David Brooks has an interesting column out today, taking apart the notion (popularlized by Democrats and the liberal media), that States Rights (read: federalism) is somehow tantamount to racism....and that, therefore, by introducing states rights as an issue in his 1980 campaign, Ronald Reagan made an effort to use racism in order to win.

Ouch!

During a brief visit to the suburbs Tuesday, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney likened Sen. Hillary Clinton to an "intern" -- an occasionally troublesome word in the Clinton lexicon.

Elizabeth Dole and some other senators have the right idea....asking the President to enforce CURRENT immigration laws NOW...

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-North Carolina) is among a group of GOP senators calling on President Bush to demonstrate his support for securing the border with Mexico by agreeing to their multi-faceted immigration enforcement resolution.