Jon Stewart took on both the Tea Party and the Republican party for their angry offensive antics. Rather than saying the GOP needs to distance itself from the Tea Party, Stewart says that the Tea Party needs to distance itself from the extremist GOP. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / […]

From HuffingtonPost.com: For the past few months, Sen. John McCain’s reelection campaign has operated on the assumption that if it can depict primary challenger J.D. Hayworth as fundamentally unserious, voters will recoil.

NEW ORLEANS — In damage control mode, GOP national chairman Michael Steele on Saturday sought to quell the furor over his management of the Republican National Committee by acknowledging errors and vowing to learn from them.

WASHINGTON — Republican Party chairman Michael Steele defended his stewardship of party affairs Monday and dismissed criticism as the talk of GOP figures uncomfortable with his “streetwise” managerial style.

From HuffingtonPost.com: The majority of the news stories covered by Jon Stewart are of a serious tone. So while we get to reap the benefits of his satirical breakdown, he’s got to deal with the weighty stuff. But shouldn’t he get to have some fun, too?

From MiamiHerald.com: In the midst of delivering an impassioned speech decrying President Obama’s health care reform, GOP congressional hopeful Corey Poitier veered dangerously off-script.

From Color Of Change Tell the GOP: Stop inciting and supporting hate This weekend, anti health care protesters shouted racist and homophobic slurs at Black and gay members of Congress. It’s not the first time we’ve seen such hatred. For over a year, the Republican Party has done little to stop the violent rhetoric, racially […]

There is a good article about the recent GOP/Tea Party health care protests in the New York Times. It traces the roots of the disrespectful anger of the Tea Party directly to GOP strategists and pundits. Writer Bob Herbert takes on the Tea Party protesters and their disrespect of Blacks, gays and the handicapped and […]

Cynthia Tucker wrote a good article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution countering the Pro-Life campaign that abortion is Black genocide. Here are some excepts.

From WashingtonIndependent.com: Well, this isn’t going to soothe the GOP’s internal critics of Michael Steele, who worry that his celebrity distracts him from the party’s message.