by Patrick Appel A reader makes a relatively obvious - but important - point: It seems to me there is a bit of a paradox on these efforts to call out the dangers of a Palin nomination. The message "nominating her is bad because …

Today we enter the Top Twenty most-trafficked posts at Hot Air in 2012, in our week-long retrospective of the year.  We have quite a mix in today’s list, including a couple of ObamaCare posts, one each on Sarah Palin and Chris Christi…

The man who ran on a promise to “change the way Washington works” has once engaged in the cynical practice of making Recess Appointments. And Controversial ones at that. The president's appointment of James Cole, who was nominated for …

Teacher John Paola says his High School history course in southern Mississippi would be incomplete if it didn't include an emphasis on the turbulent Civil Rights struggle of America's South. For years, the auburn-haired white man has educated St…

Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant will announce his campaign for Mississippi Governor next Monday and Tuesday during stops in seven cities. Gov. Haley Barbour, who is contemplating a run for the presidency, is term-limited. From the Associated Pr…

We might possibly look back at 2010 as the year that catapulted Sarah Palin to be the 2012 GOP Presidential Candidate. Palin's political action committee, Sarah PAC, raised over $5 million, the former Governor endorsed more than 100 conservative C…

As the 2012 Republican presidential primary field starts to take shape, the political parlor game throughout the media is predicting whether or not President Obama will face a primary challenge from the left flank of his party.   While there …

Blinking Red Light by digby Michael Scherer at Time Magazine seem to think Mitch McConnell "blinked" when he agreed to extend the Tax Cuts for the Middle Class and Unemployment Insurance in exchange for the Tax Cuts for the wealthy. I don't th…