Tea Party sponsoring organization, FreedomWorks, announces new program to bring Jews, Blacks and Hispanics into Tea Party movement.
Readers loved our slideshow of the 9/12 rally in DC. In case you missed it:
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) says he may have to join a Republican filibuster if Dems only extend tax cuts for income under $250k a year.
Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE), looking at the serious possibility of defeat tomorrow night at the hands of Tea Partier Christine O’Donnell, says that if O’Donnell is the nominee, “Republicans lose the election automatically.”
First Secretary of the Saudi consulate in Los Angeles requests political asylum in the United States after Saudi officials discover he’s gay.
If the Dems are going to have any hope over the next seven weeks they’re going to have to start pushing back against chump reporting like this from the AP.
The lede reads: “President Barack Obama claims it’s still a “wrestling match,” but with Senate Republicans in uniform opposition, his plan to raise taxes on wealthier people while preserving cuts for everyone else appears increasingly likely to founder before Election Day.”
Lawyers for accused Muslim cabbie slasher Michael Enright suggest his defense will be that he suffered PTSD from his time as an reporter embed in Afghanistan earlier this year.
At a hearing today, Justice Richard D. Carruthers denied Enright’s request for bail.
House Dems say no to holding a vote on extending only the tax cuts for income under $250k.
It truly is all up to the president.
Late Update: Alternative lede: Dems resist the temptation to take the initiative, opt for strategic cowering.
In case you weren’t around this weekend, we sent our Jillian Rayfield down to the anti-mosque Hate Festival organized by Pam Geller and Robert Spencer in front of the proposed site of Cordoba House, the Islamic community center a couple blocks from Ground Zero.
Here’s Jill’s report. Click image below to see our slideshow. (For my money, the best picture is this one of John Bolton (aka, the Imperial Mustache of Doom) piped in via Jumbotron for whatever reason to address the ravening crowd.)
