By Frank McCaffrey – James Clyburn, Patty Murray, John Kerry, Xavier Becerra, and Fred Upton are joining forces for a new television show “The Super Committee.” Watch as this crew takes on spending cuts, deficit reduction and lower taxes. See the preview below for yourself!

By Frank McCaffrey – South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn is known for taking earmarking to new levels. Now he is one of the choices for the new congressional super committee to look at spending.

By Robert Romano – “This is like appointing Ben & Jerry’s to a committee on nutrition.” That was Americans for Limited Government’s take on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s choice of Rep. James Clyburn to the deficit reduction super-committee. On the day of the appointment, Americans for Limited Government released a report entitled “Pay-To-Play Politics” which anointed Clyburn as the [...]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) to be a delegate to the joint deficit reduction committee today.  Coinciding with this announcement, Americans for Limited Government (ALG) released a report entitled “Pay-To-Play Politics” which anoints Clyburn as the “King of Schemes.” “James Clyburn’s propensity for pay-to-play politics disqualifies him from serving on any committee tasked with reducing [...]

By Rebekah Rast – One was slammed as an atheist and a “mean-spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father.” And another as a “monarchist who sought to become a king; he was also branded as a fool and a hypocrite.” Who are they? The presidential candidates of the 1796 race: Thomas Jefferson [...]

By Bill Wilson – It has all taken such a sad and predictable course. A mentally deranged individual commits an act of unspeakable violence. Within minutes the professional Left starts efforts to place blame on conservatives and Republicans, piously demanding some solution that — surprise — gives them tactical advantage in future policy fights. Let’s call it for what it [...]

The attacks on the tea party movement and other citizen activists are continuing.  This time, the DNC has unveiled its latest effort to portray tea parties, and Republicans, as radicals and extremists. This effort, www.republicanteapartycontract.com, is nothing more than a series of misrepresentations of popular ideas like repealing ObamaCare and the financial takeover, eliminating whole departments and agencies in the [...]