In last night’s State of the Union, president Obama took a page out of the Republican playbook. Obama said , “If a bill comes to my desk with earmarks inside, I will veto it.” Seems straightforward enough. In fact, it is something that Congressional Republicans have been doing since March. As then-Whip Eric Cantor wrote in an op-ed last October, “House Republicans took an unprecedented | Read More »
Conservatives have spent much of the past week trying to explain exactly why Obamacare is going to bust the budget. We’ve done our best to highlight the unrealistic assumptions , the budgetary gimmicks , and the downright dirty tricks contained in the bill that make it a sur But Democrats dogmatically kept pointing to the CBO report, conveniently ignoring Republicans critique of that very score. | Read More »
If you read yesterday’s New York Time’s expose on Obama’s economic policy, first off, congratulations on making it through because that thing was longer than the healthcare bill; and second, did you come away feeling like you had just read Soap Opera Digest than the Old Grey Lady? Good grief. It was seven pages of gossip – not exactly what I’d expected out of the | Read More »
Democrats are apparently itching to get back into the healthcare fight. Politico reported today, “We welcome, in a certain sense, their attempt to repeal it because it gives us a second chance to make a first impression,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He said the debate will allow Democrats to talk about “the good things that didn’t get a | Read More »
President Obama will soon give his second “State of the Union” speech. Countless newly elected governors have given their “State of the State” addresses. Yesterday the Chamber of Commerce gave their lesser known, but no less important, “State of American Business in 2011.” Shedding the somber economic mood that has haunted America’s business landscape for much of the past three years, Chamber President Tom Donohue | Read More »
Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) and chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has set his goal for the next election cycle: make Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House…again. Apparently Israel missed the recent Gallup poll showing that since 2009 Pelosi’s favorable/unfavorable ratings have diverged faster than the Red Sea. It would be one thing if those negative feelings were coming solely from the Republican | Read More »
Former Bush advisor and Harvard economics professor Gregory Mankiw has some fantastic advice for President Obama if he wishes to work together with Republicans. He encourages him to focus on marginal tax rates rather than tax credits, to spread opportunity rather than spread the wealth, and to “have a beer with a Republican at least once a week.” But one recommendation in particular caught my | Read More »
What do you think President Obama’s top priority should be? If you’re like most people you probably said job creation or fixing the economy. Either would be a logical choice considering the rampant joblessness and overall dire state of our economy. Now normally when you think of top priority, you think of one thing. Namely, the issue that requires your attention first. So what is | Read More »
Republicans must have been very good girls and boys this year. It seems like every week now they are getting a political gift. Between the election results, the approval of the tax package, and the judicial blow to Obamacare, the conservative stocking is just about jam packed. Well its time to make a little more room under the tree. Yesterday the Census Bureau announced the | Read More »
There has been a significant amount of hubbub over President Obama’s tax deal with Congressional Republicans. Democrats have argued that passing tax cuts for the rich is irresponsible “at a time when the deficit is at unacceptable levels.” I find it interesting that Democrats are in a position to talk about the deficit considering the stimulus and historic levels of spending. Beyond that, too much | Read More »
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