The mainstream media will be quick to point out that the road to 270 for John McCain and Sarah Palin would be next-to-impossible without both Ohio and Florida, which together are worth 47 electoral votes.  What those in the press won’t mention, however, is that Barack Obama’s road to the White House would more-or-less end [...]

by Stanley Kurtz
Despite having authored two autobiographies, Barack Obama has never written about his most important executive experience. From 1995 to 1999, he led an education foundation called the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC), and remained on the board until 2001. The group poured more than $100 million into the hands of community organizers and radical [...]

Wheels coming off?
Where have all the grown-ups gone?  That is what I’ve been asking myself this Tuesday afternoon, while all eyes are on Washington’s buffoons in Congress; the same Congress that ruined the housing industries over the years thanks to increased regulation and are now going to try to fix this problem with…new regulation.
While Barack [...]

Kudos to David Frum:
Individual Contributions Arranged By Type, Giver, Then Recipient
Contributions to Political Committees
FULD, RICHARD
GREENWICH, CT 06831

CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CBC-PAC)

07/01/2004
2500.00
25970140726

LOWEY, NITA M
VIA NITA LOWEY FOR CONGRESS

02/09/1998
500.00
98032940759

FULD, RICHARD
GREENWICH, CT 06831
LEHMAN BROTHERS

DODD, CHRISTOPHER J
VIA 98 FRIENDS OF CHRIS DODD

06/17/1998
1000.00
98020130575

06/17/1998
1000.00
98020130576

DODD, CHRISTOPHER J
VIA FRIENDS OF CHRIS DODD

06/21/2000
1000.00
20020241045

07/30/2003
1000.00
23020382248

07/30/2003
1000.00
23020382248

LIEBERMAN, JOSEPH I
VIA FRIENDS OF JOE LIEBERMAN

03/30/2005
2000.00
25020162542

03/30/2005
2000.00
25020162541

FULD, RICHARD
GREENWICH, CT 06831
LEHMAN [...]

Kudos to David Frum:
From the FEC data base:
SCHWARTZ, ALAN
NEW YORK, NY
BEAR STEARNS & CO. INC./INVESTMEN

AMERICA COMING TOGETHER

09/21/2004
1008.00
24962495164

SCHWARTZ, ALAN
NEW YORK, NY 10017
BEARS STEARNS & CO./MANAGER

REYNOLDS, THOMAS M
VIA REYNOLDS FOR CONGRESS

06/12/2006
1000.00
26950227307

SCHWARTZ, ALAN
NEW YORK, NY 10117
BEAR STEARNS

DODD, CHRISTOPHER J
VIA CHRIS DODD FOR PRESIDENT INC

11/07/2006
2100.00
27930604698

SCHWARTZ, ALAN
NEW YORK, NY 10117
BEAR STEARNS/PRESIDENT

DODD, CHRISTOPHER J
VIA FRIENDS OF CHRIS DODD

11/07/2006
2100.00
27020040563

SCHWARTZ, ALAN
NEW YORK, NY [...]

Kudos to David Frum:
From the FEC page for Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs:
BLANKFEIN, LLOYD
NEW YORK, NY 10004
GOLDMAN SACHS

DSCC/NON-FED UNINCORP ASSOC

08/15/2002
10000.00
22020641857

Total Soft Money: 10000.00
Contributions to Political Committees
BLANKFEIN, LLOYD
GARDEN CITY, NY 11530
GOLDMAN SACHS/INVESTMENT BANKER

DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

11/27/2007
28500.00
27020401474

BLANKFEIN, LLOYD
NEW YORK, NY
GOLDMAN SACHS

DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

07/13/2000
10000.00
20020260249

BLANKFEIN, LLOYD
NEW YORK, NY 10004
GOLDMAN SACHS

DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

06/30/2004
10000.00
24020530712

BLANKFEIN, LLOYD
NEW YORK, NY 10028

JOHNSON, [...]