RedState Morning Briefing For January 4, 2011

1. Fight Back!




2. National debt increased 60% under Speaker Pelosi



3. Senator Jim DeMint: Conservative Of The Year 2010




4. Pence for President




5. East St. Louis Cops Get a Bad Case of the Blue Flu




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1. Fight Back!


Within the next 24 hours, liberal senators will try to kill the filibuster. Many of the senators who will support killing the filibuster were its most ardent supporters when the Republicans controlled the White House and Senate. My how times change.


Here’s what will happen when the Senate convenes. It will largely be ceremonial. Then Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) will raise a point of order regarding whether the Senate is a continuing body or not. Then Harry Reid will put the Senate in recess for a few weeks and try to cut deals with the Senate GOP. The Senate GOP should pre-emptively threaten to go nuclear.


One enterprising Senator can blow the whole thing up by threatening to object to every unanimous consent over the next two years. It would grind the Senate to a halt. And if the Democrats decide to proceed with gutting the filibuster, the GOP needs to be prepared to blow the whole thing up.


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2. National debt increased 60% under Speaker Pelosi


There are lots of reasons I will not miss Nancy Pelosi’s extreme left wing speakership. There’s Air Pelosi and radical legislation such Cap and Tax and ObamaCare. But the biggest reason to cheer the end of the ultra-Liberal/Progressive Pelosi Speakership is the national debt.


In the four years that Pelosi was Speaker the national debt increased an unbelievable 60%.


When the Pelosi Democrats took control of Congress on January 4, 2007, the national debt stood at $8,670,596,242,973.04 — that’s $8.67 trillion. Today, the last day of the 111th Congress and Pelosi’s Speakership, the national debt is $13,871,130,353,817.40 — that’s $13.87 trillion. A $5.2 trillion in just four years.


The Pelosi debt works out to $44,662 for every man, woman and child who make up the 310,574,015 U.S. populace.


And Liberals wonder why they are perceived as big spenders.


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3. Senator Jim DeMint: Conservative Of The Year 2010


Human Events has named Senator Jim DeMint the 2010 Conservative of the Year. They asked me to write the profile.


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4. Pence for President


Let me be clear: I will support the nominee, whoever she or he may be.


Right now I see plenty of candidates the establishment really likes, but very few that the grassroots could agree on across the board. Certainly Romney fans like Romney. Pawlenty fans like Pawlenty, Huckabee fans like Huckabee. But largely those fans of the individual candidates then hate the other guy.


This is not like most other elections. It is not like a 1988 or 1996 or 2000 when the “heir apparent” became the nominee. That is typically how a GOP primary goes. These are extraordinary times and in extraordinary times I think you can do something extraordinary.


No member of the House of Representatives has made it to the White House since the late 1800’s. The odds are surely against Congressmen. But I think Mike Pence could do it.


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5. East St. Louis Cops Get a Bad Case of the Blue Flu


If they had been paying attention, criminals in East St. Louis could have had run of the streets on New Years Eve when nearly an entire shift of police officers came down with something highly contagious called a strike. However, since police aren’t legally allowed to strike, it’s not called a strike. Instead, it’s called the “blue flu” and, like other union-related illnesses, it sometimes comes on all at once.


On Friday, all but one of the officers called in one hour before their shift was due to start (and one day after the city council voted to lay off one-third of the police force in order to balance the 2011 budget).


Oddly enough, the head of the police union doesn’t seem to think it was a strike either. In fact, it would appear that whatever affliction ailed an entire shift of East St. Louis police officers was wholly approved of by their union.


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The Washington Post Morning Fix: Waiting for Ron Johnson

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Waiting for Ron Johnson

By Aaron Blake and Chris Cillizza



Where have all the Ron Johnsons gone?


Two months after the Wisconsin businessman rode his way into the Senate and became the GOP's Case Study No. 1 for the type of outsider candidate it would like to recruit, we have yet to see another like him emerge.


And we wouldn't hold our breath waiting for more.


As Republicans turn their attention toward 2012, we're instead hearing from a lot of the usual suspects, including many politicians who have run for Senate or higher office before ... and lost.


