June 10, 2011 – 9:00 am
Said default position is to raise taxes As the clock ticks on raising the nation’s debt ceiling to avoid a catastrophic default, Vice President Biden met with Republican negotiators on Thursday in another closed-door meeting that only showed how far apart both sides remained. In the 2 1/2-hour meeting, the sixth one between the administration […]
June 9, 2011 – 11:29 am
Because this has worked so wonderfully since he took over as (not my) President President Barack Obama’s advisers have discussed seeking a temporary cut in the payroll taxes businesses pay on wages as they debate ways to spur hiring amid signs that the recovery is slowing, according to people familiar with the matter. The idea, […]
June 8, 2011 – 6:54 pm
Well, when the economy took a nosedive once they took control of Congress, they spent enormous amounts of money that failed to help the economy at all, pushed threw the hated Obamacare, are doing nothing to help gas prices, failed to pass a budget, etc and so on, well, yeah, they have to deflect to […]
June 8, 2011 – 9:22 am
ABC News doesn’t come out specifically and say that Twitter shares the burden for Rep Anthony Weiner (D-NY) sexting issue, but they sure imply the hell out of it! Congressman Weiner: Did Twitter Make Sexting Too Easy? In the end, of course, New York Congressman Anthony Weiner said he did it to himself. He was […]
June 7, 2011 – 4:02 pm
Nate Silver has an interesting piece up at the NY Times entitled The 10-Word Question That Could Cost Obama the Election. Skipping past a recitation of just what Carter was facing, we get to Mr. Reagan would win overwhelmingly, however, claiming 44 states (even Massachusetts and New York) while limiting Mr. Carter to just 41 […]
June 7, 2011 – 8:11 am
There’s much sadness, and insanity, on the port side of the political aisle right now, vis a vis the Weiner affair. And Politico starts us off with In Andrew Breitbart’s up-and-down career as a conservative agitator, it doesn’t get any better than this. Ten days ago, he broke the Rep. Anthony Weiner Twitter scandal on […]
June 6, 2011 – 6:53 pm
Unfortunately, I missed Anthony Weiner’s press conference, with opening act Andrew Breitbart stealing the show (I once attended a concert which was Dave Edmunds, Marshall Crenshaw, and Special Guest. Said guest was Stevie Ray Vaughn, who stole the entire show), but, for a dinner hour cocktail, Nancy Pelosi asks for (headline: Weiner Wilts at Press […]
June 6, 2011 – 8:30 am
It’s just been very hard to do, considering that the GOP doesn’t control the Senate nor the White House. The Republican Party is going to have to get control of those two in 2012 in order to affect a full repeal and replace More than four months after their triumphant vote to scrap the Democrats’ […]
June 6, 2011 – 6:48 am
This one’s a few days old, hadn’t popped in to Grist for awhile, but, it’s a hoot, and exactly what one would expect from Delusional Democrats. Said Grist story, which boils it all down, comes via DC Streets Blog, which opens thusly Members of Congress of all stripes are trying to show that they’re concerned […]
June 5, 2011 – 8:32 am
Good news! He’ll do what he does best: lie and Blame Others After months of relatively robust job growth, President Barack Obama and his team must now reckon with the reality that the economy probably won’t be on firm ground during the 2012 campaign — and that he must temper some of the Morning-in-America optimism […]
