California, Colorado, Mass., resist the wave. GOP “pragmatists” in the old and new media renew attacks on the TEA Party “purists” — sneering at every loss, pretending people came out to vote for more of that compassionate conservatism and bi-partisanship they love to peddle. Murkowski, aided by the GOP establishment, showing disdain for primary voters, and proving that power is more important to some on the “right” than ideology (which

California will probably keep Boxer — and elect themselves a Carter-era dustball who hasn’t been politically relevant since the last time he climbed down off of Linda Ronstadt — but the rest of the country seems to have a hankering for change from Change. Whether or not they vote that way or not is another question. While we wait to find out, post links, tips, observations, and anecdotes here. After

Radley Balko, Reason: It’s telling that the loudest voices opposing pot legalization are coming from the mainstream media, politicians, and law enforcement. The three have a lot in common. Indeed, the Prop. 19 split illustrates how conservative critics of the mainstream media have it all wrong. The media—or at least the editorial boards at the country’s major newspapers—don’t suffer from liberal bias; they suffer from statism. While conservatives emphasize order

Washington Times: Independent voters who powered President Obama to victory in 2008 have deserted his party this year, all but guaranteeing that Republicans will win control of the House in Tuesday’s elections, though analysts said self-inflicted wounds likely will keep the GOP from winning the Senate. The final pre-election Gallup poll found likely voters preferring Republicans to Democrats 55 percent to 40 percent — a staggering record margin for the

Sure. Go for it. Dean – Kucinich in ’12! Yeeeearrrrrgggghhhhh!

… and will tomorrow vote for a continuation of Obama’s policies. Worse, they will do so with absolute conviction in their own intellectual and social superiority. Your job: 1) cancel out their votes with your own 2) leave small shiny objects outside in the street to distract them should they manage to find their way to a polling place tomorrow 3) stop them outside the voting booth, tell them you

CEI: “Supreme Court Should Strike Down California’s Video Game Law”: Tomorrow the State of California will battle the video game industry before the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue is a 2005 California law barring the sale of violent video games to minors. California lawmakers maintain that violent video games cause “feelings of aggression” in children. Lower courts have thus far held that the law violates the First Amendment. […] “Time

…according to netrightdaily. And what America wants to see tipped into the cut bucket (if by America, we allow The Conservative Action Project, which includes Americans for Limited Government, to stand in as the proxy in this formulation) is largely the spending: Listed below are 10 specific spending cuts that Congress can get to work on when it returns. Many, many more spending cuts have been recommended by a variety

Mark Hemingway, Washington Examiner: Will the government outlaw your 401(k) plan? It seems like an absurd possibility, yet earlier this month two Democratic senators, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., held a hearing on Capitol Hill exploring the possibility of doing exactly that. On Oct. 8, the two senators from the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on “Retirement (In)security in America.” Among

To which protein wisdom replies, “so what if they are?” Christ. Guys like this are the reason so many people have for years confused conservatism / classical liberalism with blue-nose moralism — and the kind of aggressive “values” statism that simply disguises itself by wearing a flag pin and keeping its shoes nicely polished. I’m no anarchist, trust me. But the more laws we get rid of, the better off