December 12, 2011 – 8:30 am
Alternate title: “man who said his ascendency stopped the rise of the seas and healed the earth says he didn’t overpromise” (The Politico) Barack Obama offered a spirited defense of his presidency in an interview that aired Sunday on “60 Minutes,†framing the 2012 election as a “contrast in visions.†Stressing that the views that […]
December 10, 2011 – 9:09 am
Hey, even Obama said he shouldn’t be re-elected if the economy wasn’t fixed (CBS News) Less than one year out from Election Day 2012, voters remain overwhelmingly pessimistic about the economy, and their concerns are taking a toll on President Obama’s re-election chances. Just 41 percent of Americans think Mr. Obama has performed his job […]
December 9, 2011 – 5:32 pm
Me thinks that Democrats are increasingly concerned about losing the Senate (The Politico) The White House and Senate Democrats are issuing a blunt warning to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his fellow Republicans: You live by the filibuster, you’ll die by the filibuster. Furious at Republicans for blocking votes on an appeals court nominee and […]
December 9, 2011 – 7:57 am
Then again, Liberals are the same people who think that blaming Mankind mostly or solely for warming that followed a typical cycle is “science” (The Politico) Was there science, and not just politics, behind the Obama administration’s decision to stop young teens from getting the morning-after pill without a prescription? Probably not. Will it work […]
December 9, 2011 – 7:38 am
Obama should stick with talking about how to campaign, something he knows about, and leave the economic talks to people who are more qualified. Like 4th graders (Washington Examiner) President Obama said that he will delay his vacation and keep Congress in session until the passage of his desired payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits […]
December 8, 2011 – 7:47 am
Ever since Operation Fast and Furious came to light, people have been musing that it was simply about creating a situation where the Obama Administration could create more stringent gun control laws. Yesterday, we received a bit of confirmation from one of the only mainstream media reporters bothering to cover this Obama scandal (via Hot […]
December 7, 2011 – 4:50 pm
I’m glad she’s being rational about this (The Hill) Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) blasted skeptics of climate science Wednesday, alleging they are “endangering humankind.†“The message I have for climate deniers is this: you are endangering humankind,†Boxer said during a press conference in the Capitol. “It is time […]
December 7, 2011 – 8:03 am
Let’s face it, the man is a bumbling idiot and massive narcissist who refuses to take any blame for the economic destruction he and his party had forced upon the nation. And now we get (Real Clear Politics) “Layoffs too often became permanent, not part of the business cycle. And these changes didn’t just affect […]
December 6, 2011 – 9:40 am
To put it succinctly, she ran her mouth without thinking, and had to retreat (ABC News) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi now says she is not sitting on a trove of opposition research on former House Speaker-turned-GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. In an interview conducted Friday and published Monday, Pelosi hinted that once the time […]
December 5, 2011 – 9:01 am
An interesting article over at Forbes from December 2nd, which highlights one of the interesting parts of Obamacare, one that was debated back during the time Obamacare was being pushed over economic policy, but has since been forgotten as people focus on the individual mandate. The article writer, Rick Unger, starts out by telling us […]
