Make sure you read Nathan A. Benefield's scathing indictment of Ed Rendell's failed fiscal policies that have left Pennsylvania bankrupt.

Unmasking Ed Rendell's poker face

And to think ... 83% of Philadelphia residents voted for Barack Obama in 2008. How's that hope and change working out for you, Philly?

Phila. unemployment inches closer to 12% - Philadelphia Business Journal

Governor Rendell Proclaims September 'National Preparedness Month'

Pennsylvania Department of State: Disciplinary Actions Taken Against 80 Licensed, Commissioned Professionals, Organizations

Does it really matter whether 300,000 or 500,000 or 1 million people showed up for Glenn Beck's rally?

What matters is Nov. 2 - Election Day - when tens of millions of Americans can take their country back from the left-wing radicals.

On a side note, a person who was at the rally on Saturday (someone I trust) told me there were no more than 200-300 people at the Al Sharpton rally but the media reported 2,000-3,000 people there.

So it's clear the the liberal media has trouble counting. Whatever the number reported by the mainstream media for the Beck rally, multiply it by 10 and you'll get closer to the actual count.

Glenn Beck rally attendance: Calculating how many really showed up - CSMonitor.com

See related editorial at The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website.

President Obama Still Doesn't Get It, Says Small Business Advocate

Governor Rendell Announces Nominations, Appointments

Automatic Citizenship for Children of Illegals; Global Trend Is Toward Tighter Policies

Since blaming George W. Bush for everything that has gone wrong over the past two years is wearing thin, Barack Obama is not blaming his fellow Democrats in Congress. It's every man for himself as the Democrat Party heads for the iceberg known as the midterm elections.

Mad as Hell: How the Tea Party Movement is Fundamentally Remaking Our Two-Party System

Imagine the uproar if somebody at Fox News had used a slur to refer to the president. Heads would roll. But since Sanchez is part of the liberal cabal at CNN, he gets a free press.

Rick Sanchez Apologizes After Labeling Obama the 'Cotton-Picking President' | NewsBusters.org

head and shoulders Insures Troy Polamalu's Hair

Almost 9 out of 10 journalists who donated money in the presidential campaign in 2008 gave to Obama.

Pro-Abortion Obama, Democrats Got 88 Percent of Media Donations in 2008

Pennsylvania State Police: CRASH Enforcement Effort Removes 198 Trucks from Service

Americans Say Political Parties' Policies Not Likely to Solve Economic Woes

ANALYSIS: Toomey May Want To Remember Specter - Politics News Story - WGAL The Susquehanna Valley

Sarah Palin spoke to a sold-out audience of 1,100 people Friday night at the Pennsylvania Family Institute's annual fundraiser at the Hershey Lodge.

Sarah Palin's speech is a hit in Hershey - LancasterOnline.com News

From Independence Hall Tea Party Association:

Over 1,500 members and friends of the Independence Hall Tea Party Association are riding on 28 buses departing from various locations in the region to attend today's Glenn Beck Restoring Honor Rally in Washington, D.C.

"From Princeton Junction to Downingtown, from Quakertown to Christiana, tea partiers are clamoring to attend this event," said Association President, Teri Adams. "The demand was such that we could have sent 40 buses. Our phones were ringing off the hook with people desperately wishing to attend this rally. We received calls from as far away as Arizona and California."

Over 100,000 people are expected to attend from all over the nation.

"People are really connecting with Mr. Beck's message," said Ms. Adams. "He's calling upon the nation to restore honor and character as virtues."

Speakers at today's rally include Dr. Martin Luther King's niece, Dr. Alveda King, and Sarah Palin, among others.
"We have spent the whole month preparing for this rally. We know it will be a momentous occasion," said Ms. Adams

Glenn Beck Slams ABC's Story: 'Something Goebbels Would do' | NewsBusters.org

Broken Promises of a Just Recovery in the Gulf Coast Five Years After Katrina/Rita

Likelihood to Vote for Tea Party-Supported Candidates Edges Past 50%

New FRC Action PAC TV Ad Urges Voters to Stop Harry Reid on Election Day

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Releases Initial Table Games Revenue Report

PennDOT Introduces Updated Highway Safety Program for Schools

Group Launched to Put Consumers First

State Board Preserves Additional Farmland in 16 Counties

It's beginning to look like a GOP rout in Pennsylvania as voters are looking for change after the disastrous Obama administration and Democratic-controlled Congress.

