Bristol Palin Is Catty About The McCains In Her New Book

She already blamed that “gnat” Levi Johnston for getting her drunk on wine coolers that led to her pregnancy. She also says Cindy McCain looked “like a queen” and “held herself like royalty . . . Also, I’d never seen people with so much Louis Vuitton luggage.” And she doesn’t understand why Cindy McCain offered to be the godmother of her child. As for Meghan McCain, when they first met:

…she ignored us during the entire visit.

This was just before Senator McCain introduced Sarah Palin as his running mate. Palin adds that she “had a sneaking suspicion I might …

Obama To Announce 30,000 Troops Coming Out Of Afghanistan

Surge forces fully gone by the end of 2012…

Undecided NY Senator Turns To Facebook And Twitter To Ask How To Vote On Gay Marriage

Greg Ball could be the crucial 32nd vote…

Obama To Speak On Afghanistan Wednesday

President to lay out path for withdrawals between now and 2012…

On Monday’s Radio Show…

• New York Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell tells Alan about his efforts to make his state the next to legalize gay marriage.

• The Christian conservative Family Policy Network‘s Alex Mason explains why his organization is calling on Sen. David Vitter to follow Anthony Weiner’s lead and resign.

• Why was an Obama impersonator booted from a Republican stage? Alan examines what offends conservatives.…

NRSC Sending Fake Retweets From Democrats

Mocks Democrats for not producing budget, and links to blank page…

Gallup: 22% Say They Wouldn’t Vote For A Mormon

Bad for Huntsman and Romney

Those with less education less likely to accept a Mormon president…

Republicans Trying To Forget George W. Bush

Republicans are condemning the policies of George W. Bush.

Republicans now openly condemn the bailout programs Bush initiated for banks and auto companies. Members of Congress look on the No Child Left Behind Law with suspicion. Few will defend the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and the only acceptable party line now on immigration reform is “No Amnesty.”

…But in what may be the most remarkable repudiation of Bushism, the party’s foreign policy center is moving from the neoconservative “freedom agenda” that the former president advanced toward the more realist outlook advanced by his father.

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A Regulatory Whodunnit

by Stuart Shapiro

Last week in the Republican debate (and over the past year), repeated reference was made to “job-killing” regulations.  So which regulations are killing jobs?  Which ones should be repealed?  Cary Coglianese takes a look at the rhetorical overkill.

But as with suspects in a real murder mystery, we shouldn’t disparage all regulations when there are only some individual culprits. Yes, some regulations can be unnecessarily burdensome. But most environmental, health, and safety rules have been in place for decades, long before our current economic woes. As much as the EPA makes for an easy target, it simply …

President Obama Slammed For Tweeting

President to use service to directly connect

Former Bush spokesperson Dana Perino says a president shouldn’t have time for such nonsense …

John McCain Blames Wildfires On Illegal Immigrants, Claims “Substantial Evidence”

U.S. Forest Service says nothing suggests illegal immigrants involved

McCain office tells Salon he meant a different fire

Latino activists slam McCain…