Harnessing Anti-Obama Energy Tough for GOP

Who would be in charge: Michele or her hubby?

(NEWSER) - "The Lord says be submissive. Wives, you are to be submissive to your husbands," Michele Bachmann has said. So if Bachmann believes wives should always obey their husbands, who would be in charge if she becomes president? Bachmann? Or hubby Marcus? That's what the Daily Beast wants to know. "There’s nothing unusual about a conservative evangelical woman quoting the biblical admonition," writes Jill Lawrence. "But it delivers quite a jolt when that woman is trying to become the leader of the free world." Did "Nancy Reagan's astrologer dictate hubby's schedule?" asks Lawrence. More»

Leaked book by Frank Bailey on sale tomorrow

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin couldn't wait to ditch her job as Alaska governor for a more lucrative future, failed to make commitments, and broke campaign laws. That's a taste of the revelations in a new book penned by former Palin insider Frank Bailey. Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years will finally be available to the public tomorrow. The book, based on tens of thousands of emails Bailey amassed during his time with Palin, was leaked earlier this year by the Anchorage Daily News. Bailey tells AP in a new interview that he could never forgive himself if he stayed silent and Palin made it to the White House. More»

Tea Party favorite Allen West goes after taxes, Social Security

(NEWSER) - It's time to abolish the IRS, eliminate federal income taxes, and cut back on Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment payments. That's the word from first-time Tea Party Florida Congressman Allen West. What should the US keep? Tax cuts for billionaires so they continue funding charities, says the Republican. He's also a big proponent of a new $21 million federal grant for a runway at Fort Lauderdale's airport. "Grant money is not pork," West said, pointing out that the project will generate some 11,000 jobs. More»

Endless push for deeper and deeper cuts causes friction in party

(NEWSER) - The relentlessness of newly elected members of the House who have hamstrung the budget process nearly to the point of a government shutdown is wearing on some veteran GOP representatives, Politico reports. And many of them have the ear of Speaker John Boehner. Fifty-four Republican House members voted against the three-week stopgap passed yesterday —not enough to scuttle the bill but enough to concern the GOP at large that their Tea Party peers are being too obstinate in demanding ever-deeper cuts. More»

Video catches blogs' attentions

(NEWSER) - A truly disturbing video has surfaced of a protest last month targeting a Muslim charity event in Orange County, Calif. The Feb. 13 protest was organized by several conservative activist groups and attended by two US Congressmen, Ed Royce and Gary Miller, according to Jezebel . The “terrorist” event they were protesting? A fundraiser for women’s shelters and the homeless. As families, many containing small children, filed into the fundraiser, protesters screamed insults at them. Here are some of the harshest, picked out by GOOD :

• "You beat your women and you rape your children!"
• "Why don't you go beat up your wife like you do every night? Maybe you ought to go have sex with a nine-year-old, and marry her!"
• "Muhammad was a child molester! Muhammad was a pervert! Muhammad was a fraud! Muhammad was a false prophet!"
• "What's going on over there right now—make no bones about it—that is pure, unadulterated evil."
• "I know quite a few Marines who would be very happy to help these terrorists to an early meeting in paradise."