Highlights from the highly-respected Franklin & Marshall College Poll:

1) The percentage of Pennsylvanians who say the state is headed in the right direction now stands at 30 percent -- a 15 year low -- while 58 percent believe it is off on the wrong track.

2) Pennsylvanians continue to express pessimism about the economy. A third (33%) find their personal finances worse off this year than last, and only about one in four (24%) expect their personal finances to be better off a year from now. These figures have changed little since March.

3) In the governor's race Tom Corbett holds an 11 point lead over Dan Onorato, (38% to 27%), among likely voters with slightly less than one third (31%) undecided and four percent who would chose someone else. Among registered adults, Corbett holds a one point lead, (29% to 28%), with 39 percent undecided and four percent supporting another candidate. Registered adults cite the economy, reducing spending/debt, and taxes (29%, 11%, and 9%), respectively, as the most important issues in their vote for governor.

4) Among likely voters, Pat Toomey leads Joe Sestak (40% to 31%) in their primary race for U.S. senate, with about one in four (26%) undecided and three percent with another choice. When registered adults are considered, Toomey's lead narrows, 31 percent to 28 percent, with almost four in ten (38%) without a preference. More registered Pennsylvanians cite the economy (35%) as the most important issue in their vote for U.S. senate than did in May (26%).

5) President Obama's job approval in Pennsylvania remain relatively weak with only 37 percent of voters finding his performance positive, specifically nine percent "excellent" and 28 percent "good." Five times as many Pennsylvanians (35%) rate the president's job performance as "poor" compared to "excellent." Governor Ed Rendell's job performance is even weaker -- only 30 percent find his performance positive, seven percent find it "excellent" and 23 percent say it is "good." The same proportions (30%) say he is doing a "poor job."

6) Democrats are less likely to vote at the moment than Republicans. Only 37 percent of Democrats are likely to vote compared to 45 percent of Republicans. In another comparison, about one third (35%) of those who voted for Obama in 2008 are likely to vote now compared to half (50%) of McCain voters.

Complete results can be found at http://politics.fandm.edu

Religious Leaders to Congress: 'Don't Tamper with our Rights'

In a one-year period, the cost of medical care and productivity losses associated with injuries from motor vehicle crashes exceeded $99 billion - with the cost of direct medical care accounting for $17 billion, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The total annual cost amounts to nearly $500 for each licensed driver in the United States, said the study in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention.

Read the full release at the link below:

CDC Study Finds Annual Cost of Motor Vehicle Crashes Exceeds $99 Billion

The Specter of a Lame Duck Congress | NewsBusters.org

The Pennsylvania Legislature costs taxpayers at least $300 million a year. Does Pennsylvania, with its declining population, need one of the largest and most expensive state legislatures in the country?

From a recent editorial in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

New data from Illinois -- which rivals Pennsylvania in government inefficiency and corruption -- link lavish legislative pay to bigger budget deficits. The fact bolsters the argument that Harrisburg's excesses must be tackled.

The nonpartisan, free market-oriented Illinois Policy Institute (illinoispolicy.org) found fiscal-year 2010 budget deficits in the 10 states with the lowest legislative salaries averaged 19 percent of their general funds.

In the 10 states with the highest legislative salaries -- Pennsylvania ranks fourth -- the average shortfall was 30 percent.

The Illinois issues the institute focused on mirror those that burden Pennsylvania. And the institute's conclusion about the Land of Lincoln is equally apt for the Keystone State:

"The state pays legislators considerably more than the nationwide average, and Illinois's perpetual budget deficit is a good indication that we're necessarily not getting our money's worth."

The same mindset that has led to career politicians addicted to full-time perks, per diems and personal power replacing part-time citizen legislators in Harrisburg fosters spendthrift policies that perpetuate red ink.

It's one more reason to promote a smaller Pennsylvania General Assembly.

You know things are looking dire for your political party when your very own media allies start talking about the bloodbath Democrats face at the hands of voters this November.

NBC's Chuck Todd Projects 'Democrats Are In Deep, Deep Trouble' | NewsBusters.org

The Berks County Republican Committee is now on Twitter.

You can follow the party at http://twitter.com/victory10berks

From Kim Stolfer, chairman of Firearms Owners Against Crime, on the group's endorsement of Republican David M. Maloney, candidate for the 130th District in the Pennsylvania House:

We, FOAC, are convinced that Mr. Maloney will actively support Pennsylvania citizen's rights to defend themselves, their families and our constitutional heritage.

