August 13, 2011 – 2:27 pm
Obviously, this annoys the Alarmists, in particularly Grist’s resident GINK (green inclinations, no kids…if only all alarmists were ginks, we’d be done with them and their stupid movement), who whines over at the UK Guardian The climate sceptics can finally get excited about the 2012 election: Rick Perry, their candidate of choice, is about to […]
August 13, 2011 – 9:13 am
Big news over at Memeorandum, with CNN’s Don Lemon all upset Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was at the center of an unusual campaign moment on Friday that involved reporters trying to ask her questions – and the Republican presidential candidate essentially being cocooned by a ring of protectors. Because that has never happened before in […]
August 7, 2011 – 7:27 am
Of course, amongst the whole range of Democrat voters…liberals/progressives/socialists/anarchists…..refusing to raise taxes on That Guy (not themselves) is a bad thing The Republican Party once had a home for the thinking of Tom Coburn, Mike Crapo and Saxby Chambliss. But that party is long gone. The three U.S. senators banded together a few months ago […]
August 4, 2011 – 8:07 am
Well, what they said was she won round 1. If the Dems, any of her GOP primary opponents, or any insider Republican fools, attempt to try this route again, I think they will find themselves losing many, many female supporters Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has been at the center of a storm since provocative questions […]
August 2, 2011 – 9:06 am
…..sorry, no, it could bring on an even bigger fight, per Reuters Kevin Drawbaugh: Analysis: Storms ahead as debt deal sets up tax fight If Congress passes the debt ceiling deal by Tuesday, as expected, it could trigger a battle over tax reform within weeks and turn Washington once again into a dateline for deadlock. […]
August 1, 2011 – 8:21 am
Over at the Washington Post, Chris Cillizza breaks down the winners and losers in the debt deal. Here are a few of his winners Tea party: There were major questions coming into the 112th Congress about who would blink first — the largely establishment-aligned leaders of the new Republican House majority or the tea-party-aligned freshman […]
July 31, 2011 – 7:29 pm
Hmm, hasn’t President Snippy Pants been running around, scaring people, telling them the US credit rating will get downgraded if Someone Else doesn’t put a deal together? Not so fast, “according to PIMCO founder and managing director Bill Gross” When asked by CNN host Ali Velshi on Sunday whether the U.S. deserved to maintain its […]
July 31, 2011 – 9:58 am
ABC News is reporting that there is tentative debt deal, per “congressional sources”. Here’s the deal they are reporting, according to both Dem and GOP sources A debt ceiling increase of up to $2.1 to $2.4 trillion (depending on the size of the spending cuts agreed to in the final deal). They have now agreed […]
July 24, 2011 – 7:47 pm
Well, besides the fact that she tends to poll much, much higher than he does. Anyhow, via the Politico In a statement just released from her presidential campaign, Michele Bachmann delivers a harsh counterattack on her former home-state governor, hitting back at his charge that she lacks the experience to be president and blaming Tim […]
July 21, 2011 – 8:59 am
Shocked? When both National Review and The Politico hate it……… Starting with National Review But now, along comes the Gang of Six plan, and some Republicans are apparently intrigued by it. They shouldn’t be. It’s a terrible, terrible plan. It will hand the president a huge strategic victory and deliver nothing that the GOP should […]
