
The major question regarding Barack Obama's candidacy in the waning days of the 2008 presidential campaign was whether he was experienced enough to be president.
More than a year later, we have our answer.

With so much at stake in American politics, 2010 could be the most important election cycle ever for US conservatives.

The major question regarding Barack Obama's candidacy in the waning days of the 2008 presidential campaign was whether he was experienced enough to be president.
More than a year later, we have our answer.

One of the nation's leading online conservative magazines has named former vice president Dick Cheney "Conservative of the Year" for 2009.
Cheney, who tops out at No. 4 on our list of the most influential conservatives of the last decade, was given the honor by HumanEvents.com, thanks to what the magazine's editors believe to be his new beltway clout and his willingness to speak out on policy issues even when not seeking higher office.
Human Events was one of Ronald Reagan's favorite newspapers when he was president, and it has blossomed into one of the most influential conservative magazines on the Internet.

For conservatives, 2009 was a tough year.
From the moment President Barack Obama was inaugurated in January until the Senate passed a middle-of-the-night health care reform bill in December, conservatives fought uphill battles all the way to the bitter end.

An auto mechanic in Rockwall, Texas, apparently as bewildered as many Americans by President Barack Obama's highly questionable award from the Nobel Prize Committee in October 2009, has decided to cash in on the honor himself: by handing out free Nobel Peace Prizes with every oil change.
The "prizes" are really stickers which read, "Conferred for the effort and peaceful intention of getting the oil and filter changed."
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