Obama finally mans up – admits he supports gay marriage
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | May 9th at 07:38 PM |
President Obama’s politics of expediency — his penchant for obfuscation and trying to be on both sides of controversial issues, finally caught up with him. Catching heat from all parts of the political spectrum because of his because of his bodacious gay marriage straddle, Obama finally man-upped and admitted in an ABC News interview that he supports gay marriage: “I’ve just concluded that for me | Read More »
Obama’s bodacious gay marriage straddle
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | May 8th at 03:00 PM |
In yet another attempt to be on both sides of a controversial issue, President Obama refuses to be straight about his position on gay marriage. During the 2008 presidential campaign Obama said he did not support same-sex marriage and believed “marriage is between a man and a woman.” You can watch Obama say it here. Two years later, on Oct. 27, 2010, Obama revealed that | Read More »
In new ad, Obama admits he didn’t get it done in three years
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | May 8th at 07:00 AM |
Today President Obama’s reelection campaign launched a new ad campaign attempting to deal with Obama’s failed economic policies. As the headline for an article by Yahoo News White House correspondent Olivier Knox, put it: “New Obama ad strikes ‘don’t blame me’ tone on economy.” The new ad plays right into the hands of the Republican National Committee’s effort to re-brand the 2008 Obama campaign “hope | Read More »
Romney opens 10-point lead among Independents
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | May 7th at 11:45 AM |
A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll finds the presidential race between President Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to be very close, with Romney leading by a single point — 48% to 47%, among likely voters. More important is the 10-point lead, 48% to 38%, Romney has among the critical Independents voters. That confirms Romney’s six point lead among Independets that Gallup found | Read More »
Obama’s failed policies cause millions of Americans to give up
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | May 6th at 02:54 PM |
The April unemployment report brought attention to the millions of Americans suffering in silence as a result of President Obama’s failed economic policies. The Romney campaign has released a new video “Silence” highlighting the terribly disappointing April unemployment report: No wonder that during his so-called official start to his reelection campaign, President Obama told Americans not to ask if they are better off than they | Read More »
From ‘hope and change’ to ‘hype and blame’
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | May 4th at 11:15 AM |
Continuing with the from “hope and change” to “hype and blame” campaign launched yesterday, the Republican National Committee (RNC) has released a new video “Hype and Blame.” Watch the “Hype and Blame” video: RNC Chairman Reince Priebus notes Obama can’t run on his record: “President Obama has no record to run on so he’s out on the campaign trail resorting to the very tactics he | Read More »
Romney explains Obama’s ‘all of the above’ energy policy
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | April 24th at 08:30 AM |
Obama’s for all the sources of energy that come from above the ground. Wind and solar. He just doesn’t like the things that come from below the ground. — Mitt Romney Speaking at Consol Energy’s Research and Development Facility in South Park Township, Pennsylvania the day before that state’s presidential primary, Mitt Romney took on President Obama’s energy policies, blaming them for increasing energy prices: | Read More »
Obama: excuses rather than responsibility for his failed policies
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | April 16th at 11:00 AM |
“I’m not gonna make any excuses.” — Barack Obama The good folks at the RNC have released a video highlighting President Obama’s penchant for offering excuse after excuse rather take responsibility for his policy failures. Watch the “From ‘Hope’ to Hypocrisy: Excuses, Excuses” video: This is one more example of Obama saying one thing while doing another or trying to have things both ways. He | Read More »
Romney takes an early lead
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | April 14th at 05:02 PM |
Romney takes an early lead over President Obama. The FOX News poll released Friday, Romney leads Obama 46% to 44%. The Rasmussen Reports 2012 Daily Presidential Matchup Tracking poll has Romney leading Obama 48% to 43%. After Santorum suspended his presidential campaign on Monday, the Tuesday Rasmussen Matchup poll had Romney and Obama tied at 45% each. It remained tied through Wednesday. The Democrats’ war | Read More »
Obama’s failed promises: Nevada edition
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | February 4th at 12:37 PM |
The good folks at the RNC took a look at what candidate Obama promised in Nevada during the 2008 presidential campaign … and the record of failure that followed. The result reveals President Obama’s failure to live up to candidate Obama’s promises. In a new video the RNC reminds us of how Obama’s failed promises impact Nevada. Nevada has the highest unemployment rate in the country | Read More »
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Happy Obama ‘one-term proposition’ day
