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August 16: Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) said he has absolutely no reservations about appearing in Wisconsin on Monday with President Obama. [...]"I'm pleased to stand with this president any time and anywhere and defend what we've done and what we're ...

Welcome! Lots of stuff to cover, so let's get to it.  1. Washington and Wisconsin Senate.  Control of the United States Senate is in play this year, and it will likely come down to a handful of races -- notably California, Washington, and Wisconsin....

Another RINO for Castle: Tonight at the University of Delaware, Governor Chris Christie announced his endorsement of Congressman Mike Castle, candidate for U.S. Senate. Governor Christie and his wife Mary Pat are both University of Delaware graduat...

John Podhoretz on Israeli/Palestinian talks: "What happened was nothing." DOJ files suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Louis Farrakhan supports the Ground Zero mosque. Daniel Henninger considers the counterfactual: If Saddam had remained in power. Is t...

WEEKLY STANDARD writer Steve Hayes got plenty of attention from White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs today, who used his Twitter account to carry on a long back-and-forth with Hayes over the small business bill the White House has been touting th...

Mark Levin emails in response to my interview with Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell: Um, John, is this really a thoughtful interview?  Where is she on the issues that I and millions of my listeners care about?  Did you not want to d...