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Is Michael Steele Trying to Get Fired? 03/12/2009 by Kyle Mantyla It is probably safe to assume that Michael Steele's days as Chairman of the Republican National Committee are numbered now that this new interview from GQ  is making the rounds in which he …

... And Out Come The Wolves 03/12/2009 by Kyle Mantyla It has only been a few hours since Michael Steele's GQ interview first hit the blogs, but a variety of right-wing leaders have already blasted him for his heresy on the issues of homosexuality and …

FRC's Realization: You Can't Make Policy If You Don't Have Allied Politicians 03/12/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Last week we noted that two key figures at the Family Research Council had been promoted to positions running FRC's political arms at FRC Action and …

Case In Point 03/12/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Earlier today I wrote a post about how the Family Research Council was shifting its focus away from trying to influence public policy toward trying to get more right-wing politicians elected because, frankly, they …

A Tale of Two Charts 03/11/2009 by Kyle Mantyla The Family Research Council’s Tom McClusky comments on today’s New York Times article reporting that President Obama will soon start making judicial nominations, saying he can’t believe that the paper …

FRC Announces Its Ogden Test 03/11/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Yesterday Greg Sargent reported that the Family Research Council had sent a letter to Republican Senators warning that it would be watching their votes on several of Barack Obama’s Justice Department …

FRC Finds the Silver Lining in Religion Survey 03/11/2009 by Kyle Mantyla The Family Research Council takes issue with the media’s coverage of the newly released survey on religion from Trinity College finding that fewer Americans are calling themselves …

Teaching Brownback a Lesson 03/10/2009 by Kyle Mantyla It has been a rough couple of weeks for Sen. Sam Brownback. Since he announced that he was supporting Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, he has …

Right Wing Round-Up 03/09/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Today's best reporting on the Right from around the web: RH Reality Check reports that, with a Democratic President, family planning clinics are bracing for an uptick in violence. FishbowlDC notes that the …

Right Wing Leftovers 03/09/2009 by Kyle Mantyla As expected, President Barack Obama overturned the Bush administration ban on using federal funds for embryonic stem cell research.  Needless to say, the Religious Right is livid: FRC called it a "slap in …