Poll: Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Obama Who?) continues to lose support.

If we have a recovery, then why has Clark County, Nevada suffered a 14.9% drop in taxable sales so far this fiscal year?

Poll: 57% of Arizonans say we should welcome immigrants. 76% say we should secure the border. 64% back the new immigration law in Arizona. This is a winning issue for the GOP – if we cast it, properly, as a matter of justice for all. It is unjust to allow people to illegally cross the border. It is unjust to turn a blind eye to the ruthless exploitation and abuse of the illegals as they cross the border. It is unjust to have a pool of illegal workers in the US to be used as sweated labor at the expense of both illegals and citizens. Get it? Justice requires a secure border – and we can win on that.

Britain’s PM Brown probably just lost himself the election – and turned the immigration issue in to a hot topic in Britain as much as its become in the United States.

Is Crist trying to get Donks to dump Meeks? Could be – if the Crist promises to caucus with Democrats, it might be worth their while to toss aside their almost-sure-loser candidate. And a victorious Crist might be the difference between a majority and minority status in the Senate come January. Of course, that is assuming Crist could win…

The horrible abuse of migrants…in Mexico. The whole immigration issue is not what liberals think it is.

Suspended, liberal priest upset about the conservatism of Los Angeles’ new Archbishop. Cry me a river.

New corporate buzz word: “Crowd Sourcing”. It doesn’t work in your favor, American worker.

Top Ten Democrat party slogans.

Did I mention they are stupid? I mean really, really stupid?

Like this, if you took all the liberals in the world, mashed them in to one person and then tacked on one conservative, you’d double their IQ.

Don’t believe me? Well, here’s my proof:

The kneejerk haters need to do a little research before they reflexively call for boycotts. The uninformed pantywaists who haven’t the slightest clue about Arizona’s new law are running around calling for boycotts far and wide and have now called for a boycott of Arizona Iced Tea.

Just one problem: It’s made in New York. Talk about weapons-grade stupidity.

If you click the link, you’ll see quotes from exceptionally stupid liberals – including one calling it the “drink of fascists”. In other news along these lines, the Mayor of San Francisco has ordered a boycott of city-paid travel to Arizona – I mean, seriously, how much official travel is there between the two places?

This is getting rather insane – and funny. It is going to backfire on the liberals – they are taking it entirely too far and making themselves objects of ridicule.

As we have already had lots of demonstrations on the immigration and look to have a lot more over the next days and weeks, we’ve put together a hub for videos of the events. We’ll be updating as appropriate and are determined to provide a platform for the story the MSM simply won’t properly cover.

The news:

At times, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter has wondered if he should have stayed a Republican.

For three decades, Specter prided himself on being a coalition builder, relishing a self-appointed role as a liaison striving to find the moderate solutions to liberal and conservative extremes.

Now as a Democrat, that role has vanished. For that reason alone, Specter has questioned his storied party switch.

”Well, I probably shouldn’t say this,” he said over lunch last month. ”But I have thought from time to time that I might have helped the country more if I’d stayed a Republican.”

Translation: “I’m about to get creamed, heck I might even lose the primary…if I had stayed Republican, I could have suckered them in to backing me for another 6 years.”

Arlen, Arlen, Arlen – if you had been a Republican when it mattered, you could genuinely have helped the country. The one time we actually, crucially needed you to do the right thing, you cut us off at the knees and handed victory to the most absurd, tax-and-spend liberalism we’ve seen in a generation. That isn’t coalition building – that was cynical opportunism.

You thought Obama and the Dems would remain popular through 2010 and this was your means of ingratiating yourself with the left.

Well, you got what you wanted, tiger. Now, how does it taste?

Looks like he might:

Republican Florida Governor Charlie Crist has decided he will run as an independent in the race to fill the Florida U.S. Senate seat, Crist allies tell Fox News. The official announcement is scheduled for Thursday at 5pm ET in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The Senate campaign has been rough and tumble for Crist, he was once the front-runner — but in recent months began trailing his GOP opponent, Tea Party favorite and former Florida State Speaker Marco Rubio. Rubio has been able to turn a 30-point deficit in the polls into a 30 point lead over Crist.

Crist has said that under no circumstance would he drop out of the race, saying he will do what is best for the voters of Florida. The governor says Republicans in Washington want him to stay in the Republican party but voters in Florida have told him they want him to run as an independent.

