Delaying Vote, Debt Panel Splits on Taxes and Spending  —  WASHINGTON — The chairmen of President Obama's debt-reduction commission have been unable to win support from any of the panel's elected officials for their proposed spending cuts and tax increases, underscoring the reluctance …

The moral standards of WikiLeaks critics  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  Time's Joe Klein writes this about the WikiLeaks disclosures: … Do you have that principle down?  If “a single foreign national is rounded up and put in jail” because of the WikiLeaks disclosure — even a …

Judge upholds healthcare reform law  —  A federal judge in Virginia on Tuesday rejected a legal challenge to the healthcare reform law, the second time the law's mandate that people buy insurance has been ruled constitutional.  —  The lawsuit was brought by Liberty University …

Co-host spittin' mad over Spitzer  —  Tweet  —  Eliot Spitzer's TV sidekick is so fed up with playing second fiddle to the hooker-loving ex-gov that she's threatening to walk, sources told The Post yesterday.  —  Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker actually stormed off the set of the …

Cheney to co-host fundraiser for Cino in RNC race  —  Washington (CNN) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney and a clutch of former George W. Bush advisers have a horse in the Republican National Committee chairman race: Maria Cino.  —  CNN has learned that Cheney will be among the hosts next Tuesday …

Oil drilling ban to be maintained in key areas, sources say  —  Obama administration officials will announce Wednesday afternoon they will not allow offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as part of the next five-year drilling plan …

30 Most Dynamic Cities in the World  —  What is the most dynamic city in the post-recession world?  —  The surprising answer is Istanbul, according to a new report that shows the developing world is leading the way out of the Great Recession.  —  Grading each metropolis by the growth …

Cantor Urges ‘Open Mind’ On VA Legislature Plan To Blow Up The Constitution  —  Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is part of a class of Republicans who say they want to change the country fundamentally — and to that end, Cantor isn't dismissing a plan by legislators in his home state …

The Irony of Wikileaks  —  By threatening U.S. diplomacy, the hard left is undercutting its own worldview.  —  There's no question that many of the Wikileaks documents are a great read.  These diplomatic conversations between American officials and leaders from the Arab world, China …

From WikiChina  —  While secrets from WikiLeaks were splashed all over the American newspapers, I couldn't help but wonder: What if China had a WikiLeaker and we could see what its embassy in Washington was reporting about America?  I suspect the cable would read like this:

Is GOP Breaking Silence on Sarah Palin for President?  —  Among Potential GOP Contenders, Politeness Still Rules  —  When the television host and former Florida congressman Joe Scarborough published a scathing op-ed piece in Politico against Sarah Palin on Tuesday, he was not only trying to put a dent in her presidential ambitions.

Europe's Crisis Widens  —  Italy, Spain See Bonds Sink, Portugal Faces Rating Cut as Faith in Rescue Ebbs  —  In Rome, students protesting spending cuts clashed with police  —  Investors dismissed European leaders' latest attempt to restore market calm, raising doubts about whether governments …

Inhofe refuses to participate in ‘holiday’ parade  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Tuesday that he won't participate in Tulsa's Holiday Parade of Lights until organizers put “Christ” back in the event's title.  —  “Last year, the forces of political correctness removed the word 'Christmas …

Why the Spending Stimulus Failed  —  New economic research shows why lower tax rates do far more to spur growth.  —  President Obama and congressional leaders meeting yesterday confronted calls for four key fiscal decisions: short-run fiscal stimulus, medium-term fiscal consolidation, and long-run tax and entitlement reform.