President Obama's Badger State Blues

Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
During the past eight days, thousands of Wisconsin teachers walked out of classrooms, shutting down schools. Tens of thousands of public employees staged an apparent wildcat strike, flooding Wisconsin's state capital in a round-the-clock protest. And Democratic legislators engaged in a most undemocratic action, fleeing Wisconsin to deny the state Senate the supermajority required for a quorum.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/02/24/president_obama039s_badger_state_blues_251013.html

Mike Johnston Adam Kinzinger Rachel Kleinfeld Mike Lee

Republicans Should Take Up 'Too Big to Fail' in 2012

Lou Dolinar, NRO
The Cato Institute’s Arnold Kling wrote an excellent piece for NR about a year ago on why we need to break up the big banks — a position that, at the time, many would have considered fringe at best. However, in a recent white paper, Thomas M. Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, says much the same thing:Today, I am convinced that the existence of too big to fail financial institutions poses the greatest risk to the U.S. economy.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/02/24/republicans_should_take_up_039too_big_to_fail039_in_2012_251058.html

Adam Kinzinger Rachel Kleinfeld Mike Lee Patrick McHenry

Tea Partiers' Anti-Government Endgame

Michael Tomasky, The Guardian
When Tea Party candidates were elected in a raft of seats across the United States in the midterm elections last November, we wondered what the fallout would be. Now we're finding out.At the state level, most notably in Wisconsin but in other states too, conservative governors are using the financial crisis "“ created by Wall Street bankers and the deregulation-mad politicians who serve them "“ to give the bankers even more power, in effect, by trying to crush the strongest countervailing force against them in our political system...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/02/24/tea_partiers039_anti-government_endgame_251034.html

Mike DuHaime Damon Dunn Mike Flood Carte Goodwin

Libyans Flee As Gadhafi's Hold Over Country Weakens

Anti-government protesters claimed control of many other cities in Libya, and top government officials and diplomats turned against the longtime leader. Residents in the capital told The AP that pro-Gadhafi troops were opening fire randomly in the streets.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/24/133988263/gadhafis-forces-keep-hold-on-tripoli?ft=1&f=1004

CLIFFORD MAY PEGGY NOONAN TONY PERKINS FRED THOMPSON