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | February 2nd at 06:00 AM |
“If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.” – President Barack Obama on NBC’s “Today,” February 2, 2009: Three years ago today, President Obama appeared on NBC’s “Today show and and made his infamous “one-term proposition” prediction: “I will be held accountable. You know, I’ve got four years. … A year from now, I think people | Read More »
Obama’s failed promises: Iowa edition
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | January 3rd at 03:15 PM |
The good folks at the RNC took a look at what Obama promised in Iowa four years ago …. and the record of failure that followed. The result is the following video, “Failed Promises: Iowa Edition” along with a little research to demonstrate Obama’s failure: In Des Moines, Iowa, four years ago Obama promised that when “We’ve made the changes we believe in,” we’d be | Read More »
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Democrats throw Obama under the bus over payroll taxcut
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | December 17th at 12:30 PM |
The Democrat-controlled Senate voted 89-10 to pass an extension of the payroll tax cut. According to theAssociated Press, the two-month extension requires President Obama to grant a permit for the Canada-to-Texas Keystone pipeline within 60 days unless he determines that the pipeline is “not in the national interest.” Obama had implied that he would veto any bill that required that he make a decision before it was politically | Read More »
Iraq War ends on Bush’s schedule, not Obama’s
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | December 15th at 03:31 PM |
President Obama and the biased media wing of the Democrat Party are heralding the “official” end of the Iraq War. They are neglecting to note that in order to get the Democrats’ nomination, presidential candidate Obama promised to remove all combat brigades from Iraq within 16 months: Whatever nuance Barack Obama is now adding to his Iraq withdrawal strategy, the core plan on his Web | Read More »
Union Leader Endorses Gingrich for President
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | November 27th at 11:34 AM |
The New Hampshire Union Leader, New Hampshire’s largest newspaper endorses Newt Gingrich for president: America is at a crucial crossroads. It is not going to be enough to merely replace Barack Obama next year. We are in critical need of the innovative, forward-looking strategy and positive leadership that Gingrich has shown he is capable of providing. He did so with the Contract with America. He | Read More »
Denver Occupiers fail in effort to occupy BlogCon11
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | November 11th at 06:24 PM |
Nearly 200 Conservative bloggers were in the middle of a training session on data visualization when Occupy Denver launched their “surprise” effort to occupy the conference. The protest was a major fail in no small part because the Occupiers announced the “surprise” occupation attempt on Twitter. When the Occupiers showed up they were met at the conference room door by dozens of cameras wielded by | Read More »
Crossroads takes on Elizabeth Warren’s support of the Occupiers
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | November 10th at 11:04 PM |
The good folks at Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies released a new TV ad in Massachusetts taking on Democrat Senator wannabee Elizabeth Warren for her support of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. You may remember that a couple of weeks ago Warren not only embraced the Occupier Party, but in Al Gore-like fashion, claimed credit for creating the “intellectual foundation” for the movement: “I created much | Read More »
Haley Barbour: ‘Let’s Get This Done’
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | November 8th at 03:30 PM |
A year before the 2012 election, the good folks at American Crossroads released a terrific new video featuring Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour to remind us of the importance of this presidential election. In the video, Governor Barbour, talks about what a second Obama term would mean for America: “[Obama’s] policies aren’t fixing our problems, they’re making them worse. And a second Obama term means making | Read More »
Occupy Boston hosts rally in support of accused terrorist
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | October 10th at 06:30 PM |
Occupy Boston, the Boston branch of the Occupy Party, hosted a rally yesterday supporting accused terrorist Terak Mehanna. The U.S. government says Mehanna, 28, provided “material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization,” and acted as a “media wing” for al-Qaeda. It’s one thing not to know what you are protesting as some Wall Street occupiers told Reason TV and the organizer of the Sacramento | Read More »
Majority opposes second term for President Obama
By: Dan Spencer (Diary) | October 10th at 01:00 PM |
A new IBD/TIPP survey finds 51% of Americans now oppose giving President Obama a second term: By 51%-41%, respondents in October picked “someone new deserves a chance” over Obama “deserves to be re-elected.” Among independents, it was 54%-36%. Half of Americans give Obama poor or unacceptable marks in creating jobs and economic growth vs. 24% who say he’s doing well. Among independents, it’s 51%-18%. The | Read More »