We believe that a strong, independent and constitutionally sound government is essential for our society to flourish, especially in these trying times. We have been in contact with Mr. Maloney for many months and he has demonstrated his knowledge of issues important to FOAC and we are confident he will represent the best interests of all Pennsylvanians regarding Second Amendment issues.

Mr. Maloney's opponent in the November election, State Rep. Dave Kessler (D) who is also Chairman of the Oley Township Supervisors, voted for an ordinance to ban all firearms from all Oley Township municipal buildings. This ordinance directly violated state preemption law, our constitution and Rep. Kessler's 'oath of office'. Citizens and gun-owner groups strongly objected to the ban. We at FOAC and the NRA became involved and within a month Mr. Kessler and the other supervisors were forced to withdraw their own ordinance because it violated PA state law which prohibits municipalities from regulating the ownership and possession of firearms.

For more information on FOAC, visit the group's website at http://www.foac-pac.org/

Is there a Jimmy Carter Elementary School somewhere?

Washingtonians 'Furious' at Opening of 'Barack Obama Elementary School' | NewsBusters.org

Cardinal DiNardo Urges Support for Law Preventing Federal Funding of Abortion

Grassroots Groups Urge Obama Against End-Run Amnesty

Sarah Palin is coming to Hershey, Pa., on Friday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. as the keynote speaker at the Pennsylvania Family Institute's Friends of the Family Banquet.

Tickets are at $200 per person ($150 of which is tax deductible) but the price includes a gourmet meal at The Hershey Lodge.

How often do you get a chance to dine Sarah Palin and support a good cause?

For more information on sponsorship opportunities or to reserve your seat, visit www.PAFamily.org/Palin.php. or call 800-597-9605 or click on the link below.

Pennsylvania Family Institute - Friends of the Family Banquet

Gov. Ed Rendell thinks Pennsylvania residents aren't too bright. The governor, who has less than five months to go in his term, believes motorists are too stupid to notice a 4-cent-per-gallon increase in the state gas tax, already one of the highest in the nation.

Rendell Says Drivers Wouldn't Notice Increase In State Gas Tax - Project Economy News Story - WGAL The Susquehanna Valley

Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel loves spending other people's money.

Despite eight judges ruling that Montgomery County's new "ethics" policy is illegal under state law, Hoeffel wants to appeal the court decisions to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Taxpayers will continue paying the legal bills while Democrat Hoeffel plays politics.

Hoeffel wants to appeal ethics ruling to Pa. high court - The Mercury (pottsmerc.com)

Professor Gives Tips on Handling Cyberbullying, Sexting

Governor Rendell Announces Nominations, Appointments

Outrage over Public Pay and Benefits Reaches Fever Pitch

Another 7,000 Pennsylvania jobs lost in July as the Obama/Rendell Recession continues.

Pennsylvania's Employment Situation: July

Greek Americans to Port Authority: Rebuild Ground Zero Church

It's taken them awhile, but Pennsylvania voters have finally figured out what a disastrous job Gov. Ed Rendell has done over the past eight years.

From Public Policy Polling:

Casting a very large shadow over this race is the unpopularity of outgoing Governor Ed Rendell. Only 27% of likely voters for this fall approve of the job he's doing while 63% are unhappy. Rendell's barely in positive territory even among Democrats at 45/42 and he's pretty universally disliked by Republicans (8/85) and independents (23/61.) Rendell's unpopularity can't be at all helpful for Onorato's chances. Swing voters aren't likely to choose another Democrat if they think the current one's doing a bad job, and Democrats' lack of enthusiasm about voting this year could certainly have something to do with their lukewarmness toward their party's present Governor.

Read more about the race to replace Rendell here.

PennDOT and State, Local Police Target Impaired Drivers in Crackdown

United States Mint Launches James Buchanan Presidential $1 Coin at Historic Home of Nation's 15th President

Zoosk Survey Finds Unemployed Men Are More 'Date-Able' Than Ever

A non-partisan political watchdog group has reviewed a recent attack ad by the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee against Republican Senate hopeful Pat Toomey and found most of its claims to be false.

Another sign of how desparate Democrats are as they face the wrath of voters for four years of failure since Democrats took control of Congress after the 2006 elections.

DSCC+Wrong+on+Toomey%26%238217%3Bs+Wall+St.+Experience

With Election Day about 11 weeks away, Democrat Dan Onorato continues to sink in polls as voters have had enough of the Rendell agenda Onorato wants to continue.

