the competitive nature of politics these days, that’s pretty noteworthy. (more)

From the micro-donation platform first popularized by Howard Dean in 2003 to the million-strong Barack Obama Facebook page to the huge audience of the Huffington Post, liberals have been the dominant political force on the internet since the digital revolution began. (more)

Apparently, New York Times liberal bomb thrower Charles Blow finds it odd that President Obama’s poll numbers are in the gutter, along with his overall ratings of the recent health care overhaul. (more)

The first week of pleasant weather in the nation’s capitol brought out swarms of residents, who brushed off the winter grime by marching on the streets of Washington, D.C.  More than 1,000 health care reform advocates, organized by Health Care for America Now, rallied yesterday in Washington D.C.  The march went from Dupont Circle to the Ritz Carlton hotel, where an association of health insurance companies was meeting. (more)

Editor’s Note: Daily Caller High is a group of young writers cutting their teeth in the world of political punditry. This week, the authors’ reflect on events of the past few days.  (more)

In a speech Wednesday night at the George Washington University, Howard Dean told College Democrats that “the Tea Party is about a generation who grew up in an America where everyone looked like them” and implied that the movement is hostile to President Obama because of his race. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a series of missteps that have drawn criticism in Washington, GOP Chairman Michael Steele still enjoys the support of many state party chiefs, grass-roots activists and, most importantly, Republican National Committee members who hired — and can fire — him. (more)

Nevada Senator Harry Reid’s recent gaffe isn’t the first time that Republicans have tried to recreate the Lott controversy and bring down a Democrat. In February 2005, then-Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean joked that Republicans couldn’t fill a room with non-white members “unless they invited the hotel staff in.” Mississippi Republicans sprang to action, sending their African-American leadership out to demand Dean’s resignation. “Ask the Democratic party do the same thing to Dean that Republicans and other Democrats did to Senator Lott,” said Charles Evers, an African-American GOP activist and veteran of the Civil Rights movement. (more)