Republicans Walk Out Of Debt Talks

GOP won’t budge on taxes…

Congressional Democrats Lead Criticism Of Obama Afghanistan Policy

Drawdown not adequate say Democrats

Military and Republicans worry drawdown is too aggressive…

U.S. Initiates Outreach To Taliban

Hillary Clinton: “We Believe a political solution is possible.”…

Rick Perry’s TSA Bill

by Karen Milseki

Why isn’t there  more talking about the Texas gov on his tsa bill that will shut down all fights to and out of his state? When Bush was in charge where was the out cry on the right.  This homeland is what Bush put in place.

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Herman Cain Says He’s Being Attacked Because He’s Black

Jon Stewart made fun of his three-page bills and somehow that’s racial, as are other criticisms according to Cain.

I’ve been called every name in the book because I’m a conservative, because I’m black.

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30 Million Barrels Of Oil To Be Released From Strategic Petroleum Reserve

“Supply disruptions in Libya” cited…

Whites No Longer The Majority Of US Babies

More and more states are developing populations that are majority non-white.

Twelve states and the District of Columbia now have white populations below 50 percent among children under age 5 – Hawaii, California, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Florida, Maryland, Georgia, New Jersey, New York and Mississippi. That’s up from six states and the District of Columbia in 2000.

At current growth rates, seven more states could flip to “minority-majority” status among small children in the next decade: Illinois, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, South Carolina and Delaware.…

New York State To See Gay Marriage Vote Today

Amendments being negotiated…

Ron Paul And Barney Frank To Introduce Bill To Fully Legalize Marijuana

States would be able to “legalize, regulate, tax, and control marijuana without federal interference”…

Obama Announces Surge Drawdown, But What Happens In 2014?

After the announced withdrawals are done, there will still be 65,000 troops in Afghanistan, twice the number when Obama took office.…

Sarah Palin Denies Bus Tour Was Canceled, Blames Media, Busy With Jury Duty

Sarah Palin says the media got it wrong and she did not cancel her bus tour. Real Clear Politics reported that preliminary itineraries would have had the tour on track this month.

Though Palin and her staff never announced a timeline for the remaining legs of her trip, aides had drafted preliminary itineraries that would have taken her through the Midwest and Southeast at some point this month. But those travel blueprints are now in limbo, RCP has learned, as Palin and her family have reverted to the friendly confines of summertime Alaska, where the skies are currently alight for …