Man, thank God for Illinois. Its existence just improves Louisiana's image every single day lately.

I'm sure her parents are so proud. This is disgusting.

I like this Pope.

Of course I will get one.

Fascinating discussion from last night's Hannity. Really a must read of the transcript — particularly Karl Rove's point about Presidential poll numbers after a SOTU speech.

When Chris Buckley uses his wit to mock the President he voted for, you have both a must read and warning sign for Obama.

Interesting post. However, while I have no problem with each state adopting a right of recall, there is no doubt in my mind that it would not apply to federally elected office holders. The same logic that applied to term limits would apply. Maybe we need a federal recall amendment.

The Heartland Institute will have a live blog of the State of the Union address, which interestingly enough you'll be able to embed into your own site, if you are interested. Very cool.

This post from Ed Fuelner at the Heritage Foundation is extremely well done. By the way, if you missed it, the U.S. dropped significantly on the Heritage Freedom index this past year.

Richard Cohen makes a lot of sense.

There is just one flaw in the reasoning — the constitution prohibits the President and Vice President from being from the same state.

Fun game.

Great look at the results by Newt Gingrich.

I think people are more likely to go along with social security reform than Obamacare, but Mark makes terrific points. Socialized medicine probably is the fourth rail.

But don't worry, the world is still warming. Never mind the flurries in Orlando.

Rubio says yes please. Nice!

I shall have me one of these.

Great point by Ed Morrisey at Hot Air. And this is a bipartisan point. When either side gets too clever by half, their plans tend to blow up in their faces. We see this with redistricting, appointments, and legislation.

Great article by Newt Gingrich and Andrew McCarthy.

Why am I not surprised?

Another hero of the left hauled off to jail as a pedophile. Bet he'll get a job in the Obama administration.

This Mark Wilson guy is apparently a naive fool. Franken's never really lived in Minnesota and during his campaign was still spending lots of time as well as getting lots of mail at his New York house. Franken wanted to be in the Senate. He doesn't care about the state except as a vessel to make that happen.

This has become the morning routine. The one year old loves his wheat thins.

It's back!

Dave Weigel has a lengthy article on the tea party movement. I do want to clarify one thing. He quotes me saying, "I think it is a great con of people." To be clear, I was not talking about the Tea Party Convention or its organizers. I was talking more generally about the rush of people to claim self-appointed leadership roles within the tea party movement — people who then take up lots of money with no accountability for what happens with the money. Sadly, some parts of the tea party movement have descended into that. But I absolutely was not talking about any person or specific organization with that particular comment.

Elections have consequences and payback is hell.

Hahahaha. No tablet.

This is a must have in the Erickson household.

Awesome.

I read this and my first reaction was this is a positive sign that the free market works. Consumers can process data and educate each other without the need for government involvement.