Mark Davis of WBAP-AM in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
filled in behind the Golden EIB Microphone on Thursday.

"It is a better America for this week's vote." -Mark Davis

• LA Times: Tea Party Activists Swarm Capitol Hill
• Politico: Tea Partiers Hit Capitol
• NY Times: A Health Care Protest, by Invitation

"I have two things to say to Mr. Owens. Number one: Congratulations on your win. Number two: Don't buy a house in the Washington, D.C. area." -Mark Davis 

• Washington Times: A Bumpy Ride for Democrats
• LA Times: Election Results Rattle Some Democrats

"We're going to hold tea parties. We're going to hold town halls. We're going to gather people on a moment's notice and put them at the Capitol dome to say 'No' to Obamacare. And we're going to keep doing it until the 2010 elections deliver a message to these people, and the 2012 elections return this president to private life." -Mark Davis

• CNN: AARP Endorses House Health Care Bill
• Bloomberg: House Expecting 'Close' Health-Care Vote, Hoyer Says
• Washington Times: Not All Dem Governors for Health Reform

"The town halls happen over the summer recess and everyone is asking, 'Are we going to be able to keep this energy alive and translate it to the ballot box?' That answer is yes." -Mark Davis

• Washington Times: Ignoring GOP, Senate Enviro Panel Passes Climate Bill
• Washington Times: D.C. Climate Conference Attendees Clash

"We're going to have Democrat presidents; we're going to have Republican presidents.  We're going to have Democrat majorities; we're going to have Republican majorities. This is so much more than that.  This is about more than ideology.  This is about the basic liberties which we all crave." -Mark Davis

• NY Times: Reports Show Conflicting Number of Jobs Attributed to Stimulus Money

"To the chagrin of those seeking to perpetuate the Obama agenda and presidency beyond one term, the tea party town hall passions are firing on all cylinders, they involve a lot of people of very different stripes, but unified by one thing: revulsion of the status quo of the last ten months." -Mark Davis

• Fox News: H1N1 Fears Causing Seasonal Flu Vaccine Shortage
• NY Times: A Mini-Mutiny at AARP Over Health Care
• Politico: POTUS Touts AMA, AARP Backing