More troubling news about that EB-5 visa program that is causing problems for Republicans in South Dakota government, this time dealing with national security threats. And the problem has national attention.

CBN has an interesting profile on Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD). In this interview, she certainly didn’t score any points with feminists or the secularists, but it sounds as if she is interested in scoring points with the Audience of One that everyone should be most concerned with.

Given the magnitude of the Obamacare debacle, it’s hard to imagine how Republicans could manage to one-up the dysfunction and dissolution of the Democrat party. Much to the delight of the media, however, the GOP has managed to redirect the spotlight away from the train wreck of the Affordable Care Act in exchange for its own dog and pony show. Frustrated by conservative criticisms of the recently passed House budget compromise, Speaker John Boehner has declared open season on “outside conservative groups,” claiming that their criticism of the budget deal is mere window dressing designed to foment grassroots anger against the Establishment.

As much as I would like to stop talking about, writing about, and/or hearing about OBAMACARE, I just can’t escape it. I suspect you have found yourself as exasperated as I am. If not, certainly, you soon shall be. See — it’s going to get worse.

The vast majority of human action reflects the thoughts, beliefs, and feelings of the actor. There have always been and there will always be those whose actions are erratic or divorced from reality. The actions of this small minority are best ascribed to pathology not philosophy. For the rest of us we think, therefore we are. What we think about today, we act upon tomorrow.

From Erick Erickson at RedState, something every Republican needs to keep in mind in the coming primary election season.

The American Right has yet to fully make the moral case for capitalism. Too many conservative writers and politicians focus on its practical aspects, but details of order and efficiency do not sway the hearts of voters, compassion does. Not surprisingly, the party most hostile to our founding economic principles has won the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections, in large part, by claiming the moral high ground for wealth redistribution and more centralized power.