No, Charlies, what the voters of Florida have told you is that they don’t want you in the United States Senate. But, you are an opportunist and a political climber, so you can’t imagine yourself not being in high office…clearly losing your Senate bid, you seem to be settling on a desperate bid for even the slightest chance of staying in public office.

Which makes you precisely what we’re sick of in the United States – and especially in our Republican party. You still have a small window of opportunity to do the honorable thing and either continue to fight for the GOP nomination or graciously bow out to the man who is beating you. Or, you can prove yourself worthless.

Your choice.

Greek bonds rise to ruinous levels, money flees to the US dollar and gold. Good for our dollar, good for people investing in gold. Bad sign for the global economy. The EU banksters might stop the bleeding, but it won’t matter in the long run.

Democrats are betting that comprehensive immigration reform will drive a high hispanic turnout in their favor in November. Probably will, I imagine – but it will also drive turnout for people opposed to anything which even remotely smacks of amnesty. We’ll see who outnumbers whom, I guess. It also won’t do anything to dampen down the TEA Party movement, which is all about reigning in irresponsible government…such as a government which wants to grant amnesty to illegals.

Per Rasmussen, 63% of “other” in Arizona back immigration bill. As Rasmussen breaks it out as white, black and “other”, the presumption is that “other” may include a lot of hispanics. Maybe the Donk theory here is cockeyed? Perhaps hispanic Americans and legal immigrants are also rather tired of the rampant criminality on the border courtesy of non-enforcement of border security? Only time will tell.

Another Obama “town hall”, another crowd stacked with Obamaniacs. Yawn. Old hat – we’re never going to expect Obama to actually confront his critics.

Obama the bully. I won’t go that far – but he’s clearly got an enemies list mentality and doesn’t like it at all when someone challenges him.

Did Obama Administration hide report showing ObamaCare’s true costs? Well, I guess we’ll never have existential proof – but we’d have to figure they did.

If the various stimulus programs around the world were actually doing anything worthwhile, we wouldn’t see this:

China will announce in August a new stimulus package of possibly 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion), the China Business newspaper reported on its Web site, citing unidentified sources.

The plan, from China’s National Development and Reform Commission, will likely cover nine industries including information technology and new energy, the report said.

Mish points out that all the stimulus here and around the world has done is push up stock and commodity prices – and this, in turn, has fueled housing bubbles in places like Australia and Canada where a lot of commodities originate.

There has been no expansion of the wealth-creating part of the economy – no jobs, no rise in wages, nothing of any long term value. And, meanwhile, its all really being fueled by massive amounts of new debt being placed on economies which will increasingly struggle with aging and declining populations – ie, populations which will be less able or inclined to pay off debt.

China’s economy has allegedly been on a tear – just roaring ahead. But if it were, then China wouldn’t be contemplating another massive stimulus. Remember, $586 billion for China would be akin to Obama announcing that he’s going for another trillion dollar stimulus for us, given the size of our economy compared to China’s.

Today, tomorrow, next month, next year – it will happen. The crash is coming.

The news:

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which has missed $6 million in debt payments since Jan. 1, should consider seeking Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, City Controller Dan Miller told a three-hour special committee hearing…

…Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, the sixth-most populous U.S. state, has guaranteed payments on $282 million in bonds on the incinerator, run by the Harrisburg Authority. The payments on the bonds and on a working-capital loan this year add up to four times the amount the city collects in property taxes each year, budget documents show.

“It’s not good,” Miller said at the start of the hearing before a silent audience of about 20 that included city officials and union members.

Hasn’t been a Republican mayor of Harrisburg since 1968 – and he was the only GOPer since 1902. 108 years, 104 governed by Demcorats. This is your baby, liberals – we had nothing to do with it.

Some other cities in trouble: Detroit, last had a GOP mayor in 1962. San Francisco, last had a GOP mayor in 1964. Chicago, last had a GOP mayor in 1931. Atlanta, last had a GOP mayor in 1901. Boston, last had a GOP mayor in 1930. Salt Lake City, last had a GOP mayor in 1975.

Some cities not having so much trouble: San Diego, currently has a GOP mayor. Anaheim, currently has a GOP mayor. Miami, currently has a GOP mayor. Tulsa, currently has a GOP mayor.

Seeing a trend here?

