Donald Lambro

Beginnings of a revolt

Angry "tea party" patriots who launched a nationwide grass-roots rebellion against big, intrusive government, punitive taxes and reckless spending are rallying their troops once again.

August 17, 2009

Town hall face-offs erode health support

Public support for the Obama administration's sweeping government health care reforms is declining as opponents continue to pack congressional town-hall meetings with some analysts suggesting the president may have to settle for more modest legislation.

August 13, 2009

Strong-arm responses

The people showing up at town hall meetings to voice their strong disapproval of President Obama's health care plan have been called thugs, extremists, mobs, terrorists and, this week, "un-American."

August 13, 2009

Obama health plans revive tea parties

''Tea party" protesters are rallying their troops once again this summer and zeroing in on the Democrats' health care legislation after launching a grass-roots rebellion nationwide against big government and taxes earlier this year.

August 11, 2009

BREITBART: I am Kenneth Gladney

The first round of protests against the Obama administration's chaotic and rapid-fire expansion of government came in the form of grass-roots "tea parties," which were predictably met with scorn by the Democrat-Media Complex (the natural coalition of the Democratic Party and the mainstream media.)

August 10, 2009

Republicans closing gap in polls

Nine months after Republicans suffered their worst political defeat in decades, President Obama and the Democrats are slipping in the polls and the Republican Party is expected to make gubernatorial and congressional gains in the 2009-10 election cycle, according to pollsters and election analysts.

August 4, 2009

BREITBART: On race, ‘No, he can’t!’

Well, that was pathetic. And it wasn't an accident. The fix was in from the beginning.

August 3, 2009

Hutchison’s plan to quit roils Texas GOP

Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Wednesday she will resign from the Senate this fall to devote herself full time to challenging Gov. Rick Perry in next year's March Republican primary.

July 30, 2009

Bunning won’t seek re-election in ‘10

Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning, who tops the 2010 campaign list of the most vulnerable Republican senators, announced Monday that he would not seek re-election to a third term next year.

July 28, 2009

BREITBART: Obama’s accidental gift on race

Less than a month after being confirmed as the nation's attorney General, Eric H. Holder Jr. called out the American people as "essentially a nation of cowards" for refusing to talk openly about race.

July 27, 2009

Texas prepares for Hutchison-Perry battle

Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has long had her political sights set on being governor, only to be told it was not her time. She's not waiting any longer. The four-term lawmaker is gearing up to challenge fellow Republican and arch-rival Gov. Rick Perry, who is seeking an unprecedented third full term next year.

July 21, 2009

On Sotomayor, GOP treads lightly

Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans walked a political tightrope Tuesday in questioning Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor, determined to raise the racial issues that have angered their party's base but wary of further alienating Hispanic voters.

July 15, 2009

Health care is crippled by foes

The health care battle in Congress is getting hotter, fueled by growing opposition to taxing health insurance benefits, mandating small-business coverage and cutting Medicare payments and by creeping doubts about a public plan for the uninsured. And this is just among Democrats.

July 14, 2009

BREITBART: Racism’s cure found in private sector

The most unsettling news story of the last week came out of Philadelphia, where a group of black and Hispanic children of elementary-school age paid for the right to swim at a private suburban club and were denied the experience without cause and publicly humiliated in the process.

July 13, 2009

Recession tea leaves ‘misread’

The Obama administration's latest lame excuse for its failed stimulus spending plan is that it underestimated the severity of the recession.

July 9, 2009

GOP’s Kirk seeks Obama’s old seat

Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, Illinois Republican, has decided to run for President Obama's former Senate seat, after a top state Democrat turned down aggressive White House efforts to recruit her for a race shaping up to be a major battleground contest next year.

July 9, 2009

Specter faces hurdles in Democratic re-election

When Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania suddenly became a Democrat in April, it seemed he had virtually ensured his re-election to a sixth term in 2010. However, a new set of obstacles stands in the way of the senator.

July 7, 2009

BREITBART: New York Times Barbie strikes again

What a shock that Maureen Dowd devoted her New York Times column Sunday to attack Sarah Palin. It did not so much criticize Alaska's governor for prematurely stepping down from her official duties as to finish off what sister snipers Katie Couric and Tina Fey began last fall.

July 6, 2009

GOP finds a hot button

Republican prospects in next year's Senate races are not good, with most analysts forecasting deeper Republican losses, though they could be offset by some Democratic upsets.