Election 2010: Pennsylvania Governor

Tired of professional politicians not listening to you? You can the final say by firing your member of Congress on Nov. 2.

60% of Voters Say Most in Congress Don't Care What They Think

Pennsylvania legislators, already among the highest paid in the nation, are used to getting lots of free goodies from lobbyists and institutions looking for taxpayer dollars.

It's not a good practice, argues The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

From a recent editorial:

"It's a nice job if you can get it" ought to be the official motto of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Although the gravy train has slowed down since 2005 when public revulsion greeted lawmakers who had given themselves a big pay raise in a late-night vote, the freebies have not dried up.

That is depressingly clear from filings with the state Ethics Commission. As reported by the Post-Gazette's Tracie Mauriello on Sunday, 38 of the state's 253 legislators shared in at least $67,000 worth of goodies last year.

That doesn't include more than $18,000 in food and rental facilities for events hosted by lawmakers for constituents. And it doesn't include tangible gifts of less than $250, the overly generous threshold in the law above which filings on spending must be made.

In many ways, what legislators do receive is the same old, same old -- among the gifts reported were tickets to the Super Bowl, concerts and ball games, travel expenses, even yacht club memberships. The conflict of interest and the associated whiff of impropriety that comes with such freebies is reason enough to stop the gravy train dead in its tracks. For example, Verizon Wireless is not a charity, and taxpayers can fairly wonder what it got for the $9,786 worth of gifts, travel and hospitality spent on state officials and their families last year.

Read the full editorial," Money for nothing?: Freebies for state lawmakers remain a problem," at the newspaper's website.

A new Associated Press poll says 60% of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction under the leadership of Barack Obama.

The Democratic Party's death march to the Nov. 2 midterm elections continues.

Read the full poll results here.

Governor Rendell Announces Appointments

Heritage Prescribes 'Solutions for America'

U.S. Citizens Unite to Support the U.S. Constitution

Toomey Plan from Pat Toomey on Vimeo.

Charles Krauthammer explains to Barack Obama why a mosque at Ground Zero is a bad idea.

From his new column:

A place is made sacred by a widespread belief that it was visited by the miraculous or the transcendent (Lourdes, the Temple Mount), by the presence there once of great nobility and sacrifice (Gettysburg), or by the blood of martyrs and the indescribable suffering of the innocent (Auschwitz).

When we speak of Ground Zero as hallowed ground, what we mean is that it belongs to those who suffered and died there — and that such ownership obliges us, the living, to preserve the dignity and memory of the place, never allowing it to be forgotten, trivialized or misappropriated.

That's why Disney's early '90s proposal to build an American history theme park near Manassas Battlefield was defeated by a broad coalition fearing vulgarization of the Civil War (and wiser than me; at the time I obtusely saw little harm in the venture).

It's why the commercial viewing tower built right on the border of Gettysburg was taken down by the Park Service. It's why while no one objects to Japanese cultural centers, the idea of putting one up at Pearl Harbor would be offensive.

Read the full column at the link below:

Don't Violate Memory Of Ground Zero - Investors.com

In addition to top pay and benefits, Pennsylvania legislators received at least $67,000 in free items, according to newspaper reports.

From a story in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by reporter Tracie Mauriello:

Lawmakers last year got their hands on tickets to the Super Bowl, orchestra concerts, the Philadelphia Flower Show and Phillies games -- all without opening their wallets.

Those tickets are among at least $67,000 worth of freebies that state lawmakers accepted last year, according to statements of financial interest on file with the state Ethics Commission.

But that figure doesn't include more than $18,000 in food, facilities rental and other help lobbyists provided for lawmaker-hosted events, such as fairs for older residents in their districts.

Thirty-eight of the state's 253 senators and representatives disclosed receiving gifts such as yacht club memberships and travel to places as near as Philadelphia and as far as Rwanda.

Read the full story at the newspaper's website.

Bad news for the tone deaf political class in Washington as the Nov. 2 midterm elections approach:

With midterm elections less than three months away, nearly two-out-of-three U.S. voters (65%) remain at least somewhat angry at the current policies of the federal government, including 40% who are Very Angry.

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters nationwide finds that just 30% are not angry at the government, with 13% who are Not At All Angry.

In surveys since last September, those angry at the government have ranged from 66% to 75%. Those who are Very Angry have run from 33% to 46%.

Yet while 83% of Mainstream voters are angry at the government’s policies, 92% of those in the Political Class are not.

