Sonia Sotomayor made history Thursday, winning approval from the Senate to become the first Hispanic to sit on the nation's mightiest bench. And in less than a month, Sotomayor and the rest of the justices will rehear arguments in a high-profile campaign finance case that could rewrite the rules that restrict corporate political campaign spending.
A new Quinnipiac University poll shows that President Obama's approval rating among Americans has fallen seven points in the last month, from 57 percent to 50 percent, with just 45 percent of independent voters approving of the job he's doing.
Bill O'Reilly Pens Love Letter to Obama in Parade Magazine
Fox News commentator and human lightning rod Bill O'Reilly is considered one of the most polarizing and partisan talk-festers on TV - or at least that's been his reputation until now. All that may change on Sunday, when the combative conservative's Parade magazine piece carried in newspapers coast to coast hits front lawns and porches all over America.
The conservative Club for Growth will launch a $1.2 million ad campaign this week aimed at members of Congress whom the organization believes "may be persuaded to reject a government-run health insurance program, as well as members with leading roles in the health care debate."
Here is the ad:
The ads are slated to begin on Thursday in Nevada, Colorado, Arkansas and North Dakota.
In related news, the Club for Growth has also launched a new video blog to track townhall protests across the country.
How do you give a Rwandan gorilla a shot, anyway? From a distance, if you're smart. The vets use darts to administer medicine, and just like with human infants, the bum is the best bet. Which is how one vet found herself aiming darts of medicine at an infant gorilla bum on a lovely Saturday afternoon recently.