February 23, 2013 – 8:17 am
I guess David Brooks is wrong: Obama does have a plan. Or at least an outline of a plan. Whether there are any actual details and legislation that can be voted on is unknown. Here’s Jennifer Palmieri blogging for Obama A Balanced Plan to Avert the Sequester and Reduce the Deficit Good thing America doesn’t […]
February 22, 2013 – 8:13 am
Just more proof that this debate is about doing everything possible to burden legal gun owners with draconian rules while failing to go after criminals with guns (NY Times) Both sides in a nation sharply divided over guns seem to agree on at least one thing: a bigger role for the insurance industry in a […]
February 22, 2013 – 7:45 am
A random act of journalism from Carrie Budoff Brown and Jake Sherman (Politico) President Barack Obama’s greatest adversary in the latest budget battle isn’t the Republican leadership in Congress — it’s his confidence in his own ability to force a win. He has been so certain of his campaign skills that he didn’t open a […]
February 20, 2013 – 8:27 am
One of the big problems with the GOP over the past 10 years, and especially since Obama assumed his throne, is that they have attempted to be the Adult In The Room. The responsible party. The ones who speak in a quiet manner, which refuses to get down in the mud with Obama and the […]
February 19, 2013 – 8:05 am
Who would have thought an area in which no one was left with the ability to defend themselves and others, known as a “gun free zone”, would make an easy target? (CBS News) Law enforcement sources say Adam Lanza was motivated by violent video games and a strong desire to kill more people than another […]
February 18, 2013 – 11:39 am
Will Henry Waxman walk the talk and start riding a bicycle to work? Doubtful, but he does want the Depth of Energy to regulate your appliance. Just move them into the bedroom! (Via The Lonely Conservative) (CNS News) Representative Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said the Obama administration should regulate oil refineries, household appliances, and even renegotiate […]
February 18, 2013 – 8:19 am
Progressives are searching far and wide to make a case to disarm the American public and leave guns only in the hands of Government. Adam Winkler’s whole view is based on quoting Antonin Scalia (Daily Beast) In 2008 the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment did secure the right of law-abiding, responsible adults to […]
February 17, 2013 – 8:08 am
Well, someone in the White House drafted it while PBO runs around the country giving campaign speeches and playing golf. While the procedures and requirements are not bad (if we’re ignoring the basic fact that illegal immigrants broke US law by coming to this country either by crossing the border illegally or overstaying their visas […]
February 16, 2013 – 8:24 pm
Via The Weekly Standard comes this video of Obama during his Google+ Hangout (people actually use that?) “This is something I’ve struggled with throughout my presidency,” said Obama. “The problem is that I’m the president of the United States, I’m not the emperor of the United States. My job is to execute laws that are […]
February 16, 2013 – 6:35 am
No, really (Politico) President Barack Obama offered a personal reflection on gun violence here Friday, tackling the issue not as a policymaker or parent, but as a black man himself who knew how close he’d come to a very different fate. Obama’s talked frequently about gun violence since the Newtown massacre, but never in these […]