65% of Voters Are Angry At Federal Government’s Policies

Rasmussen Reports on Health Care Law

After Bashing Bush on Unemployment, NYT Now Touting 'Benefits' of High Unemployment | NewsBusters.org

I guess we can officially refer to him as "One-Term" Obama from now on.

Obama supports plan for mosque near ground zero - latimes.com

Pennsylvania Department of State: Disciplinary Actions Taken Against 203 Licensed, Commissioned Professionals, Organizations

The Obama Recession Continues ...

Bank Foreclosure Homes Up 38% in Past Year

This week on American Radio Journal: Lowman Henry talks with Timothy P. Carney of the Washington Examiner about establishment efforts to co-opt TEA Party candidates who win seats in Congress; Andy Roth of the Club for Growth has the Real Story behind liberal economists accepting the theory behind the Laffer Curve; And, Dr. Paul Kengor of the Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College has an American Radio Journal commentary on the impact of the loss of the World War II generation on the debate over the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan.

For more information on America Radio Journal, click here.

This week on Lincoln Radio Journal: Lowman Henry talks with former Congressman Phil English about reforming our political system; Joe Geiger of the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations has Jen Roberts of the York YWCA in the Nonprofit Spotlight; And, Al Paschall has a Somedays commentary on the 2012 Presidential election.

For more information on Lincoln Radio Journal, click here.

Grassroots Oppose FCC's Attempts to Reclassify, Regulate the Internet

United States Mint to Introduce New $1 Coin for James 'Old Buck' Buchanan

While the U.S. economy continues to hemorrhage under the failed policies of Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats, there is one sector that is living high on the hog: Government workers.

From USA Today:

At a time when workers' pay and benefits have stagnated, federal employees' average compensation has grown to more than double what private sector workers earn, a USA TODAY analysis finds.

Federal workers have been awarded bigger average pay and benefit increases than private employees for nine years in a row. The compensation gap between federal and private workers has doubled in the past decade.

Federal civil servants earned average pay and benefits of $123,049 in 2009 while private workers made $61,051 in total compensation, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data are the latest available.

The federal compensation advantage has grown from $30,415 in 2000 to $61,998 last year.

Public employee unions say the compensation gap reflects the increasingly high level of skill and education required for most federal jobs and the government contracting out lower-paid jobs to the private sector in recent years.

Read the full story at the newspaper's website.

Computer Giveaway Helps Military Families Stay Connected

ER Visits Increase at Twice the Rate of U.S. Population

A new Gallup poll finds that 8 in 10 Americans disapprove of the job the Democratic-led Congress is doing. Not a good sign for Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid & Co. with just 12 weeks left until Election Day.

Low Approval of Congress Not Budging, Now 19%

FRC Action President Tony Perkins Responds to Democrats' Refusal to Rule Out Lame-Duck Session

Richard Viguerie: Tea Party and Conservative Voters Continue to Roll Over Establishment Republicans

Fouad Ajami explains why Barack Obama was destined to fail as president in a new op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal.

From Ajami's column:

It is in the nature of charisma that it rises out of thin air, out of need and distress, and then dissipates when the magic fails. The country has had its fill with a scapegoating that knows no end from a president who had vowed to break with recriminations and partisanship. The magic of 2008 can't be recreated, and good riddance to it. Slowly, the nation has recovered its poise. There is a widespread sense of unstated embarrassment that a political majority, if only for a moment, fell for the promise of an untested redeemer — a belief alien to the temperament of this so practical and sober a nation.

Read the full column at the newspaper's website.

One of my favorite columnists, John Hawkins, ranks the 7 worst presidents of the past 100 years (three Republicans and four Democrats) in a new column.

I agree with his choices but I think John is a bit kind to Jimmy Carter, ranking him 4th on the list. There's no surprise about who is the worst president is - Barack Obama - who has managed to set a new standard for incompetence in less than two years in office.

From his new column posted at Townhall.com:

Liberal historians have been ranking Presidents for years and of course there's always a heavy leftward skew to their evaluations. Republicans are inevitably ranked lower than they deserve to be while Democrats are sure to be portrayed in the kindest historical light. Here's a different take on the issue: A look at the worst Presidents of the last hundred years from a conservative perspective.

7) Herbert Hoover
6) Warren Harding
5) Richard Nixon
4) Jimmy Carter
3) Woodrow Wilson
2) Lyndon Johnson
1) Barack Obama

An interesting nonpartisan assessment of the failed Obama presidency by Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard.

