Holder, Blago, Richardson: Triangle of Sleaze by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2011 It was a rough week for the corruptocracy. White House officials better ho-ho-hold on tight because the sleigh ride isn't going to get any smoother. On Wednesday, disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, D-Ill., received a 14-year prison sentence for scheming to sell... Read More

If you want breathless, celebrity tabloid treatment of the first Obama White House state dinner -- who wore what, who came with whom, what they ate -- go somewhere else. This is a closer look at the cronies, czars & corruptocrats whom Obama wined and dined last night. - SEIU president/top White House visitor Andy... Read More

The New Mexico Republican Party is asking pointed questions about the DOJ's decision to drop charges against crony Democrat governor and failed Commerce Secretary nominee Bill Richardson. It was "killed in Washington," we've been told. Who killed it and why? Show us the sunlight, Team Obama: ALBUQUERQUE—In response to news reports that high-level Washington DC... Read More

Well, well, well. Another Obama ally off the hook. Last month, it was Chris Dodd who escaped accountability for his Countrywide sweetheart home loan deals. This week, it's failed Commerce Secretary nominee Bill Richardson. The decision to drop federal corruption charges against Richardson was made by...top officials in crime-coddling Attorney General Eric Holder's Department of... Read More

On Nov. 18, I noted that Hispanic lawyers were pressuring Obama to make ethnic-based appointments to reward them for their support. On Dec. 4, I noted that Hispanic groups were whining that the Richardson nomination and the elevation of La Raza official Cecilia Munoz to a White House position were not enough to satisfy their... Read More

While the Grover Norquist/RNC debate kicks off, Bill Richardson is expected to talk about his sudden withdrawal from the Commerce Secretary post any minute. All of a sudden, the Hispanic activists who jeered that Richardson's nomination was an unacceptable consolation prize are demanding that another Hispanic be appointed to the post. Here we go: Bill... Read More

Looks like the chickens of Bill Richardson's pay-to-play scandal have come home to roost. Let it be the first of many ethics-tainted Obama nominations to go down in flames. Adios, Bill. NBC reporting: So much for all that "best person for the job" blather. Looks like Barack Obama's vetters haven't gotten any better since the... Read More

Farewell, Hope and Change. Hello, Pay To Play. Wonder if Bill Richardson will translate this mess into Spanish for us, too: Ed's got more

I watched the Obama/Bill Richardson press conference so you don't have to. 1) Obama finally called on Fox News for a question. (FNC had been shut out for five press conferences.) Wendell Goler asked about TARP and joked about Bill Richardson's now-shaved beard. Obama basically said he would trust Hank Paulson not to draw down... Read More

Update 9:30pm Eastern. Is he or isn't he? AP reported that Richardson is withdrawing. Other MSM outlets say not so. It's New Hampshire all over again! *** Bill Richardson is withdrawing from the Dem presidential race. So much for his rallying cry, "On to the West!" See ya: But, but, but, didn't you know that... Read More

Bill Richardson: Dishonoring the dead Welcome to Memorial Day 2007. Here's a lesson in How Not To Honor a Fallen Soldier 101. Don't do what Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson did to fallen Marine Lance Corporal Aaron Austin: Get his name wrong. Exploit his death on the campaign trail. Insult his mother by claiming she... Read More

Hot Air has a special correspondent in Las Vegas for the "nutroots convention" convened by The Daily Kos. An excerpt from Dispatch 1: That descriptive paragraph provoked an excitable response from Andrew Sullivan--you know, the guy who called America a "rogue nation." Our correspondent adds some anthropological commentary: Oh-one always wants to know whether the... Read More

LOST: Has anyone seen 150 pounds of commercial plastic explosives, 2,500 blasting caps and 20,000 feet of explosive detonation cord? They went missing in New Mexico sometime between Dec. 13 and Sunday. More info: Ho-hum. FOUND: Via AP... U.S. soldiers in the northern Iraqi desert dug up more than 1,000 aging rockets and missiles wrapped... Read More

A few weeks ago, I spoke to conservatives at the Young America's Foundation annual student conference about immigration and national security. I noted that it was no longer true, as I had been observing over the last several years, that the only thing saving Republicans on the issue of border security was the Democrats' stupidity.... Read More