Rasmussen Poll: 58% Say Next President Likely To Be Republican

After Republicans recapture the Governorships of Virginia and New Jersey, Fifty-eight percent (58%) of likely voters think the next President will be a Republican.

From Rasmussen:

Fifty-eight percent (58%) of likely voters say it is at least somewhat likely the next president of the United States will be a Republican, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

The number has been trending in this direction since Democrat Barack Obama took office in January and is up 14 points since then.

Thirty-one percent (31%) of voters see it as Very Likely that the next president will be a Republican.

The survey was taken on Tuesday and Wednesday nights of this past week, but the question did not specify whether the next president will be elected in 2012 or 2016. Republicans recaptured the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia in elections on Tuesday.

Chris Matthews Says, "That's not a crime to call up al Qaeda, is it?"

On MSNBC's Hardball yesterday Chris Mathews made a bizarre comparison of Ft. Hood shooter Maj. Nidal M. Hasan to Sirhan Sirhan. After that he said, "That's not a crime to call up al Qaeda, is it? Is it?" and "We cannot call him the shooter until we have a trial. That's the way we work here, you know, that's how it works in America, certainly not in the news business." Unbelievable.



From NewsBusters:
"See - we have a problem," Matthews said. "How do we know when someone like Hasan is going to make his move and do we know he's an Islamist until he's made his move? He makes a phone call or whatever, according to Reuters right now. Apparently he tried to contact al Qaeda. Is that the point at which you say, ‘This guy is dangerous?' That's not a crime to call up al Qaeda, is it? Is it? I mean, where do you stop the guy?

"Well, this guy, according to all the testament, admittedly it has not been admitted into court. We cannot call him the shooter until we have a trial. That's the way we work here, you know, that's how it works in America, certainly not in the news business. You can't call somebody a murderer until you get a conviction in court. And the question here is when can you identify a problem? That's what we have to deal with. And you say it's an ideological point - you can find the problem. But then we get into the business of checking out on people's thinking. And that's the problem."

Anti-gun Nuts Respond To Terrorist Attack At Ft. Hood By Blaming The Pistol He Used

A Islamic extremest committed the worst terrorist attack on American soil since 9-11. Instead of demanding something be done about Islamic extremists, anti-gun nuts want to ban the pistol he was using.

From Hot Air:

Of course. They tried it with Columbine and Virginia Tech, why not the tragedie du jour?

Nidal Malik Hasan, the Muslim American army psychiatrist, who ran amok at Fort Hood army base in Texas killing 13, used a controversial Belgian weapon. Hasan employed an FN 5.7 pistol.

The weapon is produced by arms manufacturer FN at Herstal in Belgium. Hasan was able to purchase the arm without any difficulty at an arms dealer’s.

The 5.7 pistol is an extremely powerful semi-automatic arm. Using a special type of ammunition it can pierce through bullet proof vests even at a great distance.

This makes the weapon extremely popular among criminal gangs. It has been dubbed the “cop killer”.

Civilian ammo for this pistol is not anymore dangerous than any other ammo.

The ammo for the civilian market WILL NOT penetrate Level IIA and Level IIIA Kevlar, Kevlar 129 or Spectra vests, contrary to popular myth put originated by misguided politicians and gun control advocates trying to advance their agenda. Ballistically, the 5.7 round is very similar to the .22 WMR (Winchester Magnum Rimfire) round.

Head of Planned Parenthood about Pelosi: "I have great faith in the leader." (video)

The Head of Planned Parenthood has "great faith" in Nancy Pelosi's ability to put abortion funding back in the final version of Obamacare.

President of Planned Parenthood on Abortion in Bill: "I Have Great Faith In The Leader [Pelosi]" (video)

Democrats’ chief deputy whip is 'confident' that Stupak amendment will be stripped

House Democratic leader Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the Democrats’ chief deputy whip in the House, is already predicting the demise of the Stupak Amendment which placed restrictions on abortion funding in the House health care bill. Rep. Schultz and other pro-choice Democrats are planning on stripping the abortion restrictions in conference committee.



From The Hill:

A House Democratic leader said Monday she's “confident” controversial language on abortion will be stripped from a final healthcare bill.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the Democrats’ chief deputy whip in the House, said that she and other pro-abortion rights lawmakers would work to strip the amendment included in the House health bill that bars federal funding from subsidizing abortions.

“I am confident that when it comes back from the conference committee that that language won't be there,” Wasserman Schultz said during an appearance on MSNBC. “And I think we're all going to be working very hard, particularly the pro-choice members, to make sure that's the case.”

The amendment, offered by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), won the support of Republicans and dozens of centrist Democrats in the House, but revealed a deep divide in the Democratic caucus over abortion.

John Allen Muhammad Will Get The Needle Tuesday

The DC sniper mastermind, John Allen Muhammad, has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court for a stay of his execution. Muhammad will die by lethal injection for the slaying of Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during a three-week spree in 2002. Muhammad is also implicated in several other shootings. The sniper attacks terrorized residents of Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. in 2002.

From FOX News:

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad.

The Court did not comment Monday on why it refused to consider his appeal.

Muhammad is scheduled to die by injection at a Virginia prison for the slaying of Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during a three-week spree in October 2002 across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Muhammad and his teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, were also suspected of fatal shootings in other states, including Louisiana, Alabama and Arizona. Malvo is serving a life sentence in prison.

Muhammad still has a clemency petition before Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine.

Don't holds your breath waiting for Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to grant clemency.

Team Obama's Main Concern After Ft. Hood Shooting Is Protecting Muslims

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano tried to distance this terrorist attack form the Muslim faith.

FOX News reported:

“This was a terrible tragedy for all involved,” Napolitano told reporters in the United Arab Emirates’ capital Abu Dhabi. “Obviously, we object to — and do not believe — that anti-Muslim sentiment should emanate from this.”

Napolitano said her agency is working with state and local groups to try to deflect any anti-Muslim anger after the Thursday attacks by Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a Muslim who reportedly expressed growing dismay over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The shootings left 13 people dead and 29 wounded.

“This was an individual who does not, obviously, represent the Muslim faith,” she said after meeting with a group of women university students.

Perhaps, Janet Napolitano missed the report that Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan yelled, 'Allahu Akbar' before he launched his attack. It would be great if she could find some extremist Muslims to investigate like these CNN easily found on the streets outside Mosques across America.

Radical American Muslims support attack on U.S. (video)

The CNN report on Radical American Muslims is very interesting. One American Muslim says of Osama Bin Laden, "I love Osama more than I love myself."

American Muslim radicals cheer Fort Hood shootings (video)

AP Admitts House Bill Has "Nowhere To Go" In Senate

AP leads a story with the admission the House version of health care reform has "nowhere to go in the Senate." So far, no Democrats are denying this fact. President Obama and Nancy Pelosi have achieved a hollow victory. The neutered blue dogs that voted for the government takeover of health care in the liberal House version will pay a price in 2010. Apparently, they failed to learn a lesson from the heat they took passing the House version of climate change legislation that has stalled out in the Senate.

From AP via Google Hosted News:

WASHINGTON — The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.

Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, Obama urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and "take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people."

The problem is that the Senate won't run with it. The government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate.

If a government plan is part of the deal, "as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut independent whose vote Democrats need to overcome GOP filibusters.

"The House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said dismissively.

Democrats did not line up to challenge him. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has yet to schedule floor debate and hinted last week that senators may not be able to finish health care this year.