Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Having It Both Ways President Obama has more than 40 former lobbyists working in senior positions in his administration despite his statement during the State of the Union that he has, “excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs.” The Examiner reports they include IRS …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Cold Shoulder The scientist behind the so-called “climate-gate” e-mail scandal now admits there has been no statistically significant global warming since 1995. Professor Phil Jones also tells the BBC that scientists are unsure whether the Medieval Warm Period was actually warmer than …

The radical radio network Air America has announced it is all over for them. They are out of business. No surprise since that operation was never successful. But here is a surprise: Last Tuesday when the Massachusetts votes were being counted, Fox News had almost six times as many viewers …

The tipping point came when the president promised to sign an executive order saying that no federal funding will be used for abortion activity. That swayed some pro-life Democrats to his cause. But there is no question that most Americans do not want Obamacare passed into law. All the polls …

Umm, problem: About those kids with prior medical conditions all being covered under health care now? One tiny correction: not all kids and not all conditions. It turns out they rushed that one out before they checked the fine print out, which is really surprising since Democratic leaders insisted they …

He stumbled; he didn’t steal. Which is why I say cut Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal a break. Everyone’s made the guy out to be a liar at worst — an exaggerator at best — for saying he served in Vietnam when he didn’t. Indeed, in several speeches, that’s exactly …

Fayetteville, N.C. – It was a gentle rebuke while I stood in line to pay for a cup of coffee at a truck stop just off I-95, a few miles from Fort Bragg: “You folks in the media have a hard time getting things right, don’t you?” “How’s that?” I …

They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression; so if you’re BP, your second chance sure as heck better wipe out folks’ first impression, because their first impression of CEO Tony Hayward can best be summed up in one word: boob. Goal for next CEO …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Superintendent in Chief? The White House is facing opposition from several groups over next week’s national address by President Obama to school students, with one critic calling him “superintendent in chief.” The Department of Education has offered a series of classroom activities …

One of the great achievements of the American civil rights movement is a broad and deep consensus that racism — which has a long history in this country — is unacceptable, indeed even intolerable. Civil rights activists, led by Dr. King, appealed to the conscience and good will of the …