Look no further than Virginia, where former Sen. George Allen is primed to run for the seat he lost in 2006; or to Missouri, where former Sen. Jim Talent is doing the same (and would face another candidate with a statewide loss under her belt, Sarah Steelman).


And those aren't the only potential repeat GOP candidates. The National Republican Senatorial is talking to former wrestling executive Linda McMahon about another bid in Connecticut, New Jersey state Sen. Tom Kean is being mentioned for a repeat bid against Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), and former Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.), who lost a 2008 Senate primary, said Monday that she is considering a run at Sen. Jeff Bingaman's (D-N.M.) seat.


Even Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, the early frontrunner to face Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), briefly ran for Senate in 2008.


So what gives? Why aren't we seeing an influx of outsiders or, at the very least, some fresh-faced rising stars like Marco Rubio?


Part of it is that it's so early. Those kinds of candidates are much harder to recruit and much less likely to run. Johnson came from basically nowhere and wasn't even on the national party's radar until late in the campaign.


If you're the National Republican Senatorial Committee right now, there's a ready crop of statewide officeholders and members of Congress at your beck and call, and you know (basically) what you're getting when you recruit them, because they've run for office before. Running someone like Johnson is much more difficult to do, because they've often got dirty laundry that hasn't been aired, and you never know what kind of candidate they will turn out to be.


Republican strategists concede there aren't likely to be too many more like Johnson -- at least not in top races.


"The Senate is a long-term investment by either party," said one GOP strategist. "A party can assume much more risk with two-year term House members in a much larger political body."


The Republicans said they expect a few notable outsiders to emerge, but that those who do come forward probably won't be known for some time -- pointing to Johnson's late emergence in against Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.).


What's more, recruiting someone who hasn't climbed the political ladder can lead to hard feelings (look no further than former Rep. Rob Simmons's recent comments about the national GOP embracing McMahon). Congress is BIG on waiting your turn, which is why they have seniority.


Now, just because we haven't heard about the GOP's next big recruit with an apolitical background doesn't mean it's not out there or that it's not in the works. The question is whether the GOP is making candidates like that a priority, or if it will stick to the old model.


It's important to note that Johnson wasn't the only Republican to win a Senate race. Some very establishment GOPers did just fine in other Senate races -- former Rep. Rob Portman, Rep. Roy Blunt and former Sen. Dan Coats being the best examples.


Expect to see more candidates along those lines going forward. A Ron Johnson is a pretty rare find.


Family First for Mitch?:

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) expressed serious concerns about the strains a presidential bid would put on his family in a recent interview, and those familiar with his thinking insist that it remains a major issue as he ponders a national bid.


"It scares them to death," Daniels said how his family views the prospect of a presidential bid. "And it should."


Daniels has four daughters between the ages of 24 and 31 and there are real concerns about the impact the scrutiny of a national race would have on them and their families.


One source pointed to an interview Daniels gave to the Weekly Standard over the summer as evidence of the seriousness with which he takes the family question.


"Who would want to have your life opened up like that," Daniels told the Weekly Standard. "Who would want to subject his family to it? It's vicious. My daughters are terrified of the idea."


Daniels won't make a decision on the race until late spring -- when the Indiana legislative session concludes. But, if he chooses not to run, look to his family concerns as the main reason.


Lieberman says he can win:

Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman told WFSB's Dennis House that he believes he can win another term in 2012 and that if he does run it will likely be as an independent.


Lieberman also told House -- in a taped interview that will run later in the week on the "Face the State" program -- that some of his Democratic colleagues have urged him to run as a Democrat for a fifth term. Lieberman has said he plans to meet with Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Patty Murray (Wash.) to discuss his plans.


As we have written before, Lieberman has no path -- or a very narrow path -- to the Democratic nomination given his endorsement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the 2008 presidential race and his support for the war in Iraq.


An independent bid is a possibility although hurdles exist there too for Lieberman since he could not run under the independent party banner he used to run and win in 2006 following a Democratic primary loss to wealthy cable television executive Ned Lamont.


