Here’s Why the GOP Shouldn’t Confirm Garland … Even If Hillary Wins

Increasingly, Republican politicos in Washington, D.C. are considering confirming President Obama’s proposed replacement for Antonin Scalia, Merrick Garland. In an interview with Business Insider, Senator Jeff Flake, R-Ariz said that Republicans should confirm Garland if they lose the presidential election this upcoming November. “Obviously if we lose the election and lose the White House, then we ought to move quickly to confirm [Garland],” Flake said. “And I think if it becomes apparent that we aren’t going to win the White House — if we know in October that it’s not good — then we’ve got to move forward at that point.”

Senate Democrats Vote to Be More Like China and North Korea

The 20 week abortion ban failed today in the Senate. Not a huge shock, but still disappointing to anyone who values life. Republican Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) joined nearly all of the Senate Democrats in voting against this bill to protect life. Of course, there’s no excuse for voting against this measure. None. It’s unconscionable. But nobody is particularly surprised. In the immortal words of Dennis Green, when it comes to the Democrats and the Republican turncoats Kirk and Collins, “they are who we thought they were.” Abortion remains legal at any point in a pregnancy. 20 weeks

Three Surprises from the Vote to Defund Planned Parenthood

By now, you have probably heard that a Senate bill which would have stripped Planned Parenthood of over $500 million in federal funds annually has failed in the Senate by a vote of 53-46.  But this isn’t the full story.  Here are a few facts about last night’s vote that may surprise you: 1. Two Democrats voted for the bill. Democrats are generally indistinguishable on the subject of abortion.  It is a sacred cow, the Law of the Land which should never be debated or changed.  There are still a few holdouts, however, who have managed to survive Democratic crackdowns on heterodoxy.