Hearings are scheduled to begin on Thursday to consider the nomination of Congressman John McHugh as Secretary of the Army. When (and if) confirmed the race will really be on for his replacement. So far, two candidates are seeking the Conservative Line....http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/507758.html?nav=5008 and http://www.newzjunky.com/news/0728alvarez.htm. Who knows, maybe by the end of the day/week, there may be more candidates since the date of the "special" has not be set yet.

The President's health care: http://www.nypost.com/seven/07282009/news/columnists/prez_and_pals_are_in_the_best_of_health__181741.htm
And Rich Lowry's thoughts on it: http://www.nypost.com/seven/07282009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/unreality_based_181717.htm
Peggy Noonan has a column as well: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052970203517304574306533556532364.html

The obvious question on health care becomes: If the government can not control the costs on Medicare and people are not getting the proper coverage, why would we trust the government to run a new health care system?

Thomas Sowell writes about President Obama being a post-racial president. Believe me it is an excellent column and certainly worth reading: http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/07/28/a_post-racial_president
(Personally, Thomas Sowell should be nominated as a Justice of the Supreme Court, for his wisdom and insight is exactly the temperament needed.)