Reps. Joe Courtney and Chris Murphy as well as Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz are considering runs on the Democratic side while former Rep. Rob Simmons and 2010 Senate nominee Linda McMahon are in the mix for the GOP.






Fixbits

• The Fix reported last month that Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) is now expected to run for governor rather than president. And now, his schedule seems to be pointing in that direction as well.

• Bloomberg reports that former Commerce Secretary William Daley is in the running for President Obama's next chief of staff.

• Three candidates, including Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant (R) entered the 2011 race for Mississippi governor on Monday.

• Eric Holcomb, a top aide to Daniels, has been selected as the new state Republican Party chairman.

• Outgoing New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman John Sununu on Monday endorsed Cheshire County GOP Chairwoman Juliana Bergeron to replace him, shunning a tea party candidate.

• Former Democratic Governors Association spokeswoman Emily Bittner is Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-W.Va.) new communications director.

• Reince Priebus, the frontrunner for Republican National Committee chairman, has added West Virginia Republican Party Chairman Mike Stuart to his list of supporters. Priebus also released his action plan for if he becomes chairman.

Got that Covered By William Warren

Today in the Washington Examiner January 4, 2010

Byron York - Obama spends nearly half his presidency outside Washington, plans to travel more


On "Meet the Press" December 26, top White House adviser Valerie Jarrett said President Obama's "biggest regret" is that the severity of the economic crisis forced him to "spend almost every waking hour in Washington focusing very hard on solving that crisis" and thus kept him from traveling the country to connect with the American people. According to Jarrett, Obama recently told aides, "I really want to figure out a way where I can spend more time outside of Washington listening and learning and engaging the American people." Jarrett says that in 2011 the president's schedule will "reflect that priority" -- that is, include more time outside the nation's capital.


But it turns out Obama has already spent nearly half his presidency outside Washington. As of January 2, Obama has been president for 712 days. According to figures compiled by CBS News reporter Mark Knoller, who serves as a sort of unofficial White House record-keeper, Obama has spent 339 of those days -- nearly 48 percent -- outside Washington.






Timothy P. Carney - Obama's skirts Congress to appoint lobbying lawyer


President Obama's latest recess appointment is a corporate lawyer, hailing from a leading Democratic lobbying firm where he represented defense contractors and health care companies.


The nomination of James M. Cole, now deputy attorney general, never made it to the Senate floor thanks to questions about his time as a compliance monitor at AIG, and his views on fighting terrorism.




Michael Barone - Personal well-being overshadows income inequality


It's a widespread assumption in some affluent circles that ordinary Americans are seething with envy because they can't afford to shop regularly at Neiman Marcus or Saks Fifth Avenue. My sense is that most Americans just don't care. They're reasonably happy with what they've got, and would like a little more.




Mark Hemingway - Happy New Year! Now get ready for all the new laws.


While January 1st has traditinally meant the promise of a new year, increasingly its become a time where Americans worry over what they're going to do to comply with all the new laws. At the federal level, the EPA is set to begin regulating carbon emissions in 2011, which won't exactly help the depressed job market.

Gov. Jan Brewer's Inaugural Address

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer was sworn in for her first full term in office today.



Congratulations to Governor Brewer, Secretary of State Ken Bennett, Attorney General Tom Horne, Treasurer Doug Ducey, Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal and State Mine Inspector Joe Hart.

Video: Brewer Takes Governor's Oath: MyFoxPHOENIX.com

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AZ GOP CHAIRMAN RACE UPDATE for Monday January 3, 2010

RON CARMICHAEL

Ron Carmichael endorsed by AZ County GOP Chairman!

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NET RIGHT DAILY Must Reads for January 3, 2011

Good Monday Afternoon,


Happy New Year! Hopefully 2011 will be better than 2010. As the 112th Congress comes in on Wednesday, we thought it fitting to look back at some of the best moments of John Boehner from the 111th Congress. Check out the "Best of Boehner" here.


Have a great day! -- Adam Bitely


To view in your web browser, click here.