Weren’t the Democrats talking about how they are going to take on Wall Street and defend the little guy?

Sen. Chuck Schumer invited Harry Reid to spend Monday morning with him in Brooklyn, where some of Schumer’s well-heeled friends opened their checkbooks to help the Senate majority leader’s struggling reelection bid.

Democratic Whip Dick Durbin has invited Reid to join him next week in Chicago, where he’ll connect the Nevada Democrat with Windy City business leaders who’ll pour even more money into Reid’s campaign.

For Schumer and Durbin, it’s all part of a delicate dance. While Capitol Hill insiders say the two men appear to be jockeying to show their fellow Democrats that they’d be the logical successors to Reid, they’re also showing Reid unyielding loyalty where it counts: campaign cash.

Does anyone believe that the Democrats will do anything to prevent financial chicanery? That they’ll do anything which will risk the flow of campaign funds? That they’ll actually try to level the playing field so that their money bags have to work harder?

If you believe that, you’re an idiot. Only a revolutionary change to a populist/conservative Congress has a chance of protecting the free market from the malfactors of great wealth who now own the Democrat party lock, stock and barrel.

The big boys of finance want their place at the trough secured. They want their easy access to taxpayer bail outs and they don’t want to be troubled by upstart competitors who might have better products or services to offer. In return for a slavish Democrat party, they are willing to pour in the money – and they’ll only pour in the money as long as the Democrats remember who their Masters are.

November is coming – and we’ll clear out both the corrupt fat cats and their kept politicians.

Ian Lazaran over at Conservatives for Palin has a long article debunking yet another anti-Palin hit piece, this one in The New Yorker. My hat is off to Lazaran for being willing to slog through yet another tedious, mendacious liberal attack on Sarah Palin.

Liberals (and a selection of sorta-conservatives) do this because they hate Sarah Palin. They hate her because she’s everything they despise. A woman who is a conservative. A mother who didn’t stop after having a designer child. A wife who loves and admires her husband. A friend who won’t kick you to the curb in order to advance a career. A target of media slanders who will neither curry favor nor fly off the handle.

We once upon a time had another one of these in politics. His name was Ronald Reagan.

Know what I think? I think that if she runs, she’ll win the Republican nomination and be the next President of the United States. The only person who has a realistic chance of derailing the Palin Express is Governor Christie – and that only if he manages to turn New Jersey around. Why should this be? Two reasons:

1. In an increasingly anti-establishment political climate, Palin is the ultimate outsider. As it works out right now, the more the elite attack her, the more viable she becomes. They are making a heroine out of her – there will be quite a lot of “if they hate her, then she must be good” among the electorate.

The people are tired of career politicians who only care about advancing their career. Palin’s resignation of the governorship will not be a liability by 2012 but, instead, proof that she doesn’t need office in order to feel complete. In or out, she’s going to be comfortable with herself.

2. She’s really quite a lot smarter than her critics. Like so many other conservatives in the past – especially Ronald Reagan – Palin has been tagged as “dumb” because she didn’t attend an elite university and hasn’t read all the book the elite think important. They think like that because it is what they have and they think they’re smart – ergo, if you don’t have it, you’re not smart.

But Palin has been running rings around them from day one (Reagan did, too – and so, to only a slightly lesser extent, did President Bush). Its not a matter of staying a step ahead, its a matter of Palin being in a whole, different intellectual league. Not fettered by the idiocies of orthodox liberalism, Palin is free to think – to see things as they are and devise ways and means based upon actual facts.

Now, will she run? Beats all heck out of me. Does this mean I’m endorsing her for the primary? Not at all – I haven’t settled on whom I’ll support and my support in the primary is always lent to the person I think most in tune with my ideas, which isn’t necessarily the person who can win. If I had to make any sort of declaration right now, I’d have to say Jindal is my man…but he’ll probably end up as HHS Secretary in the Palin Administration.

But I’m going to stick with this – if she runs she will win, with the only joker in the deck being Governor Christie. If he’s a sitting governor who has cured New Jersey, then than will be very hard to beat. Though, of course, one could easily see a Palin/Christie ticket (or Palin/Jindal, or Palin/Gingrich, or Palin/West…any of these four would perfectly dove-tail in to a Palin-headed ticked).

So, keep misunderestimating her, liberals – it will make her swearing in that much more fun to watch…especially if the camera cuts to Obama while its happening.