Hot Air reports, quoting Politico, that when Senator Tom Coburn wanted to pitch his criticism of the Democrats’ health care plan last month, he decided to ignore conservative websites and, instead, turned to the Huffington Post.

Hot Air calls this decision “understandable yet repulsive.”

Understandable because the HuffPo is incredibly big and influential – ‘mainstream media’ reporters often visit the liberal news and opinion site in the morning in order to find items / news to write about – and repulsive because it is rather obviously a far-left website. (more…)

How things change when you’re in power:

He now opposes closing it anytime soon but naturally is A-OK with closing it at some murky, distant time in the future. Which, as far as I can tell, means he holds the same position on it as George W. Bush or Dick Cheney.| MORE ›

Here is your daily link mess. Don’t know what ‘link mess’ is? Well, scroll down:

My good friend and one of the best conservative members of the blogosphere, Jules Crittenden, analyzes Glenn Greenwald’s interview with “the UN’s torture guy.” Go read Jules’ analysis – he completely destroys Greenwald.

The Caucus blog talks about John Murtha.| MORE ›

Patrick Ruffini:

One of the most interesting consequences of this recession will be the dramatic reordering of media in America. Many local newspapers will go out of print. Even big national organs like the New York Times will not be immune to these pressures. Internet news will become more and more pervasive.

The copyright cartels of the MSM will raise a hue-and-cry.| MORE ›

Rick Moran and Robert McCain have a go at each other: is Glenn Beck a loon?

Hot Air headlined an essay by Rick Moran yesterday, called “Glenn Beck and the Radical Right.” In it, Moran argues that conservatives should distance themselves from the conservative talk show host, because he’s “a kook.”

The man who works for Pajamas Media and the American Thinker continues:| MORE ›

Earlier today, my good friend Ed Morrissey told me he’d like to set me up so I could contribute to Hot Air’s Greenroom. Since I had asked Ed about this myself, I gladly accepted the offer. You can read my post introducing myself here. Be sure to read it, I don’t just introduce myself but also talk about politics.

It truly is an honor and a pleasure for me to contribute to HA’s GR:| MORE ›

Here is your daily link mess. Don’t know what ‘link mess’ is? Well, scroll down:

Right Wing News reports that Janet Napolitano finally apologized to veterans for smearing them in a DHS report. Or did she? No, she did not. Saying “I’m sorry if you feel offended” isn’t the same as saying “I’m sorry for offending you.”

AP reports for Hot Air that lefty political analyst John Heilemann believes so:| MORE ›

Both Hot Air and Conservatives4Palin (yeah, the site that doesn’t like me all that much) wrote about rapper Eminem’s latest music video yesterday. Joshua Livestro wrote the post for C4P while AllahPundit took care of the matter for HA.

AP believes the video delivers a mighty blow to Palin because it once again portrays her as a sexbomb whom should not be taken serious.| MORE ›