• The Real Death Panel

• The new majority targets government spending

• Here comes the new Congress

• The Best of John Boehner

• Obama's War on Energy

• Big Government Bozo of the Week: The EPA's Lisa Jackson

• Personal well-being overshadows income inequality

• Americans need a new national debate on the Constitution

• 2010 was a disastrous year domestically

• The ObamaCare fraud

• Sneaking Death Panels into ObamaCare

Read more at NetRightDaily.com.

RedState Morning Briefing For January 3, 2011

Happy New Year!


1. House Rules Package is a Nice First Step to Control Spending




2. A Concern About Reince Preibus




3. SIGA’s stocks more than double since SEIU’s Andy Stern was hired on board




4. A Union Boss in Charge of Procurements? What could possibly go wrong?



5. Paul Ryan given power to bind and to loose.




6. MTV’s Teen Abortion Sales Pitch: It’s Just “A Ball of Cells”




7. Klein’s Crazy Constitutional Commentary.


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1. House Rules Package is a Nice First Step to Control Spending


Just before the holidays, House Republican leaders released their proposed “rules” package for the next Congress. It will be considered first on January 4th by House Republicans alone, and then thereafter by the full House of Representatives. Since the House is not a continuing body (like the Senate), it must adopt a new set of rules and procedures every two years when a new Congress is sworn in. Normally, they take the existing rules and make a few house-keeping tweaks. This time Republicans are attempting to write some real checks into their rules to help limit federal spending. I finally had a chance to read through the full package of reforms, and it does some nice things. Nothing groundbreaking, but some very important reforms nonetheless. Why is any of this important? As Rep. John Dingell once said, “If I let you write substance and you let me write procedure, I’ll screw you every time.” In short, procedure dictates policy.


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2. A Concern About Reince Preibus


I have a concern about Reince Preibus and it has nothing to do with whether or not he or his law firm helped communities get stimulus money.


Back in January of 2009, I raised the concern that Michael Steele was using Blaise Hazelwood to run his campaign for the RNC. The concern related to the willingness and ability of the Republican consultant class to glum on to their preferred RNC Chairman and bilk the GOP of gobs of cash.


At the time, Michael Steele, seeking to address the concerns I raised, sent out an email saying, “No member of the RNC staff will benefit financially from the RNC beyond their salary. The RNC will utilize a RFP process that mirrors best practices among national non-profit organizations. Contracts will be awarded strictly on merit.”


In fact, after Michael Steele won, Hazelwood, the Andersons, and others — all good people mind you — did in fact continue getting grand sums from the RNC. The RNC paid Hazelwood $761,000 for grassroots targeting, $48,000 for web advertising, and her husband received over $2 million. See here, here, and here.


Well, this year it turns out that the same cadre of consultants who backed Michael Steele in 2009 are backing Reince Preibus.


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3. SIGA’s stocks more than double since SEIU’s Andy Stern was hired on board


Former SEIU boss Andy Stern doesn’t quite deserve all of the credit. After all, SIGA Technologies’ scientists did come up with ST-246 (a smallpox vaccine) long before Stern was brought on board to pitch the company to his friends in Washington. However, hiring Andy Stern (who happened to have a key to the back door of the White House) was most assuredly a good investment since, a mere four months after his hiring to SIGA’s board of directors, SIGA was awarded the brass ring of contracts that may be valued up to $2.8 Billion.


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4. A Union Boss in Charge of Procurements? What could possibly go wrong?


If you’re anything like me, until today, you probably had very little idea what the Government Printing Office is all about. And, because there are more important things in life than keeping track of every little-known governmental agency and the administration’s various political appointees, you might have missed the White House press release letting us know that President Obama just made a whole bunch of recess appointments on Wednesday.


One of those recess appointments, as it turns out, is the appointment of William Boarman, one of eight sector vice presidents with the Communications Workers of America. The President, it seems, has opted to bypass the Senate (again) and appointed Boarman to head the Government Printing Office as the Public Printer of the United States.


Another presidential appointment of another union boss to a position of power…So, what’s new? [At least, that was sort of my reaction until looking into the GPO a bit further.]


As it turns out, the Government Printing Office is a kind of a big deal.


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5. Paul Ryan given power to bind and to loose.


Elections. Have. Consequences.


