February 22, 2012 – 5:38 pm
While attempting to toot his own horn (Bloomberg) President Barack Obama will try to head off the political impact of rising gasoline prices as Republicans vow to make the price at the pump an issue in the 2012 election campaign. Obama plans events this week focusing on his administration’s efforts to expand domestic exploration and […]
February 22, 2012 – 8:49 am
Perhaps this is one of the reasons Team Obama is arguing that the mandate is a tax (USA Today) Next month’s challenge to the Obama-sponsored health care law could affect the care available to most Americans, alter the balance of power between Washington and the states and remain a flash point through this presidential campaign. […]
February 22, 2012 – 8:06 am
If you remember, Obama announced as part of his campaign style budget that he was going to push for corporate taxes in line with peer nations, which would have put the rate at about 20%. Well, his love of high taxes didn’t quite allow him to get there (Washington Post) President Obama on Wednesday plans […]
February 21, 2012 – 12:04 pm
Despite having done zip regarding the extension of the payroll tax cut (which will decrease the available money available for Social Security), his typical leading from behind, Campaigner In Chief Obama is taking a victory lap today (ABC News) President Obama will spend this morning touting the agreement to extend the payroll-tax cut and urging […]
February 21, 2012 – 9:30 am
For the life of me, I can’t understand why. But, they do have the majority of the media watching their backs (Politico) Democrats have plenty of reason to feel good right now: The economy’s improving, the president’s numbers are up, their prospects for holding the Senate have brightened, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) […]
February 18, 2012 – 8:01 am
I knew there was something else I wanted to write about Friday. The 3rd anniversary of Obama’s massive, pork laden, campaign donor hookup entitled the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, otherwise known as The Stimulus That Didn’t. It’s rather strange that neither Obama nor any Democrats talked about how great Stimulus was yesterday (IBD) Without […]
February 17, 2012 – 8:56 am
And The Politico is not particularly happy about it, but has a rather difficult time defending Obama Gasoline prices are on the rise, and Republicans are licking their chops. It’s a familiar refrain: Once again, GOP lawmakers and conservative commentators are on the attack, blaming President Barack Obama for higher prices at the pump. And […]
February 16, 2012 – 8:46 am
It only took him over three years to realize that Obama is a perpetual liar whose promises have a quick expiration date (CNN) President Obama has broken a promise to the American people to cut the deficit in half. His latest budget forecasts a $901 billion budget deficit for 2013. If you add in the […]
February 15, 2012 – 7:05 pm
The Washington Post’s Carol D. Leonnig and Joe Stephens, along with a few editors, are probably soon to receive a screaming, profanity laced tirade from the White House for this story (WP) …. During the next three years, the department provided $2.4 billion in public funding to clean-energy companies in which Wagle’s former firm, Vantage […]
February 15, 2012 – 8:06 am
Of course, many in the media and the Democrat Party (but, I repeat myself) are portraying this as Republicans caving. Pretty much because this is about the only thing that Obama has done that is actually popular, to a degree. Why removing money from the Social Security fund is popular, I’m not sure (Washington Post) […]
