RedState

by Walter Alarkon - 07/10/08 9:09 AM ET

Senate Republicans, by dropping a push for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, have once again folded in the face of Democratic pressure and need to get more fortitude, writes Erick Erickson. Barack Obama got a lower mortgage rate from Northern Trust, a company whose political action committee and employees have donated to his past campaigns, writes California Yankee, who also highlights The Hill’s story about a formal complaint over the mortgage filed by the conservative group Judicial Watch.

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