And here’s one coming up, now: the incoming House majority will be establishing a rule that will give the House Budget chair the ability to set the spending ceiling for any 2011 budget. This rule is currently causing House Democrats to freak out like koalas deprived of their eucalyptus leaves/junkies deprived of their heroin/hipsters deprived of their iPhones, for two reasons:


The Democrats never passed a budget in 2010, so this is going to affect spending for this fiscal year. A lot.


Who is going to be the House Budget chair? Why, Rep. Paul “Embrace the sweet pain that comes from cutting entitlements” Ryan.


And when I say “freak out,” I mean freak out: the Democrats are so upset about this that they’ve lost all control of their higher brain functions and have reverted to babbling about Social Security privatization. And unilateralism! We haven’t heard that one in a while.


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6. MTV’s Teen Abortion Sales Pitch: It’s Just “A Ball of Cells”


In July of this year, leftist Feminists were openly, and proudly, rooting for an abortion to be portrayed on prime-time television. And in April of this year, leftist Feminists like Jessica Valenti of Feministing were grossly bemoaning the fact that Mtv’s show, 16 and Pregnant, did not portray any teenage girls having abortions. They wanted sixteen year old girls to have abortions. On television. Way to be pro-woman and For The Children ™, faux feminists! By For The Children, I of course mean totally not at all for the children – unless they can be used and exploited to further an agenda, natch. You see, it’s never actually about women nor children to them; it’s always about an agenda and an ideology that treats motherhood as a yoke around a woman’s neck. Motherhood is so old school and oppressive and stuff! What with those pesky children wanting to be nurtured and loved, while providing a joy that fills one’s heart so full that it cannot be adequately put into words. Well, and wanting to, you know, live. Who do they think they are?


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7. Klein’s Crazy Constitutional Commentary.


Ezra Klein, the Washington Post’s young liberal pundit has offered up a brilliant bit of left-wing honesty. Klein admitted on national television that he thinks the U.S. Constitution is confusing because “it was written more than 100 years ago.”


It really makes you wonder why liberals were so upset with George Bush supposedly shredding the thing if it confuses them anyway. The video really is a must see video.


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TRUE TWIT

The Washington Post Morning Fix: Michael Steele faces down his rivals

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As we hit 2011, Morning Fix is changing! Expect the same great -- we hope! -- reporting and analysis, but now in a briefer format and with more links to the stories you need to read to get your Fix in the a.m. And as always, let us know what you think! We value your suggestions. And if you're not yet getting Morning Fix in your e-mail inbox, be sure to click here.






Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has been almost entirely silent since the November election.


He popped up briefly last month to announce -- shockingly -- that he would seek a second term to his post, but since then has spoken through surrogates.


Monday, for the first time since becoming chairman of the RNC in early 2009, Steele will face down his critics in the first debate of the abbreviated race.


The get-together--co-sponsored by Americans for Tax Reform and the Daily Caller, a conservative Web site--will feature all five candidates in the race. (A sixth -- former RNC political director Gentry Collins -- dropped his bid late Sunday night. He was not expected to have been a significant factor in the contest.)


(You can watch the debate, which begins at 11 a.m., on the Daily Caller site.)


It's a near-certainty that Steele will be the center of attention as each of the other four contenders -- Wisconsin state party chairman Reince Priebus, former RNC official Maria Cino, former Michigan party chairman Saul Anuzis and former Ambassador Ann Wagner -- seek to differentiate themselves from the controversial chairman.


How Steele does in the debate may be a matter more of curiosity than consequence, however. Outside of a small cadre of allies on the 168-member committee, there is little expectation that the incumbent will be anything other than a spoiler in the vote, which will happen during the committee's winter meeting later this month.


In other words, the re-emergence of Steele as candidate is sure to draw attention to the debate. But, remember that the drama on stage almost certainly matters less than it might appear. Steele is, until further notice, a sideshow in the race to replace him. Even for those candidates with a good chance of winning the chairmanship, RNC insiders say, the debate is expecting to have minimal impact in terms of winning support from committee members.


