The Tea Party vs. Obama's Corruption

Darrell Issa is leading the Tea Party fight against Obama's corruption

A few weeks after the Republicans won control of the House, California GOP Rep. Darrell Issa -- the incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee -- met with Vice President Joe Biden to discuss accountability and transparency issues regarding the expenditure of stimulus funds.

The White House readout of the meeting said, "They identified some areas of agreement, including the need to enforce full compliance with reporting by recipients of Recovery Act funds, and to have follow-up conversations about other areas where they can work together."

The next day, responding to a question about the meeting, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs issued a warning about the perils of congressional oversight: "Vice President Biden met with Congressman Issa here yesterday. … I think everybody's hope is that we don't see, as we did certainly in parts of the early- to mid-'90s, where oversight becomes the buzzword for gamesmanship, political posturing and witch hunts -- I don't think anybody, particularly the American public, has an appetite for that."

Message: We learned from the last Democratic president’s strategy -- dodge accountability by calling any oversight a partisan witch hunt.

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Townhall Magazine's February cover story, "There’s a New Sheriff in Town," reveals why the big difference this time around is Chairman Issa.

He is a lawman with subpoena power, and that is good news for American taxpayers, since the 111th Congress essentially abdicated its role of oversight.

The Obama administration will be outside its comfort zone, so Democrats (with the likely help of the mainstream media) will try to cast Issa as a raging, bloodthirsty, anti-Obama right-winger. But this tried-and-true Democratic strategy will be a tougher sell with Issa, who is every bit as aggressive but has better political instincts than previous Republican inquisitors.

This Townhall exclusive reveals why now is the time for the GOP leadership to go after the corruption of this White House.

Also in the February issue, uses the stories of two of our largest states to examine the effectiveness of the nation's two competing worldviews on government. "Prize Fight: Texas vs. California" explains the contrast between the Lone Star State and the Golden State, pitting conservative principles against the same old liberal ideas that have driven a once-thriving California to the brink of utter disaster and ruin.

The powerful February edition of Townhall will be in subscribers' homes any day now -- and you're not going to want to miss it.

Our cover story, "There's a New Sheriff in Town," reports:

*How Democrats began smearing Chairman Issa's (and the GOP's) oversight efforts the minute the midterm elections were over

*Why restoring congressional oversight has never been more important

*What liberal loudmouth Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., had to say about Issa's plans

*The power of subpoena power

*The Democrats utter abdication of their oversight duties once Obama came into office

*Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had better prepare for full examinations

*How Issa's rowdy youth taught him lessons for his role today

*Chairman Issa has an award-winning history of working to keep government accountable

*What it will take to find out where, exactly, $125 billion in improper government payment went last year

*How Issa took on the SEC's lack of transparency -- and won

*Republicans want to know why the Obama-Holder Justice Department has refused to aggressively prosecute the WikiLeaks scandal

*And what can be done about government regulations and their impact on jobs.

"Prize Fight: Texas vs. California" reveals:

*How conservative principles keep Texas prosperous, while liberal ideals are destroying California

*Why businesses are fleeing the liberalism of the Left Coast and seeking shelter in more conservative, business-friendly states like Texas

*Even Hollywood is moving out of California

*Texas is adapting to what businesses need to thrive and blowing away the competition

*California is doubling down on the same old same old, such as embracing the welfare state and re-electing Gov. Jerry Brown

*And what the economic scorecard reveals about the state of affairs of the two states.

Do not miss this issue of Townhall Magazine that is sure to upset the Left.

Do not miss this important issue of Townhall Magazine. Here’s more of what you’ll find in the February magazine:

*Media malpractice: blaming Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and the rest of the Right for the Tucson shooting.

*Environmentalists want to force us into "green buildings" and specially planned communities, but their utopia is neither sustainable nor desirable.

*Progressive do-gooders are trying to shut off any offensive speech: Their feelings and crazy agenda are at state.

*There has been a great deal of quiet -- very quiet -- success in the realm of adult stem-cell research. We reveal what the liberal media and the pro-abortion movement are trying to keep under wraps.

*The moment we all have been waiting for.

*Americans tell Washington: Secure borders? Yes! Amnesty? No.

*The new Congress faces even bigger challenges than many realized.

*Sarah Palin was right -- again.

*The Democrats take a hit in the Electoral College.

*Joy Behar continues to show her ignorance.

*More than two dozen Democratic legislators switched to the GOP in 2010.

*Obama’s expensive-vacations habit.

*Herman Cain is the first GOPer to announce he's running for president.

*Michelle Obama announces she does not trust American parents.

*MTV encourages abortion among its teenage viewers.

*Another Marine hero runs into a hail of bullets to save lives.

*Obama wants to spend more time outside of Washington -- but wants the Republicans to stay put in D.C.

*Does the president have any idea what "modest pay" is?

*A New York Times columnist gives a thumbs-up to censorship.

*Pelosi remains defiant and dishonest to the end.

*Do you know who the Democratic leadership blames now for their 2010 beat-down?

*Mary Katharine Ham notices that when conservatives demand that Congress read the Constitution the Left goes apoplectic.

*What the FCC's new net neutrality Internet regulation really means.

*David Keene on the power of conservatism's broad coalition -- it's not all just about economic issues.

*Building homes for our military heroes.

*Why do the poor stay poor? We have an answer.

*Sharpton vs. Limbaugh, Round 2.

*Sarah Palin goes toe-to-toe with Michelle Obama.

*Rep. Paul Ryan is giving our country a choice: fiscal sanity or Euro-socialism.

*Get to know our special operations heroes whose actions are kept secret.

*Americans believe the U.S. is exceptional -- but does the president agree?

*Voters to FCC: Hands off!

*S.E. Cupp explores the massive gap between Tinseltown's values and those of average Americans.