Jeffrey A. Setaro

Political & Cultural Commentary from a Constitutional Conservative.

2010 Elections

Every State That Elected A Republican Governor in 2010 Saw Unemployment Drop

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I saw this over the weekend and thought I’d share this morning… According to an Examiner.com analysis, the 17 states that elected a Republican Governors in 2010 hes seen unemployment drop at an average of 1.35% — well ahead of the national average of .9%. Here is how much the unemployment has rate declined in […]

WTF?!? Bag of Uncounted Ballots Found in Bridgeport

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Tight races aren’t all that unusual in Connecticut, but a bag uncounted ballets suddenly appearing in Bridgeport during a hotly contested governors race is little unusually: In what has become one of the stranger twists in an already bizarre Governor’s race, a bag of uncounted ballots was found in Bridgeport Thursday night. Republican officials were […]

2010 Election Wrap-up

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Well now that the dust has settled a little I thought I’d wade in with my thoughts on the outcome of Tuesday’s election. First overall it was good night for Republicans, they picked up 60 seats in the House of Representatives, 6 in the Senate, 6 Governorships and dozens of seats in state legislatures all […]

It’s Election Day… Get Out and Vote!

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This is one of most important elections in American History, it is not as John Podhoretz claims a referendum on Barack Obama and his party. This election is a referendum on the government itself… Voters essentially fired Republicans in 2006 and 2008 and if all the polls and pundits are right they’re about to do […]

Ouch: Third Quarter GDP Just 2.0%

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If Democrats were hoping for good news on the economy leading into Tuesday’s elections they didn’t get. Third GDP came in at an anemic 2.0%: The U.S. economy grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the third quarter as consumer spending climbed the most in almost four years, a sign the expansion is developing […]

Gawker Smear Machine Units Blogosphere Behind Christine O’Donnell

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I’ve long maintained that politics is a business of bastards… For all intents and purposes it’s steel cage death match with no referee, so it’s rare when someone does something so despicable — so sleazy that it unites virtually the entire blogosphere in bipartisan condemnation. I’m not going link to Gwaker’s sleazy anonymous tell all… […]

Hey Big Spender: Pelosi Led Congress Has Added $5 Trillion to Debt Since 2007

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From CNSNews.com: When Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gave her inaugural address as speaker of the House in 2007, she vowed there would be “no new deficit spending.” Since that day, the national debt has increased by $5 trillion, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. “After years of historic deficits, this 110th Congress will commit itself to […]

Rasmussen: Blumenthal’s Lead Over McMahon Down to Five

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The news media here in Connecticut has been hyping a Quinnipiac poll that shows current Attorney General Richard Blumenthal now has double digital lead in his in Senate race with former WWE CEO Linda McMahon… Don’t despair! Rasmussen Reports has a released a new poll which shows the race tightening: Democrat Richard Blumenthal now leads […]

Video: The Truth About Our Jobs Crisis

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The folks over at Bankrupting America have produced a video and infographic that really puts our  current jobs crisis in perspective: I really can’t add anything here other than pointing you to a rather chilling analysis from Investor’s Business Daily: U.S. Won’t Recover Lost Jobs Until March 2020 At Current Pace. This election is probably […]

WSJ: Democrats Unleash the IRS and Justice Department on Donors to Their Political Opponents

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Democrats and Liberal activists love to accuse Republicans of being fascists or Nazis or using McCarthyite rhetoric while at the same time threatening their political opponents with IRS and Justice Department investigations: If at first you don’t succeed, get some friends in high places to shut your opponents up. That’s the latest Washington power play, […]

U.S. Economy Loses 95,000 Jobs in September, Unemployment Remains at 9.6%

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Stagnation… That’s really the only way to describe today’s jobs report. The U.S. economy shed 95,000 more jobs last month and the number of  underemployed grew by 612,000, and now stands at 9.5 million people: WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. economy lost 95,000 nonfarm jobs in September as local and state governments shed positions at […]

WSJ: All About Murkowski

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The Wall Street Journal this morning takes incumbent Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski to task for her half baked, revenge motivated write in campaign: While 2010 is shaping up as the year of the conviction politician, the election is also throwing up candidates running on little more than their personal sense of entitlement. On that score, […]