"The closer we get to the election the more critical each 'opportunity' is," said David Norcross, an influential committeeman supporting Priebus. "Having said that I don't think the stakes are terrifically high. The decision will be based mostly on considerations other than debate performance."


Curt Anderson, a Republican consultant who helped elect Steele but has since broken with the chairman, added that it was far more likely a candidate could lose votes with a poor performance rather than gain them with a strong one.


Plot thickens for Capito


Former West Virginia Secretary of State Betty Ireland (R) jumped into the state's governor's race on Friday, a move that could have some bearing on Rep. Shelley Moore Capito's (R) 2012 plans.


Capito, who is the top GOP prospect in the state, chose not to run in the special election for a Senate seat last year -- a race that was won by then-Gov. Joe Manchin (D). With Manchin now in Washington, a special election may be called for the seat he's leaving behind.


Adding to the intrigue are two things: Manchin needing to run for a full term in 2012 if he wants to retain his Senate seat, and the uncertainty about whether the next governor's race will be in 2011 or 2012.


Capito is thought to be both a potential Manchin challenger and a potential gubernatorial candidate. With Ireland now in the governor's race, it seems more likely Capito would run in the open primary for Senate (indeed, top-flight candidates sometimes work these things out in private beforehand).


Both races should be attractive and winnable for Capito, but now she's got incentive to run for Senate rather than governor. But with Capito already having passed once on the race in a good environment, why would she run for Senate now? And don't forget, she's the daughter of a former governor.


Huntsman for president, after all?


Jon Huntsman, the Republican former Utah governor whom President Obama picked as his ambassador to China two years ago, is now toying with the idea of running against the president.






Newsweek, in a must-read piece this weekend, quotes the ambassador saying "we may have one final run left in our bones." When asked specifically about a 2012 run, Huntsman declined to comment.






Huntsman, once seen as a GOP rising star, was largely ruled out as a 2012 contender following his appointment -- and for good reason. With the GOP base ginned up against all things Obama, it's hard to see why Huntsman, who can be attached to the president about as easily as Florida Gov. Charlie Crist was, would think he can win a Republican presidential primary.


Sources close to Huntsman insist, however, that he is very serious about a 2012 bid.


Tidbits:

• Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says Mitt Romney looks like the GOP frontrunner in 2012.

• Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine says he plans to stay on in his current job through 2012. So with Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) unsure about running for reelection, Democrats' top alternative to become the next Virginia senator (Kaine is a former governor of Virginia) is now otherwise occupied.

• Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) has ended his campaign for mayor of Chicago and has endorsed former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (D).

• Oklahoma Republican National Committeewoman Carolyn McLarty has endorsed former RNC co-chairwoman Ann Wagner for RNC chair.

• Rory Reid, fresh off a loss in Nevada's governor's race, is now being talked up as a candidate for Nevada's new congressional seat.

• Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) says he won't investigate the White House's job offer to Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.).

With Aaron Blake and Felicia Sonmez

POLITICO MAFIOSO - THE WEEK IN REVIEW for W/E December 31, 2010

We hope you all had a safe & very Happy New Year 2011!

For any article you might have missed this week on PM, just click on any of the links below:

Friday December 31, 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011!

 
Thursday December 30, 2010


PREDICTIONS FOR 2011!



RedState Morning Briefing For December 30, 2010


Daily Grind: The Fed's 2011 State Bailout?


HOMERGOPRANO FOOTBALL PROGNOSTICATOR - NFL WEEK #17


 
Wednesday December 29, 2010
 
RedState Morning Briefing For December 29, 2010



Today in the Washington Examiner December 29, 2010


Obama’s Vacation Reading By William Warren


Daily Grind: Who's to Blame for Weight Gain?


 
Tuesday December 28, 2010
 
So Long to Ya, 2010



NET RIGHT DAILY Must Reads for December 28, 2010


What Obama Got for Christmas By Nate Beeler


RedState Morning Briefing For December 28, 2010


Monday December 27, 2010

NET RIGHT DAILY Must Reads for December 27, 2010



Video: Big Gov't Bozo of the Week—Nancy Pelosi


Farting Democrats Christmas


How the Obama Stole Christmas!