This is one of those times:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Tonight on CNN the GOP candidates will have their final “scheduled” debate.   This will be the last debate prior to Super Tuesday and much is at stake for all of them.  CNN’s John King is once again moderating the debate and it will be interesting to see how he frames the narrative.  The last debate King moderated led to a significant confrontation between him and Newt Gingrich.

Romney and Santorum are battling for front-runner status and depending on what poll you see on any given day they are in a heated battle for Michigan and Arizona. 

Will John King go after Santorum for his social conservatism positions?  Will the media just focus on abortion, contraception, gay marriage etc.  

I hope you are watching, and I sure hope you will join in the conversation with your thoughts and opinions on this thread.    The debate is also live-streamed on CNN HERE

Of course he doesn’t.   President Obama does not accept responsibility for anything.   He can waste a trillion dollars on a stimulus plan with no results.  He can propose a budget that Democrats laugh at, and get zero of his own party votes to support.  He can thumb his nose at his own deficit reduction committee.  He can demand structural reform of medicare and social security in 2010, then belittle Paul Ryan for proposing structural reform of medicare and social security in 2011.

He can claim in 2008 that we are in the middle of the worst financial crisis since the great depression, then claim he didn’t know how significant the financial crisis was in 2012.  He can call President Bush unpatriotic for requesting a raising of the debt ceiling in 2007, then demand that not raising the debt ceiling is dangerous in 2011.   He can oversee the first ever downgrade of the United States bond rating, yet claim no responsibility for deepening American debt. (more…)

Ugh, ugh, ugh…. this is just horrible.   My prayers go out to the family of those still missing.  They must be in such grief and despair…

ROME (AP) — Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship found eight bodies Wednesday on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said.

Italy’s national civil protection agency, which is monitoring the operation off a Tuscan island, said four of the bodies had been recovered — those of a woman, a girl, a man and a person whose sex could not immediately be determined. Because of worsening weather, the divers were unable to immediately remove the other four bodies. That operation will resume Thursday, if seas are calm. (more…)

Billboards….

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(WSJ) — President Obama’s 2013 budget is the gift that keeps on giving—to government. One buried surprise is his proposal to triple the tax rate on corporate dividends, which believe it or not is higher than in his previous budgets.

Mr. Obama is proposing to raise the dividend tax rate to the higher personal income tax rate of 39.6% that will kick in next year. Add in the planned phase-out of deductions and exemptions, and the rate hits 41%. Then add the 3.8% investment tax surcharge in ObamaCare, and the new dividend tax rate in 2013 would be 44.8%—nearly three times today’s 15% rate. (more…)

HatTip Freedom1781 – I knew there was something untrustworthy about this guy as soon as he endorsed Mitt Romney.  McDonnell’s attendance at the Colorado Decepticon meeting last fall was the first tip off.  His Romney endorsement was a big flashy warning signal, and now this 🙁

RICHMOND — Gov. Robert F. McDonnell is backing off his unconditional support for a bill requiring women to have an ultrasound before an abortion, focusing new attention on one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in Virginia’s General Assembly this year.

Until this weekend, McDonnell (R) and his aides had said the governor would sign the measure if it made it to his desk. McDonnell, who strongly opposes abortion, will no longer make that commitment. (more…)

Current Democrat Senator from Florida Bill Nelson is well expected to be defeated this fall by an active and motivated conservative grassroots push.   This will provide a Senate seat pickup for Republicans.   The interesting dynamic is the establishment chosen one being “Connie Mack” who coincidently endorsed Mittens in Florida and thereby he diminished his conservative credibility.   This latest poll seems to show that Mack might live to regret that decision.   A state level anti-establishment template similar to the national anti-Romney situation…..

I have held a hunch since the Nicky Haley endorsement in South Carolina that those who were elevated to election success by the Tea Party movement will regret joining Team Romney.   Tea Party activists, and grassroots patriots have a memory for those who stray from conservative principles and those who join with Romney may rue the day. (more…)