... by Walter Brasch Some columns are easier to write than others. This is one of them. Providing all of my research were the family values Republicans. This week, second term Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina disappeared for six days, leaving the state without a chief executive who could make decisions in an emergency. His Republican lieutenant governor didn't know where he was, and had not been given any authority to make decisions in his absence. The state police said they had no

Cross-Posted from: HERE I’m pretty sure that from now until the Senate votes on a climate bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will look at what he’s going to have to do to get 60 votes for a measure, and add 30 seconds to his schedule every day where he takes a pillow and cries into it. The Senate is where legislation goes to die. As elated as I was at passing the Waxman-Markey bill out of the House, it hit me pretty fast that this was going to get ugly. Environmental groups have b

This post is addressed only to those readers who earn less than $250,000 per year. George Stephanopoulos was doing his best yesterday morning to figure out if President Obama really meant it when he promised not to raise taxes on you. Steph put the question to David Axelrod: STEPHANOPOULOS: I want to show our viewers something the president said during the campaign back in September. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) OBAMA: I can make a firm pledge: Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a

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By KATIE COFFIN INDIANAPOLIS – After a day of more private negotiations, the House still did not feel prepared to take a vote on a compromised budget. Everything will come down to the final day. House Speaker B. Patrick Bauer says a budget has been reached in theory while House Minority Leader Brian Bosma says Republicans will vote united on Tuesday. (HPI Photo by Katie Coffin) House Speaker B. Patrick Pat Bauer said that “in theory” there are agreements, but could not be specific