The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Pennsylvania voters is enough to warm my cynical heart: Uncomfortable town hall meetings are just the tip of the iceberg for Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. He now trails Republican Pat Toomey by double digits in his bid for reelection next year and is viewed unfavorably by a majority […]
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This and That: Palin Defines the Health Care Debate, Paglia Slams Obama’s Healthcare Horror and The Truth About Health Insurance
I’m not sure why but I’ve had the Dire Straits song The Bug stuck in my head all day… Well it’s a strange old game – you learn it slow one step forward and it’s back to go you’re standing on the throttle you’re standing on the breaks in the groove ’til you make a […]
Arrogance: Hoyer, Pelosi Call Protests Against ObamaCare “un-American”
I’ve seen politicians say more than a few amazingly stupid things in my time but this really takes the cake… For House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to take to the pages of a major American newspaper and call those who disagree with them un-American is beyond the pale: However, it […]
WSJ: Our Unconstitutional Census
John Baker and Elliott Stonecipher have a must read Op Ed in today’s Wall Street Journal… In short the 2010 Census is set to count all persons physically in the country, including millions of illegal aliens, resulting in states like California that have high illegal alien populations to unconstitutionally increasing their representation in congress while […]
Unemployment Rate Falls to 9.4%… Sort of…
From Reuters: The U.S. unemployment rate fell in July for the first time in 15 months as employers cut far fewer jobs than expected, providing the clearest sign yet that the economy was turning around. Employers shed 247,000 jobs in July, the Labor Department said Friday, the least in any one month since last August, […]
Senate Ethics Committee Clears Dodd, Conrand
As predicted the Senate Ethics Committee has cleared Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd of wrong doing in his dealings with Countrywide Financial: The Senate Ethics Committee on Friday dropped yearlong investigations into two powerful Senate committee chairmen, Democrats Christopher J. Dodd and Kent Conrad . The group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington had filed […]
WSJ: Obama Advisers Set Groundwork to Raise Taxes on Middle Class
You don’t have to be an economist to realize the Obama Administration’s budget numbers don’t add up and that he’s going to have raise taxes on more than just those earning more than $250,000.00 to pay for his agenda. With that in mind it’s not surprising that White House economist Larry Summers and Treasury Secretary […]
Tax Revenues Continue to Plunge
From the Associated Press: The recession is starving the government of tax revenue, just as the president and Congress are piling a major expansion of health care and other programs on the nation’s plate and struggling to find money to pay the tab. The numbers could hardly be more stark: Tax receipts are on pace […]
Health Care This and That: Barney Frank Lets the Truth Slip About the Public Option, and Much More…
Lets get started… First up here’s a great video of Congressman Barney Frank letting the truth about the so called “Public Plan” slip: Yes you heard him right, a public plan will lead to a government takeover of health care… While your at it be sure to check out this video from Naked Emperor News […]
Reid and Pelosi: It’s Time to Demonize Insurance Companies…
Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi appear to have a new strategy for pushing health care reform through Congress… They’re going to demonize insurance companies: A day after formally delaying a vote on a healthcare bill and having to accept a further weakening of a public option to compete with private insurers, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]
Is the Public Option Dead?
I’m hearing rumblings from various sources that the Democrats so called Public Health Insurance option is dead in the the Senate… The Associated Press is reporting that a bipartisan group of Senators is close to a compromise agreement that would eliminate the employer mandate and the public option, two of the Democrats top priorities from […]
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Sotomayor
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted largely along party lines to approve the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was the only Republican to vote in favor of sending Judge Sotomayor’s nomination to the full senate: The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-6 to approve Supreme Court nominee Sonia […]
AP: Dodd, Conrad Told Mortgage Deals Were Sweetened
The Associated Press is reporting that Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd was told from the very start that hes was getting a VIP mortgage discount: Despite their denials, influential Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad and Chris Dodd were told from the start they were getting VIP mortgage discounts from one of the nation’s largest lenders, the official […]
This and That: Dodd Trails, Obama Falls, Boxer Struggles, Perry Ready for Showdown
It’s Saturday, the weather is gorgeous and I have a date with a grill and some steaks so rather than spend my afternoon in front of the computer I thought put together a political blotter of sorts. First up, Chris Dodd trails likely Republican challenger Rob Simmons by 9 points in the latest the latest […]
Chris Dodd Hates Lobbyists But Not Their Cash
What I’m about to say should come as no surprise… Chris Dodd is a populist hypocrite. Just days after his campaign manager Jay Howser was sending e-mail to Dodd’s supporters proclaiming, “But what about the forgotten victims of Chris’s efforts? What about the lobbyists? The lobbyists can’t get meetings with Chris. He won’t return their […]