In case you missed it, the New York Times had a great op-ed yesterday praising of all people Rush Limbaugh for the significant positive influence he has had on the conservative movement.
THERE are many theories for why very conservative Republicans seem to be doing so well lately, taking their party’s Senate nominations in [...]

As part of the left’s over the top rhetoric, Joe Klein of Time Magazine claimed on the Chris Matthews’ Show that Glenn Beck’s remarks could somehow be considered sedition.

Former Congressman Eric Massa resigned from Congress yesterday.  But he doesn’t plan to go quietly in the night.  He’s giving what he claims to be an insiders view into the inner workings of the White House and Democrats in congressional leadership as they push for Obamacare.
Here’s the Daily Beast’s take:
The Eric Massa show is quickly [...]

Matthew Vadum tells the behind the scenes story of how Glenn Beck became the target of Media Matters head and shoulders above the competition.

In 2009 Glenn Beck became a thorn in the side of the Obama administration and the American left’s Public Enemy Number One, surpassing fellow conservatives Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, and Bill [...]

Dana Milbank brings out the long knives in an attack piece on Glenn Beck in tomorrow’s  Washington Post.
It’s official: Americans admire Glenn Beck more than they admire the pope…..This news, at once unsettling and unsurprising, came from the Gallup polling organization on Wednesday….In Americans’ esteem, Beck only narrowly trailed South Africa’s Nelson Mandela, the man [...]

At least that’s the UK Independent’s take.
What’s the difference between an American politician and an American talk-show host? Right now the answer is, to all intents and purposes, almost none….Never, however, have they been quite as indistinguishable. Politicians seem to be metastasising into radio and television personalities as fast as media stars are dipping their [...]

Declaring “”The age of party leaders picking people is over,” former Speaker Newt Gingrich announced his support for Conservative party candidate Dough Hoffman (reversing his endorsement of Dede Scozzafava) in the NY 23 special today’s Washington Times reports.
Instead of holding a primary election, Republican contenders interviewed with the 23rd District’s Republican county chairmen, who picked [...]

Columnist Mark Steyn scores a direct hit in comparing the consequences of the actual comments of White House Communications Director Anita Dunn with the falsely attributed comments of talk radio broadcaster Rush Limbaugh.
Here is a tale of two sound bites…
The first quotation was attributed to Rush Limbaugh. He never said it. There is no tape [...]

Jonah Goldberg makes a strong case on behalf of Glenn Beck and his role in media and politics in USA Today this morning.
For a self-described rodeo clown who frequently admits he isn’t that bright, Glenn Beck must be doing something right. A de facto leader of the populist backlash against President Obama, he made the [...]

Hat tip to the Cable Game for linking Nate Silver’s analyis of the public’s assessment of Glenn Beck.
As the Cable Game explains,
Beck clearly does walk his own walk: He recently told Katie Couric that the country would have been worse off with John McCain than it would have been under Hillary Clinton, or is under [...]