Culture wars a matter of life or death for some Repubs.

A SIGN OF THE TIMES,  LITERALLY:  Apparently, the Culture Wars in America have turned deadly serious for some. In the state of Missouri,  a group of Republicans have posted a billboard which...

Rising populism has GOP on its toes

It began in August,  with the Town Hall meetings ,  although surely it had begun before this,  with books and TV and radio pundits and blogs.  A rising conservative populism,  though,...

Glenn Beck staking out political activist territory

 "He stakes his life on following his will":  Beck stakes his territory in the tumultuous political arena of these times Wildly popular conservative pundit and Fox News host Glenn Beck,  has...

Civil War within the Tea Party movement

The Tea Party movement ,  portrayed in the media as  monolithic and unified,  has what Mediaite.com calls "a growing civil war between two factions".    Apparently there is a...

Politico: Conservative state will worsen with Independent Revolt

Regardless of the fact that Doug Hoffman was defeated in the 23rd Congressional district of New York on election night,  the fact that this defeat was narrow,  and occurred on a stellar election night for...

Huffington Post shows offensive Tea Party signs

The Huffington Post has a post of the '12 most offensive Tea Party signs"  which can be seen at the link below.One of the most inexcusable,  offensive,  and least relevant to actual politics is the...

Tea Partiers won the battle for the soul of the GOP, says Salon

Political opinion on Salon.com says the Tea Partiers have  "won the battle for the GOP's soul".  It would seem so.   "Conservatives are awake,"   Glenn Beck crowed on his show on FOX on...

The protracted death of the Grand Old Party

And now I say,  "I die,  I die" so to a strong bushel let us now it  tie The Huffington Post is by no means the first or only publication to notice that the Grand Old Party is dying a slow...

Palin aims to shake up GOP establishment

Sarah Palin is scheduled to launch her autobiography  "Going Rogue" in a rare appearance on Oprah on November 17th. In it she is said to directly take on the GOP establishment. She has soldified this position...

GOP worries and frets about its pundits

Political operatives of all stripes like to fancy themselves as coolly controlling practitioners — who can shape public images. . . But the reality of the GOP during the Obama presidency is that the...

GOP Lawmakers Say Muslim Interns in Congressional Offices = Spies

In the 1950's, there were witch hunts for supposed communists who had infiltrated the U.S. government. Recently, four Republicans claimed that there were muslim spies serving as interns in D.C. congressional...

Chief of Staff Emanuel expounds on FOX News

When White House Communications Director Anita Dunn disparaged Fox News as "an arm of the GOP"  last week,  this set tensions between the Obama White House and Fox News Network.   Now,  Chief...

Multi-Millionaire Mitt Romney: Health Care Public Option is Death

Earlier this year, Alaska governor Sarah Palin claimed that the House health reform bill would create “death panels.”  Even though this was thoroughly debunked, that didn't stop conservatives from...

Glenn Beck not harmless, but a toxic power says Salon.com

According to today's Salon.com,  Glenn Beck is as dangerous as he is prankish,  and Democrats ignore him at their own peril.    Democrats watch his antics with "bemusement",  the...

Tea Partiers 'turn dirt' on GOP leadership

Tea Partiers abandon the Tea Cup,  and Drink from Saucer?  (courtesy of  Now Public's  A211423! ;)) Its been long obvious that the  Tea Party enthusiasts were getting increasingly...