Another day another debate or at least it seems that way in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Tonight's rhetorical battle will be fought in the first caucus state of Iowa and newly minted front runner Newt Gingrich is expected to be the favorite target of moderators and fellow candidates alike. Mr. Gingrich's very long and very public career offers up plenty of professional and personal vulnerabilities so expect plenty of slings and arrows directed at him tonight. But the big question is will any of it really matter to the voters?

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President Obama's attempt to use the oil spill in the Gulf to push for cap & trade legislation doesn't seem to be working. According to one sponsor of the energy, bill the inclusion of the job killing, energy cost raising scheme is keeping the legislation far below the 60 vote threshold needed for it to pass in the Senate. But that won't stop either of them from following the 'never let a crisis go to waste' philosophy.

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What's the quickest way to go from United States Senator to "whatever happened to..."? Completely ignore the calls, letters and poll results from your constituents and vote for Obamacare anyway. That's the lesson Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas) is learning the hard way as her job approval rating and poll numbers are plummeting since she cast the all-important 60th vote for President Obama's health care reform legislation.

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Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. It was true in Shakespeare's Hamlet and it seems to be true now as that lovely little country on the Baltic Sea has scored a liberal hat trick in the past two weeks. First there was the Copenhagen Climate Summit, officially the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, which allowed the Danish capital to host the movers and shakers of the hoax known as human-caused climate change. Next came Politiken, the second largest newspaper in Denmark, with their editorial claiming President Barack Obama is greater than Jesus. Here's an excerpt:

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Animal rights activists have been preaching for years that a vegetarian diet will do more to prevent global warming than all the other proposed initiatives combined. A recent United Nations report claims cattle-rearing generates more greenhouse gases than all transportation industries. And now in the UK, the first official recommendations for a diet that is both healthy and good for the environment has been published.

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