Army Chief of Staff Casey: I Have "Serious Concerns" About Repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey said at a Senate hearing today on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell":
"I do have serious concerns about the impact of a repeal of the law on a force that is fully engaged in two wars and has been at war for eight-and-a-half years. We just don't know the impacts [...]
Rasmussen: Kirk Leads Giannoulias 46% to 40% in IL Sen. Race
A new Rasmussen poll shows Mark Kirk opening up a 46% to 40% lead over Democrat Alexi Giannoulias:
Among voters not affiliated with either of the major parties, the Republican holds a sizable 59% to 22% lead.
In December, Giannoulias was up by three points over Kirk. In October, the two men were tied at 41% each. [...]
An unsatisfactory end-game in Iraq
The Washington Post reports that major Shiite parties in Iraq with close links to Iran have announced a new coalition that excludes Prime Minister Maliki, According to the Post, “if the new coalition remains intact and secures a majority of parilamentary seats in the Jan. 16 vote, Iraq’s next government probably will be [...]
Obama, No Better at the Windup than the Pitch
It’s bad enough we’re forced to listen to him pitching a domestic policy derived from Alinskyesque community-organizing principles and a foreign policy based on plain old appeasement. It’s bad enough he’s threatening to hurl us tailspinning back into the malaiseous 1970s with his Carteresque balking. It’s bad enough he’s our pitcher-in-chief and no one’s coming [...]
Single Most Effective Republican Spokesperson on Stimulus: ‘You May Already Be Getting Scammed’
Well, it’s a close race with Nancy Pelosi, but Joe Biden is pulling ahead:
“We know some of this money is going to be wasted,” Biden said during a roundtable discussion in New York with business leaders aimed at promoting the two-year stimulus plan…
“There are going to be mistakes made,” said Biden. “Some people are being [...]