How Does Obama Measure Up?

Columnist Jim Powell lists 10 reason why millions of Americans are out of work - and they all point back to Obama's failed policies.

What's Holding Back The Hiring? Start With Obama's 10 Job Killers - Investors.com

I wouldn't put it past Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to turn on the American people once they lose control of Congress in November.

From Investor's Business Daily:

If the majority party loses one or both chambers this fall, what could beaten and embittered Democrats do to the nation before the next Congress is seated? They could actually make things worse.

Read the full editorial at the link below:

Political Revenge - Investors.com

Rendell hopes for less than 200 layoffs - The Mercury

Obama keeps saying that the 9.5% national unemployment rate could be worse, but when you consider "underemployment," the number is an astonishing 18.4% as the Obama Recession heads toward its second year.

U.S. Underemployment Steady at 18.4% in July

SIOA, FDI Sue New York City for Refusal to Run Ground Zero Bus Ads

Avg. Midterm Seat Loss 36 for Presidents Below 50% Approval

Nation & World | Lavish Obama vacation in time of economic turmoil raises eyebrows | Seattle Times Newspaper

Open Thread: Michelle O's Lavish Taxpayer Funded Vacation During Recession | NewsBusters.org

Governor Rendell Announces Nominations and Appointments

How Liberals Want to Control Your Life - HUMAN EVENTS

Pennsylvania Agriculture Department Warns Consumers to Discard Raw Milk from Jersey Hollow Farm in Berks County

State Rep. Tim Krieger - Krieger Calls Governor's Latest 'Tax You More' Bus Tour Another Act of Highway Robbery Against PA Taxpayers

FRC Praises Senator Coburn's Senate Companion Bill to Remove Abortion from Obama Health Care Law

The job picture is far worse than the government is letting on.

U.S. Underemployment Steady at 18.4% in July

The federal government has done such a wonderful job with the postal service, why don't we turn over control of nation's health-care system? What could possibly go wrong?

Postal Service Ends Third Quarter With $3.5 Billion Loss

Study of Tea Party Activists Reveals Movement's Level of Momentum

Clarus Poll: Voters Rate Obama's Inner Circle: Job Approval Ratings for Administration Officials Drop Across the Board

Ann Coulter to Be Keynote Speaker at Wake Up America Tea Party on September 18, 2010, hosted by the 912 Project Fort Worth, Inc.

U.S. Voters to Congress: Reject New Energy Taxes

ALEC Applauds Missouri Vote to Allow Health Care Act to Proceed

The Tea Party Movement is bigger than the liberal media has reported and is gaining support among voters, according to a new poll by Tea Party TV, which covers all things Tea Party and is produced by PJTV.

The PJTV/Pulse Opinion Research nationwide survey of 1,000 likely voters revealed that 54 percent of respondents support the Tea Party movement and 48 percent would vote for a candidate who is supported by the Tea Party movement, as opposed to 39 percent who would not.

Follow the link below for more poll highlights.

PJTV Rolls Out Weekly Tea Party Poll

CrimeReports.com Launches Next Generation Social Utility, 'Neighborhood Central'

Geithner is Wrong: The Obama-Pelosi-Reid Tax Hike is Not a 'Return to the 1990s'

Public Encouraged to Nominate Librarians for National I Love My Librarian Award

Pennsylvania Slot Machine Revenue Rises 18% In July

Sarah Palin is coming to Hershey, Pa., on Friday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. as the keynote speaker at the Pennsylvania Family Institute's Friends of the Family Banquet.

Tickets are a bit on the steep side at $200 per person ($150 of which is tax deductible) but the price includes a gourmet meal at The Hershey Lodge and how often do you get a chance to meet Sarah Palin?

For more information on sponsorship opportunities or to reserve your seat, visit www.PAFamily.org/Palin.php. or call 800-597-9605 or click on the link below.

Pennsylvania Family Institute - Friends of the Family Banquet

Judicial Crisis Network Closing Arguments: America Deserves Better Than Elena Kagan

Pennsylvania to Begin Offering Health Plan for People with Pre-Existing Medical Conditions

WaPo's Shales Sneers at Amanpour as 'Globe-Trotting Fancy Pants' Who'd Mourn Taliban Deaths | NewsBusters.org

The numbers that matter most - Ben White - POLITICO.com

Joe Klein Defames ADL Leader As Intolerant for Questioning Appropriateness of Mosque Near Ground Zero | NewsBusters.org