Item 1: North Carolina, as expected, put the definition of "marriage" into their state Constitution, so that judges and legislator alike who seem to have forgotten it could be reminded. When the Left insists on redefining words, don’t be surprised when the Right meets you on that battlefield, with common sense armed and ready.<\/p>\n
Item 2: The Tea Party has been tarred with the charge that they are just Republicans mad at having a black, Democratic President. And yet, in Indiana, the Tea-Party-backed candidate for US Senate challenged and handily beat the white, Republican 36-year veteran in the party’s primary. It is not, and has never been, about race or<\/em> party. It has always been about policy<\/em>. If it was about party, running the perennial favorite is what they would have done. But Richard Lugar has lost touch with conservatives in Indiana, and with the Tea Party in full swing, they did something about it.<\/p>\n News\/Blog items:<\/p>\n Tea Party Senate Candidate Richard Mourdock Wins; Gay Marriage Loses<\/a><\/p>\n Mourdock victory = Tea Party victory<\/a><\/p>\n A Terrible, No Good, Awful Night for Barack Obama<\/a><\/p>\n Six-term Senate veteran Lugar defeated in Indiana primary<\/a><\/p>\n