Michael Steele was elected the new chairman of the Republican National Committee.  Although we favored our native son Mike Duncan, we are pleased with the choice of Michael Steele.  Mike Duncan left the party to Steele in good shape with $20 million in the bank.  We congradulate Michael Steele and wish him well.

The Democrats in the House of Representative passed President Obama’s massive economic stimulus package approaching a trillion dollars.  The bill was passed despite bipartisan objections to the enormous spending and clear inclusion of pork.  The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that it will increase the budget deficit by $820 billion dollars.  Not a single Republican voted for the bill and 11 Democrats defected and voted against it.

Senator Jim Bunning confirmed that he will be running for re-election to the US Senate next year.  This announcement came just one day after Lieutenant Governor Dan Mongiardo announced that he will again be seeking Bunning’s Senate seat, setting the stage for a rematch.

Barack Hussein Obama gives his first personal sit down interview to the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news channel.

President Obama’s choice for Secretary of the Treasury was confirmed by the Senate.  The man put in control of the IRS didn’t pay his own taxes until Obama nominated him for Treasury Secretary.  Anyone surprised?

Recently President Obama warned Republicans not to listen to Rush Limbaugh.  Democrats again show their lack of tolerance for different ideas and opinions.  Obama appears to be fearful of any vocal opposition.  Limbaugh is the leading conservative voice of the day.  We will see if Republican politicians have the moral fiber to defend Limbaugh, their contituents and our conservative values against the Obama offensive.

President Obama appears to be keeping his wrong headed promise to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center which holds captured terrorist combatants.  The problem, as those who opposed this warned, is what to do with the prisoners (i.e. release them so they can attack us again or move them to a prison on the mainland).  A possible solution would be to reopen the Alcatraz prison in the San Francisco Bay and move all of the prisoners there.  Nancy Pelosi and her liberal constituents who had been so concerned about the welfare of the terrorists can now have them right there where they can take good care of them.  In addition, San Francisco lawyers will be close at hand to expedite their defense.

The Washington Post and NYT report that the Obama Administration is wasting no time rolling back the CIAs perogatives in fighting terror.  We should feel safer very soon.

One of the final regulations President Bush pushed through at the end of his administration was a “right of conscience” law that allows medical providers to refuse to offer any practice they find morally objectionable, including abortion and other reproductive-health procedures. President Obama is trying to recind that law.  It appears doctors don’t deserve a freedom of choice under the new Obama administration.

Rohm Emanuel demonstrating the new White House greeting for visiting Republicans.

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