New York Times Headline:  “Rebel Conservatives Excel in G.O.P. Fund-Raising, Heralding a Tug Right“…

WOLVERINES !

(Via New York Times)  Insurgent conservatives seeking to pull the Republican Party to the right raised more money last year than the groups controlled by the party establishment, whose bulging bank accounts and ties to major donors have been their most potent advantage in the running struggle over the party’s future, according to new campaign filings and interviews with officials.

The shift in fortunes among the largest and most influential outside political groups could have an enormous impact in the 2014 election cycle, as the warring Republican factions prepare to square off in a series of Senate and House primaries around the country and as Republican leaders seek to rein in activists who they believe have fractured and endangered the party with policies that alienate independent-leaning voters. (more…)

(New York Times) The former Port Authority official who personally oversaw the lane closings on the George Washington Bridge in the scandal now swirling around Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said on Friday that the governor knew about the lane closings when they were happening.

In a letter released by his lawyer, the official, David Wildstein, a high school friend of Mr. Christie’s who was appointed with the governor’s blessing at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which controls the bridge, described the order to close the lanes as “the Christie administration’s order” and said “evidence exists as well tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference” three weeks ago.  (continue reading)

In the nation’s history, there is simply no precedent for an American president so wantonly ignoring federal law…

TED CRUZ – Of all the troubling aspects of the Obama presidency, none is more dangerous than the president’s persistent pattern of lawlessness, his willingness to disregard the written law and instead enforce his own policies via executive fiat. On Monday, Mr. Obama acted unilaterally to raise the minimum wage paid by federal contracts, the first of many executive actions the White House promised would be a theme of his State of the Union address Tuesday night.

The president’s taste for unilateral action to circumvent Congress should concern every citizen, regardless of party or ideology. The great 18th-century political philosopher Montesquieu observed: “There can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or body of magistrates.” America’s Founding Fathers took this warning to heart, and we should too. (more…)

CNN was broadcasting a Hillary Clinton speech in/out throughout the day.   Essentially a campaign promotion.   However, as they were quickly running live clips they accidentally put two clips together.

The result was a Benghazi explanation attached to another conversation about 2016 – which slightly appeared to present itself as if Clinton was laughing.

No biggie.   HOWEVER, what happened next is what’s hilarious.   CNN host Ashley Banfield freaked out and jumped into action to insure the audience knew the snicker was not related to Benghazi.  Her panic is hilarious:

Strange, but I can’t ever remember such a panicked response toward a negative optical appearance on behalf of a conservative ? ……Somewhat beyond silly when you consider it was CNN’s Dana Bash who did the same misleading presentation to Mike Huckabee just a few days ago – and never panicked to correct.

At Rnc meeting @MikeHuckabee just said fed govt shouldn't help women w who can't control their libido w birth control.

— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) January 23, 2014

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Two thoughts: First, when was the last time you heard *ANY* media pundit speak glowingly about a Republican president? Second, note two specific words in Tingles praise, “they” and “ticket”:

…”they are”..
…”They possess”..
…”That may be the very ticket this country needs”…

How desperate are liberals to insure Hillary Clinton runs for office in 2016?  So desperate they are even going back to the Monica Lewinsky affair by saying 20-year-old Lewinsky was the one who seduced Hillary’s husband, Bill.   She had it coming to her:

….and Monica Lewinsky was not a innocent victim completely, I recall some thong flashing there….

I guess it would be sexist, if it were not spouted by a Democrat….  It would darned sure be running 24/7 as evidence of a “war on women” if any Republican had said it.   Then again, it’s hard to keep up with the pretzel logic and hypocrisy of modern-day liberals.

NEW YORK (TheBlaze/AP) — Dinesh D’Souza, the conservative scholar who made the documentary “2016: Obama’s America,” pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges that he violated campaign finance laws and was released on $500,000 bond. His travel was also reportedly restricted to the United States.  (link)

The Blaze follows-up:   The filmmaker behind the anti-Obama documentary “2016: Obama’s America” was released on $500,000 bond, which some — even in the legal community — argue was excessive.

We looked into these claims and uncovered a number of violent and disturbing offenses that resulted in bail amounts less than D’Souza was required to put up. While it’s not a comprehensive list by any means, here are nine cases where violent suspects had to put up less for bail than D’Souza:  (continue reading)

UPDATE 12:43 PM PST: McCain has been censured by a voice vote at the Arizona Republican Party State Committeemen meeting. This is his second censure by the Arizona GOP this month and the sixth of Arizona’s fifteen counties to censure McCain. (Via Breitbart)

“Damn Extremists”!   ..”Don’t worry little John, the Jihobbits can’t get us all”….

Jim Hoft at GateWayPundit asks:

Democrats are hemorhaging over Obamacare and the destruction of the US health care system. One-sixth of the economy is affected and millions of Americans were repeatedly lied to by Democrats in order to get the law passed. So what do Republican leaders plan to do this year? Pass amnesty.

On its face it does seem ridiculous.   However, there really is a good reason for The Republican Party to approach it.   Notice it’s the “Republican Party Leadership” doing this push -meaning, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell- not the rank and file.

“There is definitely a growing mood of confusion and aggravation among conservatives in the House over the immigration issue right now,” one House GOP aide said in an email to Breitbart News, adding that many on the right find the “political logic” of riling up the party’s base so close to a low-turnout midterm election baffling.  “Do we really want to just give up the midterms like this?” the aide asked.   (via Breitbart link)

Here’s what’s going on. (more…)

NEW JERSEY – According to a new study by Dr. Sarah Arnett of the Government Accountability Office that measures the fiscal health of the fifty states in four categories, New Jersey ranks dead last in both annual budget and long-term solvency. The state’s poor performance in all four categories earned it the worst ranking of all fifty states in overall fiscal health.

Arnett’s report examines the health of each state according to four solvency categories: cash solvency, budget solvency, long-run solvency, and service-level solvency. (See definitions below.) (more…)