Our American Catharsis; Will Obama-time be a transitory experience or an enduring tragedy?

Victor Davis Hanson "In sum, for years the loud Right warned Americans about what could happen should they vote for a genuine leftist. We mostly did not believe their canned horror stories. But now the country has got what it unwittingly voted for — and at last we have evolved beyond the rhetoric and entered into the real liberal world of the way things must be." A must-read.

Understanding Illegitimacy ; Teen pregnancy isn’t the story. The demise of marriage is.

National Review "The steady growth of childbearing by single women and the general collapse of marriage, especially among the poor, lie at the heart of the mushrooming welfare state". Robert Rector

The VAT is not a FAIR Tax

Warning Signs "The Value-Added Tax is a European idea and it just feeds billions to any government that imposes it. It is not a Fair tax that is an across-the-board tax on consumption whether you are rich or poor. A Fair tax could eliminate the income tax and still fund the government's needs. A VAT just gives government more money to waste." Alan Caruba.

Rick Perry on GOP’s direction, and his own plans

Hot Air "Perry emphasized the need to keep competition between the states as laboratories for policy. “States that have good polices … those are going to be the states that people are going to move to,” Perry says, and points out that Texas is among the fastest-growing states for good reasons. “That’s the place where there’s more liberty, more freedom, than any other state.” "

Obama's upside down foreign policy in Kyrgyzstan

Rick Moran in AT: "Anyone see a pattern here? The US fails to embrace the Iranian reformers, favoring the mullahs instead. We have also been nearly silent as Hugo Chavez has cracked down on dissent even further, arresting independent media leaders and opposition figures. From the Americas to the steppes of Asia, this administration has utterly failed to back the forces of reform - even, as in Kyrgyzstan, where vital American interests are at stake."

Tea Parties targeted by the Dems' Alinsky Attack Machine

American Thinker " This is all part of the Alinsky Attack Machine tactic of pretending that the Tea Party movement is racially motivated, when it has nothing to do with race. Lloyd Marcus has addressed this on American Thinker. 'Tea Parties are a reaction to the Left's seizure of power through excessive spending in Washington.' "

Absence of key U.S. allies at summit amplifies doubts about Obama’s foreign policy

Daily Caller " “It is a curious state of affairs when relations with our major democratic allies are all wobbly at once,” said Michael Green, a former foreign policy adviser to President George W. Bush, who also listed Japan and South Korea as traditional allies whose relationships with the U.S. have frayed under Obama." Via Infidel Bloggers Alliance.

Obama's useful idiocy: A look back

PowerlineBlog "Is Obama himself an "expert on nuclear issues"? We know they have been on his mind a long time, and his thinking does not appear to have evolved much over the years. Let's take a look back at Obama's thoughts on the American nuclear arsenal during the Cold War." "Useful idiot" defined here.
Our Nuclear Posture "Under the Obama administration? Supine."

Newsweek Covering Tea Parties With Unusual Restraint

Pajamas Media "And since there isn’t one clear leader of the GOP, and in particular, one clear leader of Tea Parties, and the media can’t designate a single Emmanuel Goldstein for the Two-Minute Hate, it’s forced, in Newsweek’s case, to effectively slander the 47 percent of Americans who didn’t vote for Obama, and didn’t buy into sweeping proclamations such as this from his supporters shortly after he took office. And then wonder why their circulation numbers keep circling the drain." Ed Driscoll.

How about Hillary as next SCOTUS justice?

Hot Air "Would that be worth it to keep Obama from facing a primary challenge? With any other President, I’d guess no. With Obama, the personal is the ultimate in political calculation, so I wouldn’t rule it out."

HARRY REID DEPENDING ON THIRD PARTY VOTES

Neal Boortz "The polls show that if the voters were to chose between Reid and Republican Sue Lowden, Lowden would win handily. It's the third party votes that might keep Reid in office. Just sayin' ..............." Could Ron Paul keep the Democrats in power? NOT THAT I CARE .. BUT SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT "We cannot afford a 3rd party effort this year if it is going to leave one single Democrat in office who otherwise might have been removed."

GOP promises "whale of a fight" if court pick "too liberal

Denver Post "Senate Republicans said the nominee should not be an activist, which they describe as someone driven by a preferred result rather than by the law. In practice, though, Republicans find that only liberal Democratic-appointed judges wear the activist label." Via Heritage.