Today in Washington – June 22, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | June 22nd at 10:30 AM |
Conservatives and libertarians in Washington are buzzing about Thomas Sowell’s Op Ed in Investor’s Business Daily titled “Is U.S. Now on Slippery Slope to Tyranny?“ These are trying times for Americans who treasure the idea of small government. Many share the concern of Sowell that the damage being done by this Administration and Congress in expanding the size and scope of the federal government, can’t be undone | Read More »
Today in Washington – June 16, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | June 16th at 10:30 AM |
President Obama laid an egg on national TV last night. The Boston Celtics followed with their own egg laying against the Lakers. Obama is in the process of losing his base, as evidenced by the scathing analysis by three Obama cheerleaders at MSDNC (via RCP) Keith Olbermann – “I thought it was a great speech if you lived on another planet for the past 57 days.” | Read More »
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Chris Matthews,
Erick Erickson,
Gulf of Mexico,
Howard Fineman,
Keith Olbermann,
Michael Jordan,
MSDNC,
Oval Office,
Politico,
Roger Simon,
Tax Extenders,
The Hill
Today in Washington – June 11, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | June 11th at 11:25 AM |
Great news for sports fans — the World Cup kicked off today and the Celtics – Lakers series looks like it another classic. You need some good sports news when most of the political news is bad in Washington. The New York Times reports, “a government panel on Thursday essentially doubled its estimate of how much oil has been spewing from the out-of-control BP well, with | Read More »
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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Climate Change,
Global Warming,
Harry Reid,
Jim DeMint,
Joe Lieberman,
John Kerry,
Lisa Murkowski,
Rahm Emanuel,
START Treaty,
The Hill,
Wall Street Journal
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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arlen specter,
blanche lincoln,
Bob Bennett,
Financial Services Reform,
jim bunning,
Jim DeMint,
New York Times,
pat toomey,
Peter Baker,
Politico,
Rand Paul,
Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
START Treaty,
tea party,
The Hill,
trey grayson
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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Elena Kagan,
Hillary Clinton,
John Cornyn,
John Rockefeller,
Jon Kyl,
Kit Bond,
Mark Udall,
Michael Muller,
National Journal,
Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
START Treaty,
The Hill,
Washington Post
Today in Washington – May 12, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | May 12th at 11:30 AM |
Solicitor General Elena Kagan will be making some house calls for one-on-one courtesy meetings with Senators. I can’t tell you how many times over the past two days I hear conservatives say “yeah, Kagan is bad, but if she is defeated or withdrawn, we will get somebody worse.” As many teams are finding out right now in the NBA and NHL playoffs, never look past | Read More »
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Bailout,
Chris Dodd,
Elena Kagan,
Fannie Mae,
Financial Services Reform,
Freddie Mac,
Global Warming,
Harry Reid,
Joe Lieberman,
John Kerry,
John McCain,
Lindsey Graham,
Politico,
Supreme Court,
The Hill