DeMint watches out for all of us  —  Recently your newspaper published a letter from state Rep. Bakari Sellers attacking U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint and his opposition to congressional earmarks.  —  There is a saying that the Jews who are wealthy got that way not by watching dollars …

CNBC, Reuters fall for climate hoax  —  In a dramatic shift, the Chamber of Commerce announced Monday that it is throwing its support behind climate change legislation making its way through the U.S. Senate.  —  Only it didn't.  —  An e-mail press release announcing the change is a hoax, say Chamber officials.

Poll: majority now supports public health insurance option  —  As Democratic congressional leaders and White House officials work to shape health care bills that will go to the House and Senate floors, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that support for a government-run health plan …

AP Newsbreak: New medical marijuana policy issued  —  AP Newsbreak: New medical marijuana policy issued by Obama administration  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws …

GOP Launches Strategy to Trip Up Health Bill  —  Senate Republicans, acknowledging they lack the votes to block a health care reform bill outright, have implemented a comprehensive political strategy to delay, define and derail.  —  With Democratic leaders and White House officials holed …

Losing: Helen Thomas, NYT, and The Nation Object to White House Fight With Fox News  —  Well, it's not the first time the Grande Liberal Dame of the press corps has had words for the Obama White House, but today Helen Thomas is voicing more unlikely sentiments by telling the White House attack dogs to heel in the Fox News fight.

Pelosi Aims to Squeeze Skeptics on Public Option With Cheaper Bill Than Senate  —  The House health care bill is getting cheaper, but Democrats aren't boasting just yet.  Because when they ultimately break silence the hope is to present conservative Democrats in both chambers with a bill …

Times Says It Will Cut 100 Newsroom Jobs  —  The New York Times plans to eliminate 100 newsroom jobs - about 8 percent of the total - by year's end, offering buyouts to union and non-union employees, and resorting to layoffs if it cannot get enough people to leave voluntarily, the paper announced on Monday.

New TV Ad in NY-23  —  Club and Club PAC Launch TV Ad in NY-23  —  Washington - Club for Growth and Club for Growth PAC will launch a $300,000 television ad campaign tomorrow in the special election for New York's 23rd Congressional District.  The campaign follows the Club …

Election 2010: Illinois Senate Election  —  Illinois 2010 Senate Race Still Neck-and-Neck  —  The 2010 U.S. Senate race in Illinois is now a dead heat between the top Democratic and Republican contenders.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds Republican hopeful Mark Kirk tied …

Special Sunday Post: RNC Chairman Michael Steele's bizarre interview with Univision's Jorge Ramos  —  For months now, I've resisted trying to equate Michael Steele with Sarah Palin — a Republican Party choice (a.k.a. token) to appease a certain demographic.  Palin was to appeal to women voters.

Sen. Kerry's Colossal Error of Judgment  —  Over the weekend, Sen. John Kerry provided some covering fire for President Obama's dithering about his strategy for Afghanistan, telling CBS News that:  —  “I don't see how President Obama can make a decision about the committing of our additional forces …

Revenge of the Drones  —  An Analysis of Drone Strikes in Pakistan  —  As a result of the unprecedented 41 drone strikes into Pakistan authorized by the Obama administration, aimed at Taliban and al Qaeda networks based there, about a half-dozen leaders of militant organizations have been killed …

Gates Blindsided by Rahm  —  Yesterday, in light of Rahm Emanuel's comments on delaying the decision on troops for Afghanistan, I asked: “Are Sunday talk show declarations by Emanuel and political advisor David Axelrod an appropriate way to announce the considered judgment of the president …

Secret Talks Progress on Illegal Iranian Nuclear Plant  —  The uranium-enrichment plant at Natanz in Iran, left, and President Obama  —  President Barack Obama has a personal stake in the outcome of Monday's meeting in Vienna between Western and Iranian nuclear experts on the future of Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium.

Maryland Scientist Charged with Attempted Espionage  —  A Maryland scientist who once worked in varying capacities for the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been arrested for attempted espionage, David Kris …