“Ted Kennedy” on The Daily Caller

This week, the Republican Study Committee’s (RSC) Sunset Caucus is targeting for elimination the death gratuity, or payments to the survivors of Members of Congress who die in office. (more)

No political figure in America should ever, for any reason, mix religion and politics. To do so is to threaten the very foundation of the Republic. (more)

There was a time when, under the Cuban constitution, citizens were allowed to petition the National Assembly for formation of new political parties. In 1981, Andres J. Solares took advantage of his constitutional rights and began gathering signatures for formation of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. (more)

This summer everybody had a good laugh at the Democratic Party’s nomination of Alvin Greene to challenge Republican incumbent Jim DeMint for a U.S. Senate seat representing South Carolina. And we’re all still laughing now that he’s considering a run for president in 2012. (more)

Barack Obama would like to chalk the 2010 elections up to a weak economy and voters not understanding what a great job he did in preventing an even bigger economic collapse. It suits him to see things that way. He can continue to blame the economy on his predecessor and say that he saved us from the abyss. That’s his story and he’s sticking to it. Yet, if the weak economy were responsible for Democrats’ losses, then, historically speaking, Democrats should have lost only 20 to 30 House seats. Yet they lost 2 to 3 times that many. Why? Because voters aren’t just upset about the economy. They’re upset with the recklessly expensive and unwanted command-and-control policies that Obama pushed down their throats. (more)

Indiana Senator Evan Bayh said Monday that Democrats should be prepared to lose 60 seats in the House on Tuesday, and he criticized his own party for hurting itself after disregarding an early warning from voters. (more)

Juan Williams’ dismissal by NPR because of supposedly inappropriate remarks he made on Bill O’Reilly’s TV program once again exposes the radio network’s hypocrisy and bias.  The real reason is clearly that NPR officials disliked Williams’ ongoing association with Fox News; they regularly permit other correspondents and analysts to get away with murder — but on other TV networks. (more)

For Barney Steverman, the 2010 election comes down to two words: No incumbents. (more)

BOSTON – President Barack Obama, the vigorous campaigner, showed up at a rally for Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in Boston on Saturday, countering an outburst from hecklers in the balcony demanding more AIDS funding and an end to the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” rule with a testy reply: “If they win, our opponents will cut AIDS funding right here in the USA.” (more)

WASHINGTON – Edward M. Kennedy may have died of brain cancer last year, but that has not softened Jimmy Carter’s assessment of his rival for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination. (more)

The late Sen. Ted Kennedy, champion of the recent health plan legislation, actually delayed comprehensive coverage for Americans for decades, says former President Jimmy Carter. It was Kennedy’s actions to kill Carter’s own health care bill that made Americans wait more than 30 years for meaningful coverage, says Carter in an interview with “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl. (more)

In another sign that the electoral environment has become dire for Democrats, Republican Senate candidates in the battleground working class states of Ohio and Pennsylvania have begun to build big leads in the last few weeks over their opponents. (more)

Nearly one year after Edward M. Kennedy’s death, prominent Democrats in Washington and Massachusetts are promoting his widow as the party’s best shot at winning back the Senate seat he held for nearly five decades. (more)

Perception is often reality in politics.  Just ask George H.W. Bush.  Twenty-three years ago this October, when he was beginning his campaign to succeed Ronald Reagan as President, Newsweek ran a cover story on him bearing this headline: “Fighting the Wimp Factor.” (more)

With Democrats headed for a man-made disaster in November and the Obama presidency increasingly looking like a quagmired domestic-contingency operation, speculation about Hillary Clinton running for president in 2012 is on the rise. We know Secretary Clinton has a strong desire to be the president, but will she step down as Secretary of State and challenge Barack Obama, the first African-American president and a fellow Democrat? And if she won her party’s nomination what are her prospects for winning the general election? (more)

Well it is a slow news week here in D.C., if Tony Perkis was the mayor, he would definitely “cancel lunch due to lack of hustle.” While we have some extra time, some of us at the College Republican National Committee figured we could analyze the current dismal political atmosphere in D.C. with a little help from some notable quotables from one of our favorite childhood movies: Heavyweights. (more)

On June 29, 2010, former President Bill Clinton did the political equivalent of throwing some juicy ripe red tomatoes at the White House windows by publicly endorsing primary candidate and state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff in Colorado’s Senate Democratic primary. (more)

US Senator Scott Brown, who only months ago was a little-known figure even within the tiny band of Republicans in the state Senate, not only catapulted to national stature with his upset US Senate victory, but is today the most popular officeholder in Massachusetts, according to a Boston Globe poll. (more)

These Capitol insiders are able to walk into congressional offices sans appointment, sit in on high-powered meetings with lawmakers, and see Capitol Hill like no one else. However, you might have trouble getting in with this exclusive crowd, unless of course you boast four legs, fur, and a tail. (more)

While the majority of Ted Kennedy’s FBI file contains documents detailing death threats against the politician, one 1965 memo notes that a New York City woman reportedly had “considerable information about sex parties” involving the Kennedy brothers, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, and Sammy Davis Jr. (more)