Oh, nice. You’ve got to be impressed by Democrats’ love and respect for their fellow countrymen:

House Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn, the highest-ranking African-American in Congress, on Wednesday blamed most of President Barack Obama’s political problems on racism.

When asked about Obama’s re-election prospects, the enlightened gentleman answered: “I think they’re improving every day. I think the president has been a good president, a great commander in chief.” And yeah, that’s two consecutive sentences starting with “I.” Apparently, Clyburn and Obama have more in common with each other than their membership of the Democratic Party.

In any case, Clyburn continued:| MORE ›

I’m satisfied. The 2011 budget will be cut by $39 billion, the issues of funding Planned Parenthood and Obamacare will be put up as single-issue votes, and the government won’t shutdown. Feels good, doesn’t it?

Actually, not really. American is still facing deficits and debts in the trillions, and the negotiations for this year’s budget didn’t do much to combat those.| MORE ›

So where do Republicans stand after the election? From where I’m sitting, in a fairly good place. If they had to win only one chamber, I’d rather them win the House. Obviously, the Senate would have just been the icing on the cake, but being in control of the Senate these days is not all it’s cracked up to be (as I’ll cover in a bit).  Here’s a few reasons why I think the new power structure is good for them:| MORE ›

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has had enough with the left-wing attacks on her state after its legislature passed a now controversial law to curb illegal immigration. She was especially irritated by a joke President Obama made about this law at the recent White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Back then Obama said, once again proving he has sense of humor:| MORE ›

This is what happens when you get your man elected, after which he proceeds to disappoint everyone:

Some Democratic candidates running for local office around the country call the phenomenon the “Obama hangover.” It is proving tougher to recruit volunteers and get people to vote.| MORE ›

Who would have thought that a mere eight months after Barack Obama became president the Democratic Party would hit rock bottom fundraising-wise:| MORE ›

The second session of the 111th Congress is over, and I’m still getting a little mixed up in the alphabet soup of bills and treaties that were just passed, shot down, repealed, or ratified. DADT, CR, DREAM, START, TAX. Actually, that last one is not really an acronym, though I think “Trusting Americans eXasperated,” or something like that, works very well.| MORE ›

Last week, President Obama called out the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, accusing it of funneling contributions to the business advocacy group from foreign corporations to its U.S. political activity. This, of course, ignited a political firestorm.

The left had a “eureka!” moment.| MORE ›

Republicans take New Jersey by 5 points.

Republicans take Virginia by 18.

NY 23:  Owens 49, Hoffman 45, Scozzafava 6 – with precincts still reporting.

But what is the real news??

It was no surprise that the GOP took back the state of Virginia, what is a surprise is the massive 18 point margin. This amounts to 34 points of movement away from Democrats  in Virginia since 2008.| MORE ›

The Washington Post published an op-ed yesterday written by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Read it; it’s a good one.

Jindal believes that Republicans have to join the “battle of ideas” about health care reform. Reform, he says, is necessary.

He first gets a dig in at Democrats:

The debate on health care has moved on.| MORE ›

Good news for those of us who believe that Senator Harry Reid is extremely liberal and that the U.S. would be better off with somebody else as Senate Majority Leader:

Nearly half of Nevadans have had enough of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as the powerful Democrat heads into his re-election campaign, a new Las Vegas Review-Journal poll finds.| MORE ›