This Week in Washington – June 21, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | June 21st at 10:45 AM |
President Obama is losing political influence on Capitol Hill, because poll numbers indicate that the President is unpopular with the American voters. Gallup reports today that “U.S. registered voters remain split on whether President Obama deserves to be re-elected in 2012, with 46% saying he does and 51% saying he does not — little changed from earlier this year.” This is going to be a tough fall for | Read More »
This Week in Washington – June 14, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | June 14th at 10:15 AM |
BP CEO Tony Hayward and other leaders of top oil companies will testify this week before members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. President Obama has stated that he would have fired Hayward if he were in charge of BP and Members of Congress are expected to treat Heyward as the whipping boy for the Gulf crisis. Hayward will face some tough questioning this week. Committee members will want | Read More »
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This Week in Washington – June 7, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | June 7th at 06:00 AM |
Rahm Emanuel on November 19, 2008 in a Wall Street Journal video product 2008 Shaping the New Agenda uttered the now famous words: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. What I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Evidently, the left will not allow the Gulf of Mexico oil spill ”crisis to go to | Read More »
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Today in Washington – May 19, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | May 19th at 11:00 AM |
Elites in Washington are looking over their shoulders today. There is a new Scarlet Letter in America and it is the Scarlet Letter “I” for incumbent. If you are a Senate candidate running for re-election or a member of the House, both Republican and Democrat, you are nervous that the people of America will kick you out of office because you are part of the problem. Rand Paul, | Read More »
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Today in Washington – May 18, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | May 18th at 11:00 AM |
I should rename my post today — “Today in Little Rock, Arkansas” or “Today in Lexington, Kentucky” or even “Today in Pennsylvania” — because all eyes in Washington will be watching to see if incumbent Senators Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and/or Arlen Specter (RD-PA) lose in their respective primaries. Also, inside the beltway eyes will be on Kentucky to see if Rand Paul, the ultimate outsider, can beat | Read More »
This Week in Washington – May 17, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | May 17th at 10:35 AM |
Last week was America’s introduction to liberal Elena Kagan. The vetting of President Obama’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, will continue this week and we shall see how the least experienced nominee in our collective lifetimes fares in her second week of consideration by the American people. Conservatives assailed Kagan over the weekend for breaking the law in banning the military from recruiting | Read More »
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