30 Reasons Republicans Lost The Election

By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  November 7th at 09:52 AM  | 

They Allowed Democrats To Pick Their Nominee For Them. A succession of potential Republican nominees -– Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich –- were bright, attractive, and have compelling narratives. Instead, Republican voters (or, at least, enough of them) bought into this Democratic mantra that only a liberal stand-for-nothing Republican can win a presidential election. Having Nominated A Stand-For-Nothing, He Proceeded To Run | Read More »

Boehner-Reid Deal Threatens to Re-Elect Obama

By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  September 10th at 04:43 PM  | 

We are now getting word from inside Congress that the “fix” may be in on a Boehner-Reid deal to fund the government until March 31 -– more or less on Barack Obama’s terms. Thus, Republicans would agree to fund ObamaCare, fund IRS agents to arrest ObamaCare dissenters, fund Obama’s anti-gun agenda, fund Planned Parenthood -– and then plea for the votes of people who are | Read More »

Here’s What The Court’s Going To Do On ObamaCare

By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  March 25th at 10:13 PM  | 

It would be nice if the future of federalism did not rest on what Anthony Kennedy had for breakfast –- if Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell did not spend all of December, 2009, giving Harry Reid back-to-back votes on issues which allowed Reid to buy off swing senators. But we are where we are. So… THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS ONE ARGUMENT STANDING ON BEHALF OF | Read More »

GOP Faces Historic Losses If They Keep “Boehnering” Things Up

By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  February 23rd at 10:10 AM  | 

From the diaries by Erick. Remember the arguments that Obama couldn’t conceivably win reelection if unemployment was over 7.2%? Or that the GOP had a lock on the Senate because they just had to defend 10 seats? Or that Democrats could never pick up the 25 House seats necessary to gain control? And, by implication, that all of these good things would happen while Republicans | Read More »

How Dumb Do You Think I Am?

By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  February 10th at 05:12 PM  | 

From the diaries by Erick We don’t have all the specifics. But it is pretty apparent that Obama’s “deal” on contraceptives is a trick. As to Catholic institutions, Catholic hospitals and universities would pay insurance companies premiums, which would pay for contraceptives and abortifacients. Evil doesn’t become good because it’s laundered through a third party. But, says HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, premiums would go down | Read More »

The Drunk On The Beltway: Two Obama Tricks That Are Going To Clean Boehner’s Clock

By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  June 27th at 09:20 PM  | 

From the diaries by Erick Watching House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell negotiate with Barack Obama is like watching a drunk try to run across the Beltway. Whether it’s ObamaCare, the financial reform bill, the Kagan nomination, the disastrous Lame Duck agenda, the Senate rules battle, the pathetic “continuing resolution deal,” or the current debt limit fight, you know both of them | Read More »

ObamaCR

By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  April 2nd at 09:35 PM  | 

Consider this:  A monumental piece of legislation — affecting a sector spanning over one-sixth of the economy — is negotiated behind closed doors by legislators for the purpose of slamming through the finished product before anyone has an opportunity to figure out what’s in it. ObamaCare? No…  It’s the continuing resolution (CR) about to be sprung on Congress by the Democratic and Republican leadership.  And the | Read More »

Lame Duck II: The Sequel

By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  March 10th at 09:03 PM  | 

From the diaries by Erick A lot can happen between now and November, 2012. But let me make a prediction: The next month will either set Barack Obama on a “glide path” toward electoral victory -– or a glide path toward electoral defeat. The Obama-generated narrative is that the next 30 days will be spent trying to come up with a “magic number” (between $10 | Read More »

How To Repeal ObamaCare

By: Michael Hammond (Diary)  |  January 23rd at 09:00 AM  | 

From the diaries by Erick by Michael E. Hammond, former General Counsel Senate Steering Committee 1978-89. To listen to the liberal media, you would think conservatives had won the first and only battle on ObamaCare repeal –- but already lost the war. The Washington Post, echoing the almost universal media theme (including Fox), called the vote “largely symbolic.” Over and over again, we have been | Read More »