Huckabee blasts Rove, ‘elitist’ GOP establishment  —  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee today broadened the assault on the Republican Party establishment — and former Bush adviser Karl Rove in particular — levied recently by Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh, blasting the “elitism” and …

America's Worst Politician  —  The short, ugly career of Alan Grayson.  —  ORLANDO—There are hundreds of plausible nominees for the title of America's Second-Smarmiest Politician, but surely the top spot is un-contested.  Americans of all political persuasions can come together in affirming …

Pro-Republican Groups Prepare Big Push at End of Races  —  OVIEDO, Fla. — The phalanx of anonymously financed conservative groups that have played such a crucial role this campaign year is starting a carefully coordinated final push to deliver control of Congress to Republicans …

Shocking Video: 60 Minutes Admits Unemployment is Actually 17%, 22% in California  —  I nearly fell out of my chair tonight when 60 Minutes admitted this.  Yes, 60 Minutes.  —  You can bet the White House and their lackeys will be all over them tomorrow.  This isn't news the Democrats need America …

“Heckler” Disrupts Florida U.S. Senate Debate  —  Tampa, Florida- The three candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat in Florida squared off again in another debate hosted by CNN and the St. Petersburg Times this Sunday morning.  The audience was not lulled to sleep, as there were an abundance …

Hendon calls Brady ‘idiotic, racist, sexist, homophobic’  —  Quinn: 'I don't associate myself with those comments'  —  Always-outspoken state Sen. Rickey Hendon on Saturday took aim at Republican gubernatorial nominee Bill Brady at a “get out the vote” rally on the West Side.

The tea party warns of a New Elite.  They're right.  —  The tea party appears to be of one mind on at least one thing: America has been taken over by a New Elite.  —  “On one side, we have the elites,” Fox News host Glenn Beck explained last month, “and the other side, we have the regular people.”

California voters likely to keep global warming law, toss two-thirds budget passage  —  Prop.  23, which would suspend new emissions standards until unemployment drops, trails 48% to 32% among likely voters.  Prop.  25, allowing a legislative majority to pass a budget, has 58% support.

Companies that received bailout money giving generously to candidates  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) was a fierce critic of the federal bailout of General Motors and Chrysler last year, saying he could not “ask the American taxpayer to subsidize failure.”  —  But GM doesn't seem to hold a grudge.

Reid: ‘My manhood has never been in question’  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) fired back at GOP challenger Sharron Angle on Saturday for saying during their debate earlier this month that he should “man up.”  —  “This is what her and her kind all around this country are using …

Wikileaks documents show WMDs found in Iraq  —  In this case, the surprise isn't the data but the source.  Wikileaks' new release from purloined files of the Department of Defense may help remind people that, contrary to popular opinion and media memes, the US did find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and in significant quantities.