ARE TERRORISTS THE DEMOCRATS' BIGGEST FANS?  THE DEBATE CONTINUES  —  Last night I posted al Qaeda: "Democrats Are Reasonable"!.  That post discussed the support for the Democrats in the midterm elections that has been voiced by terrorists around the world.

Feeling Blue?  —  After the Democratic sweep of Congress, President Bush's approval reaches a new low.  But voters want Democrats to chart a moderate course.  —  Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images  —  Can They Work Together?  Pelosi has 34 percent approval ratings, slightly better than Bush's 31 percent

Claim: Cat Stevens Financed Terrorists, Tied to Radical Clerics  —  The Jawa Report has obtained evidence that Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, was once connected to radical clerics Omar Bakri Mohammed & Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman.  According to at least one credible source …

Poll: More evangelicals sour toward Republicans  —  DALLAS (Reuters) - U.S. evangelicals have lost some of their enthusiasm for the Republican Party, a factor contributing to the party's drubbing in Tuesday's congressional elections, a new survey found.  —  In a Beliefnet poll …

Actually, it's more a case of Europe falling apart in 2006  —  France has sent a stiff complaint to Brussels about the European Union's choice of logo to commemorate its 50th birthday next year.  —  The offending image, a child-like rendition of the English word together …

What a Mandate!  Popular Vote For Senate Was 55%-43% Democratic  —  Look how easily the media manipulates everyone's perceptions, including our own.  An hour of vote tabulation reveals a stunning fact: Democrats won the popular vote for the Senate by an overwhelming 12.6% margin - 55%/42.4%.

For Incoming Democrats, Populism Trumps Ideology  —  The newly elected Democratic class of 2006, which is set to descend on the Capitol next week, will hardly be the first freshmen to arrive in Washington promising to make a difference.  —  The last time Congress changed hands …

Call It Treason  —  Via one of the deep...ah, "thinkers" at The American Thinker (never has there been such a wildly inaccurate name in the entire history of the bleedin' universe), we learn that John Conyers is a traitor.  So sez Investor's Business Daily, which helpfully assembles the terrifying evidence for us:

More subpoenas in Menendez probe  —  Feds seek documents on rental, but senator's office denies contact  —  Federal investigators have resumed their inquiry into a rental deal between U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and a nonprofit agency, issuing new subpoenas in the days after he was elected …

Save Britney's Marriage  —  When CNN sent out a Breaking News email on Election Day saying that Britney Spears was filing for divorce from her husband of two years, Kevin Federline, I didn't realize just how important this story was at first.  But now that the election is over, the full the impact of this tragedy is finally sinking in.

The Missing Earpiece  —  Congressional Calamities , Econ.  101  —  Hatched by Dafydd  —  Ladies and gents, this here post falls into that beloved category of What Is Wrong With This Picture?  We seem to play that a lot on this blog.  —  Yesterday, AP rolled out the first of what will undoubtedly …

12 Reasons Not to Trust Chuck Schumer  —  Lest there be any confusion about where Chuck Schumer stands with regard to you in the grassroots, gentle reader, we have this from Ruppert Murdoch's New York Post to go along with Chuck throwing Howard Dean under the bus on Worst Person in the World Bill O'Reilly's show on Murdoch's Fox News.

Christian Right Agenda In Shambles After GOP Defeat  —  Moderate Evangelicals seen chafing against narrow priorities like abortion, gay rights.  Will some work with Dems?  —  For a man witnessing a debacle in real time, Rev. Louis Sheldon, a leader of the Christian Right political movement …

For Georgetown 'Apostles,' A Rowhouse Rebellion  —  Religious Immunity to Zoning Laws Cited  —  It's about God, America and the bonds of friendship.  Or, maybe, it's just about beer.  —  On one side of the battle: nine best buds at Georgetown University who hung a skull-and-crossbones flag outside …

Video: LaShawn Barber talks Campaign '08 on MSNBC  —  Another day, another Vent alumna on cable news.  Granted, she was appearing on cable news long before she ever did Vent.  Let's not get bogged down in details.  —  Here she is, mano a mano with sane lefty Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft and insisting that …

Audio: Charles Johnson and Tammy Bruce on the midterms  —  A little free publicity for two of our favorite bloggers on Saturday night.  —  Update: Note their discussion about Muslim women's liberation.  One means to that end: blogging.