Former Sarah Palin Aide Frank Bailey Explains Why He Turned On Her

Frank Bailey sat down with me to talk about his time with Sarah Palin and why he wrote a tell-all book.

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com…

Quiet Your Mind For Five Minutes And Trust Your Intuition

KB gives us a much-needed respite.

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NJ Supreme Court Tells Gov Christie He Can’t Strip Funding From Public Education

$500 million restitution ordered to correct “reneging on the representations it made”…

WI Gov Scott Walker Signs Photo ID Requirement To Vote

ACLU: An “unnecessary voter suppression measure.”…

Paul Ryan: Kathy Hochul Won NY-26 Because of Scare Tactics

From “Morning Joe”:

“I saw the ads,” Ryan said. “I saw burning people’s Medicare cards. If you can scare seniors into thinking that their current benefits are being affected, that’s going to have an effect. And that is exactly what took place here. So yes, yes, it’s demagoguery, it’s scaring seniors.”

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Bill Clinton To Paul Ryan: If you Want Talk “Give Me A Call”

Former President Bill Clinton and Republican Congressman Paul Ryan met backstage at a forum on national debt. Clinton said he hopes Democrats aren’t complacent about the victory in NY-26, and Ryan said, about the debt issue, “You gotta get this thing moving.” As Ryan headed for the stage, Clinton invited him to phone him if he wants to talk further (via Political Wire).

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Mitt Romney Now Says He Advocated The Bailout He Opposed

Mitt Romney advocated against the bailout in a November 2008 op-ed called “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.” A year later he reiterated his opposition to the bailout.

In 2009, Mr. Romney said Mr. Obama’s plans for rescuing the automobile industry were “tragic” and “a very sad circumstance for this country.”

Now, Romney says Obama copied his idea.

“Mitt Romney had the idea first,” said Eric Fehrnstrom, a Romney spokesman, citing the Times opinion article. “You have to acknowledge that. He was advocating for a course of action that eventually the Obama administration adopted.”

And, then, confusingly, said the bailout was wrong.…

Who’s Afraid Of Grover Norquist? Republicans.

by Stuart Shapiro

As the debate over raising the debt ceiling and possible cures for the long term deficit heat up, Grover Norquist is again playing an outsized role.

There may be enough congressional Republicans enthralled with Norquist, a small-government advocate who has spent the last quarter-century pressing lawmakers to sign a pledge never to raise taxes, to kill any comprehensive, bipartisan deal to rein in the $14.3 trillion national debt, say current and former members of Congress.

“Until Republicans are more afraid of the deficit than they are of Grover Norquist, we’re going to have a problem,” said …

Duke University Study: Born-Agains Have Smaller Brains

Non born-again Protestants have more gray matter…

Tea Party’s FreedomWorks, Led By Dick Army, Wants To Stop Mitt Romney

Adam Brandon: “Romney has a record and we don’t really like it that much.”

Brendan Steinhauser: “I don’t think I’ve met any groups or any local activists that like him or want him to be president.”…

Former AG Alberto Gonazles Sorry Over Firing Scandal

“I feel disappointment in myself”

“I am disappointed that I didn’t do things differently”…