Saudi warning that sanctions against Iran may not work

UK Telegraph "Saudi Arabia has warned that Iran could develop a nuclear weapon before stronger sanctions take effect as Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, sought its support for a new round of UN-backed penalties. "

RNC Wants Collective Bargaining with Tea Parties

Big Government "At the same time I warned of the impending disaster that would result in the creation of a third party. To use some of the language popular with the current administration this would be a Tea Party equivalent to the “Nuclear Option.” The result would be a split vote that would turn the keys over to liberals for yet another term." SFC Steve McQueen (Ret.)

MSNBC’s Maddow Regrets Misquoting Senator Inhofe But Then Misquotes Him Again...

CNS News " “We appreciate that Rachel is a proud liberal defending the massive government spending bills now flowing out of Washington, but hope she will consider making another correction,” reads the statement. " More MSNBC here: "Olbermann: Tea Partiers Are Racist, Scared Because Obama Is Black, Only Use 'Tax Cuts' As Code For Obama Is Black ...'Tea Klux Klan'"

Dumb and Dumber: Joe Biden Picks a Fight with New York

Commentary "We have come to expect flawed decision-making from the Obami. But it does seem as though the longer they stay in office, the dumber and more inept they become on the pure politics of it all. For people waging a perpetual campaign complete with rallies and Potemkin Village summits (the bipartisanship rather than the buildings is fake, in this case), they sure have lost their political touch."

It Is Not Going to Help

Commentary "...(hold more “carefully choreographed interactions with the press,” they declare) and more aggressive with opponents (”more direct, rapid response to criticism”). Sigh. Yes, this gang imagines that less transparency and more hyper-partisanship are the way to go. Sadly, there is no brave soul there to say, “Ah, Mr. President, I think we are already getting slammed for being too secretive and thin-skinned.” "

Nuclear power aids climate push - White House

ReutersAlert "The Obama administration will announce on Tuesday an $8.3 billion loan guarantee to help Southern Co. build two reactors, helping to invigorate the nuclear power industry after nearly three decades in which no new plants have been built." Let's support him on this; Mothers for Peace protests begin in 3...2...1...

Texas Deathmatch

Fred Barnes , Weekly Standard "Hutchison, should she lose to Perry, may make the perfectly sensible decision to stay in the Senate. If that happens, Republicans may get what they’ve wanted all along: to keep Governor Perry and Senator Hutchison. No doubt Palin would be pleased, too."

Bill Kristol: Feeling Lucky?

Weekly Standard "...the legislation introduced last week by Senators John Cornyn and Sam Brownback at least pushes in the right direction. “The Iran Democratic Transition Act” would support—rhetorically and financially—efforts by Iranian opposition groups to remove the regime in Tehran and pave the way for a free and democratic government in Iran."

Climategate: Phil Jones Finally Proves Al Gore Right — The Debate Is Over

Pajamas Media "CRU's Phil Jones just ended it via the BBC, but the world now owes credit where credit is due: to the long-suffering, abused global warming skeptics. (See also Roger Kimball: "It’s Not That I Like Saying 'I Told You So' About 'Global Warming,' but ... ")"

Barack Obama in BusinessWeek

National Review Online "In an exclusive interview with Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Barack Obama offers a number of interesting arguments and ideas, and I'd like to highlight a few of them. Perhaps you've heard about the president's favorite CEOs. But there's some other very interesting stuff in there too. " By REIHAN SALAM

Battle of the Veeps; the Dick and Joe Show

Biden Knocks Cheney on Meet the Press --------------------------- Cheney Hits Back on ABC

Climategate Conspirator Cracks

Atlas Shrugs "When one attempts to get one's arms around the level of this fraud, it is impossible to fathom. A scheme to rob productive nations of their wealth, line the pockets of the international aristocracy and enrich Africa and Islamic nations -- failed states made sicker by foreign aid. Al Gore ought to be in jail."