“Advocates of government control want you to believe that the serious shortcomings of our medical and insurance system are failures of the free market. But that's impossible because our market is not free. Each state operates a cozy medical and insurance cartel that restricts competition through licensing and keeps prices higher than they would be in a genuine free market. But the planners won't talk about that. After all, if government is the problem in the first place, how can they justify a government takeover?

“Many people are priced out of the medical and insurance markets for one reason: the politicians' refusal to give up power. Allowing them to seize another 16 percent of the economy won't solve our problems.  Freedom will.”

“Islamist terrorists don't all have al Qaeda union cards in their wallets. Terrorism's increasingly the domain of entrepreneurs and independent contractors. Under Muslim jurisprudence, jihad's an individual responsibility. [Ft. Hood shooter Maj. Nidal] Hasan was a self-appointed jihadi.  Yet we're told he was just having a bad day.

“Our politically correct Army plays along. Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey won't utter the word ‘terrorism.’ The Forces Command Public Affairs Office guidance for officers never mentions ‘Islam’ or ‘terror,’ leaving you unsure whether there was a traffic accident down at Fort Hood, or maybe an outbreak of swine flu.”

"The intimidation of so much of the government becomes total, so great is the fear of being accused of hurting the feelings of evildoers. Winston Churchill got it right in the run-up to World War II, when good people couldn't bear to look evil in the face. ‘The malice of the wicked,’ he said, ‘is reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.’"

"Saturday's vote to create a massive government-run health-insurance program is to Nancy Pelosi and her Democrats what the Battle of Gettysburg was to the South. It will be remembered as the high point of their unswerving efforts to demand government solutions to every big problem... The question now is whether Democrats in the notoriously cautious Senate will mount a similar suicidal charge up the hopeless hill."

"There will be one bipartisan vote today, and that is against Speaker Pelosi’s overhaul of health care. There will not be a bipartisan vote for this bill."

 "Whether it was directed from a foreign or domestic source, it is still an act of terror."

"The gunshots came out of the blue. An Army psychiatrist [Maj. Nidal M. Hasan], trained to treat soldiers under stress, allegedly opened fire Thursday in a crowded medical building at Fort Hood, Tex. When the assault ended minutes later, the attack had become what is believed to be the largest mass shooting ever to occur on a U.S. military base. Twelve were killed, 31 wounded."

"Tuesday's election results should make clear to Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress that they seriously misinterpreted what voters were saying in 2006 and 2008. In 2006, angry voters turned out a Republican majority that for more than a decade had promised one thing but delivered something else. Then in 2008, voters took Obama at his word that he was a centrist and they closed the book on racism in American history by making him the nation's first black president…

"But Republicans will go far amiss if they conclude simply saying no to Obama and the Democrats is their ticket back to power. Voters want leaders they can trust because they do what they promise. Everything else is secondary."

"Looking ahead, the bad news for Democrats is that the legislation that helped lead to the collapse of support for their party on Tuesday could yet inflict more pain on those foolish enough to support it. The health-care bill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to vote on this week could sink an entire fleet of Democratic boats in 2010…

"Every page of the 1,990 bill seems to contain a landmine that could explode on Democrats.

"Tuesday's results were the first sign that voters are revolting against runaway spending and government expansion. But Democrats likely ain't seen nothin' yet if they try to ram through health-care reform. There is nothing in the House bill that would do anything to reverse the voter trend we saw this week."

"Don't be suckered by the reverse hype. This was a dreadful night for the president and his party -- and an unmistakable signal that voters are, at the very least, uneasy with Democratic political dominion in the United States."