At least one radio station is running ads by the NYS Democratic Committee putting the Senate Saga clearly on the Republicans who controlled the Senate for 40 years. What ever happened to truth in advertising? If I owned a radio station, I would not accept an advertisement from either side unless they could verify that what was being "sold" was truth. The fact that this station accepted the ad just reaffirms that money talks.

The Democrats in the Senate are currently passing bills, but the Governor will refuse to sign them into law. http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/06/paterson-wont-sign-the-senate.html Will this saga ever end? Maybe there is a bright side to all of this: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/06/nyc-sales-tax-derailed.html

The United States Senate may soon have similar problems as Minnesota's Supreme Court has ruled that Al Franken has won the long contested Senate race.

Rich Lowry opines on the "cap-and-trade" bill: http://www.nypost.com/seven/06302009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/written_to_fail_176795.htm

And Thomas Sowell write on Obamacare: http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/06/30/alice_in_medical_care
And George Will does also: http://townhall.com/Columnists/GeorgeWill/2009/06/30/a_fix_well_likely_regret

Ralph Peters writes about our Troops leaving Iraq's cities and states in part "And it's a day of vindication for a former president who saw clearly, but spoke poorly (to the delighted mortification of the media).
Now we have a president who expresses himself beautifully, but seems blind to international reality. And it's up to him to determine whether Iraq was a new beginning or a dead end. " Read the rest of his column here: http://www.nypost.com/seven/06302009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/bye_bye__babylon_176790.htm