By MARK STEYN Posted 01/22/2010 06:39 PM ET So what went wrong? According to Barack Obama, the problem is he overestimated you dumb rubes’ ability to appreciate what he’s been doing for you. “That I do think is a mistake of mine,” the president told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “I think the assumption was if I [...]

Posted 01/22/2010 07:33 PM ET Campaign Finance: The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations have a constitutional right to free speech. But Democratic leaders refuse to accept the decision, and their predictable reaction is to undermine it. Rather than praising Thursday’s 5-4 decision to reverse the 1990 court ruling that banned corporations and unions from [...]

Voters dislike demagoguery Jan 22, 2010 By Donald Lambro Once again, there was President Obama last week, accusing the big banks of selfishness and greed as his advisers were dishing out fictitious jobs numbers in a desperate attempt to distract our attention from his failed economic policies. Only this time, the shamelessly unquestioning news media [...]

  By Neil Irwin and Lori Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, January 23, 2010   The populist brushfire that has burned through Democratic fortunes this week threatened Friday to claim Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, imperiling his nomination for a second term and sending an unsettled stock market tumbling for the third straight [...]

By BOB HERBERT   Published: January 22, 2010 How loud do the alarms have to get? There is an economic emergency in the country with millions upon millions of Americans riddled with fear and anxiety as they struggle with long-term joblessness, home foreclosures, personal bankruptcies and dwindling opportunities for themselves and their children. The door [...]

High court decision is ‘devastating to the public interest,’ president says Jan 23, 2010 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Saturday sharply criticized a Supreme Court decision easing limits on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions, saying he couldn’t “think of anything more devastating to the public interest.” He also suggested the ruling could [...]

Jan 22, 2010 By Bradley Blakeman FOXNews.com   The American people are more than disappointed with the “change” they got this past year and are worried about their future and the condition of the economy. Reuters The stunning upset in Massachusetts should send shock waves through the Democratic Party nationwide. The people have spoken, yet [...]

Jan 22, 2010 By Mallory Factor FOXNews.com   Guess which two major promises candidate Obama made that he’s managed to keep after one year in office? As President Obama’s first year in office wraps up this week, it’s a good time to review where he stands on fulfilling some of the high-profile promises he made [...]

Jan 23, 2010 (AP)  The U.S. Marine Corps wrapped nearly seven years in Iraq on Saturday, handing over duties to the Army and signaling the beginning of an accelerated withdrawal of American troops as the U.S. turns its focus away from the waning Iraqi war to a growing one in Afghanistan. In Baghdad, meanwhile, Vice [...]

U.S. Agents Told Women Believed Connected to Al Qaeda May Have Western Appearance and Passports By RICHARD ESPOSITO, RHONDA SCHWARTZ and BRIAN ROSS Jan. 22, 2010 American law enforcement officials have been told to be on the lookout for female suicide bombers who may attempt to enter the United States, law enforcement authorities tell ABC [...]