Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele called Rush Limbaugh Monday and apologized for describing the talk show host as an “entertainer” who makes incendiary, ugly remarks. Limbaugh had blasted Steele on the air for the comments, saying Steele is off “to a shaky start” as RNC chairman. Meanwhile, Democrats are loving the dustup. Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said that Steele’s reversal and apology prove “the unfortunate point that Limbaugh is the leading force behind the Republican Party, its politics and its obstruction of President Obama’s agenda in Washington.”
Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, apparently wanted to do more than denounce the ongoing government bailouts of American businesses. Last week he introduced a resolution in Congress to declare an end to the bailouts, an effort complete with one of those logos with a red slash through it. “I hope my congressional colleagues will join me in saying to the American public — no more bailouts, no more increasing the federal debt to take on private debt and liabilities,” Tiahrt said in a 
Reflecting on how party rising stars Republican Bobby Jindal and Democrat Kathleen Sebelius were both panned for their responses to presidential speeches, Kansas City Star columnist Steve Kraske 
“We think they do, quite frankly.” — Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, asked on CNN Sunday whether Iran has “enough fissile material to make a bomb”Follow us
