This is yet one more poll that ought to worry Democrats: USA Today/Gallup poll shows that 59% of Americans say President Obama’s proposals to address the major problems facing the country call for too much government spending, and 52% say Obama’s proposals call for too much expansion of government power.
Many on the Left are livid with the Blue Dogs because rather than fall in line in support of the Obama agenda, they have slowed consideration of both cap-and-trade and the health care overhaul. There is certain to be real anger at the report that their efforts are being rewarded with an unprecedented cash haul from affected industries: So far this year, the political action | Read More »
It’s obvious why he’s lying, of course: if Carnahan admitted how costly the House Democrat health bill will be, he would get a far worse reception. Congressman Carnahan tells his constituents that the CBO has scored the House Democrat health bill and concluded that it produces a $6 billion surplus. That’s an out-and-out lie. You can find the CBO score here. If you look at | Read More »
For Congressional Democrats, it never rains, but it pours. If they thought their votes for the ‘stimulus’ bill might look better with time, the White House has some bad news. National Journal has posted a transcript of its interview with ‘stimulus’ overseer Earl Devaney. If you opposed porkulus, the interview is as frustrating and entertaining as you’d expect. If you voted for it, you might | Read More »
According to the New York Times, labor leaders are turning to the ‘Plan B’ that has been speculated on for months. Faced with the prospect of trying to get swing-state Democrat Senators to vote for a radioactive bill, they have thrown in the towel on the best-known part of ‘Card Check’ – the part that gives the bill its name: A half-dozen senators friendly to | Read More »
Democrats are touting the fact that the AMA has signed on to their health care reform effort. But is the AMA really representing the views of its members, or are they playing a Washington game: currying favor with the Democrat majority, in the hopes that when negotiators decide who’ll pay for national health care, they’re not left holding the bill? Here’s one suggestion that the | Read More »
As Congress has been debating Obamacare, cap-and-trade, and the Sotomayor nomination, the cracks in the Democrat foundation are starting to become clear. Americans recognize the failure of Obama’s approach to the economy. They worry that massive government intervention in health care will lead to rationing. And they fear the colossal drag on the economy that Obama and the Democrats seek to impose through new and | Read More »
Speaker Pelosi, do you even remember promising to drain the swamp, and to turn ‘the most closed and corrupt Congress into the most open and honest Congress?’ If you even pretend to be serious about this, how can you allow the House of Representatives to vote on a bill that would put thousands (or millions) into the pockets of the sponsor, his wife, his father, | Read More »
Dan Boren is a Democrat who knows how to win in a conservative district. In three tries for Congress, he has never had a close race – exceeding 70 percent in each of his last two elections. He’s taken advantage of a famous name to make his GOP-leaning seat relatively safe from challengers. It’s interesting to see how far Boren will go to try to | Read More »
In the hustle and bustle of Washington, it’s easy to overlook things like this: The Office of Congressional Ethics reported Monday that it has recommended the House ethics panel open five investigations — which focus on trips to the Caribbean by members of the Congressional Black Caucus, according to the ethics committee. This marks the first time that the panel has made recommendations since the | Read More »
Wow. This is just about the nastiest insult liberals can dish out: I’m not too happy with the policy justifications we’re getting from the administration. It’s perfectly clear that the stimulus was too small; I think they know that too. But they’ve made a political judgment that (a) they can’t push another round through and (b) the thing to do right now is defend the | Read More »
What was it that touched off today’s market rally? According to the UK Telegraph, it was due to analyst Meredith Whitney’s urge to buy Goldman Sachs. Why is Whitney so confident about Goldman Sach’s future performance? Our more bullish outlook on Goldman Sachs shares is deeply rooted in our sustained bearish stance on the U.S. economy and the state of U.S. financials at large. Specifically, | Read More »
I pointed out yesterday that Democrats made a major mistake when they tied their credibility to porkulus, and then allowed Capitol Hill to debate health care rationing and cap-and-tax at the same time. Congress cannot both walk and chew gum – especially when they’re starting to worry about the 2010 political climate. The fights over which should be a top priority, and the uncertainty over | Read More »
Wow. I wonder if Chairman Murtha – the one who delivered all the earmarks – knew that his brother was apparently somehow implicated in this fraud. I also wonder who else on the House Appropriations Committee knew. After all, the entire committee is responsible for vetting earmark requests and at least making a minimal attempt to determine that they are spent in compliance with the | Read More »
When President Obama selected Rahm Emanuel to serve as White House Chief of Staff, most commentators hailed it as a coup. We were told that Rahm was brilliant, and that his love for brass-knuckles politics would prove invaluable in moving the president’s agenda through Congress. As a veteran of the Clinton White House, he would be sure not to repeat the mistakes Clinton made early | Read More »
I’ve written before about the glowing coverage Barack Obama receives despite the consistently terrible economic news. Today provides yet another example: Fewer than expected file for unemployment The number of Americans filing initial unemployment claims fell sharply last week, while those filing ongoing claims rose to another all-time high, according to government data released Thursday. There were 565,000 initial jobless claims filed in the week | Read More »
I don’t know whether to be angry or to rejoice: Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) on Wednesday urged House members to consider another stimulus package just for infrastructure projects in order to produce more jobs… “I would like to see a second stimulus devoted solely to infrastructure,” he said. “It’s what produces jobs, and produces orders for factories, American factories…” “Look, I think the stimulus | Read More »
I worked on Capitol Hill for 10 years, and this is the first time I’ve heard anyone make this claim: In turn, Melancon, a co-sponsor of EFCA, is seeking to change the bill. An aide to Melancon said the lawmaker is working on a “bipartisan solution” that would bring labor and business together… Melancon is an EFCA co-sponsor, but said he was working on making | Read More »
Fresh on the heels of yesterday’s poll showing that support for Barack Obama is collapsing in America’s leading political bellwether, today we learn that Virginians are souring on the president as well: A new Public Policy Polling survey looking at how likely voters for this fall’s election view Barack Obama finds his approval rating at just 48%, with 46% disapproving. A poll looking at his | Read More »
The SEIU is one of the most powerful forces pushing for enactment of Card Check. But if a rival union promises better representation for SEIU workers and tries to get a majority of them to sign cards, the SEIU turns to thug tactics and fights them tooth and nail: One of the leading proponents of a bill that would allow workers to form a union | Read More »
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