Cornyn on Balanced Budget Amendment, Obama’s Failure to Lead, Fast and Furious

By: Robert Bluey (Diary)  |  November 16th at 10:16 PM  | 

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) had tough words for President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder following a speech today at The Heritage Foundation. He criticized Obama for a failure to lead and voiced concern about Holder’s handling of the Operation Fast and Furious scandal. “Unfortunately, the president is already campaigning, trying to channel Harry Truman, railing against a ‘do-nothing Congress’ when he’s apparently given up | Read More »

Lugar, Voinovich Go Soft on Eric Holder

By: Robert Bluey (Diary)  |  December 16th at 05:56 PM  | 

President-elect Barack Obama doesn’t take office until Jan. 20, but his liberal allies on Capitol Hill want to move quickly on the nomination of Attorney General designee Eric Holder. There’s good reason. The more time conservatives have to dig into Holder’s past, the more dirt they’re likely to find. Legal Times reports today that “Republicans have fastened to Holder as their best chance to politically | Read More »