Gateway Pundit: GOP Now Tied With Dems In Party Identification
This took around 100 days…
Republicans are now tied with Democrats in party identification. For the first time since June 2005 Republican identification is equal to Dem identification:

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Jed Babbin: Richard Milhous Pelosi
“I have today issued another written statement, which addresses the charges that have been made since then as they relate to my own conduct, and which describes the efforts that I made to discover the facts about the matter…I stated in very specific terms — and I state again to every one of you listening tonight these facts — I had no prior knowledge of [it]; I neither took part in nor knew about any of the subsequent cover-up activities…That was and that is the simple truth.”

No, that was not House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s latest speech re-explaining her knowledge that CIA interrogators waterboarded terrorist detainees.  It’s an excerpt from Richard Nixon’s August 15, 1973 speech denying involvement in the Watergate break-ins.  more…..

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Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore: Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich
Updating some research from Richard Vedder of Ohio University, we found that from 1998 to 2007, more than 1,100 people every day including Sundays and holidays moved from the nine highest income-tax states such as California, New Jersey, New York and Ohio and relocated mostly to the nine tax-haven states with no income tax, including Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire and Texas. We also found that over these same years the no-income tax states created 89% more jobs and had 32% faster personal income growth than their high-tax counterparts.

Did the greater prosperity in low-tax states happen by chance? Is it coincidence that the two highest tax-rate states in the nation, California and New York, have the biggest fiscal holes to repair? No. Dozens of academic studies — old and new — have found clear and irrefutable statistical evidence that high state and local taxes repel jobs and businesses. more…..

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The Radio Equalizer: Obamist FCC Announces Crackdown On ‘Racist’ Radio Ratings
(h/t Michelle Malkin)
In what appears to be the first stage of a broader, Chavez-style crackdown against talk radio and its audience success, Obama’s FCC has taken an official step toward eliminating (or, at best, manipulating) an electronic ratings system his supporters consider “racist”.

That means stations with small but particularly loyal followings, such as hip-hop outlets, no longer wrongly benefit from distorted record-keeping meant to reward certain FM personalities. In many cases, other formats (especially conservative talk radio) are now experiencing a more accurate reflection of their listenership, leading to improved results. more…..

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CNN: GOP leader: Pelosi should show proof or apologize
“Lying to the Congress of the United States is a crime,” House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“If the speaker is accusing the CIA and other intelligence officials of lying or misleading the Congress, then she should come forward with evidence and turn that over to the Justice Department so they be prosecuted. And if that’s not the case, I think she ought to apologize to our intelligence professionals around the world.” more…..

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Duncan Currie: Alternative to Obamacare
Nancy Pelosi has declared that the goal of health-care reform is to achieve “quality, affordable, accessible health care for all Americans.” The Burr-Coburn legislation would not guarantee “universal” insurance coverage, but it would make quality health insurance and care more affordable and accessible. Conservative policy wonks will doubtless find nits to pick in the bill, and it’s unclear how many Republicans will embrace the Burr-Coburn approach. In recent years, says former GOP whip Rep. Roy Blunt, “no more than two dozen” Republican House members have been deeply engaged in the health-care issue. That is now changing, thanks in large part to the challenge of defeating Obamacare. more……

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-Cnation