An article titled With Debt Deal in Hand, When Does Geithner Quit? prompted this response from self-described liberal Prof. Dan Kennedy of Northeastern Univ. in Boston: ...
I find this interesting, considering that Hatch is facing a likely challenge from Jason Chaffetz, who is gaining in the polls. I like Hatch, although I'll readily admit I have followed him mostly as relates to judicial appointments, where he fought the good fight on Clarence...
On August 9 the key recall elections against six Republican State Senators will take place. I have not focused enough on this lately, with the all consuming debt ceiling fight taking time. But Wisconsin is critically important. Before I forget, you can donate to help defend the...
I previously noted that while Obama had a strong second quarter fundraising, the effort focused on two gimmicks -- getting big donors to max out early and running up "small donor" numbers through a cheesy $5 $3 dinner raffle. Now it appears that the fundraising is...
The debt deal "trigger" requires that one-half of the budget cuts come from the military if the "super committee" cannot reach agreement or if the Congress fails to pass the super committees proposal. The concept was that fear of military cuts would force Republicans to strike...
Thanks to Jared from The Looking Spoon for sending along this image: ...
Okay, yesterday, but the point is the same. Thanks to SoccerDad for the link to this tweet by James Taranto of The Wall Street Journal: ...
One of the great unwritten stories of the damage to the economy from team Obama is the relentless attempt to regulate areas that have not previously been regulated. The health care mandate received a lot of attention and breaks new ground, but there are countless other...
Some more on where we stand in the wake of the debt deal. Jeffrey Lord has a piece in The American Spectator which is getting a lot of play, Tipping Point: Thanks to the Tea Party movement, Conservatism is on the verge of a major victory that...
I was most interested in the discussion (starting around 3:15) about whether the debt deal was a victory: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com...
Roger Cohen of The NY Times and other journalists were smitten with the Egyptian revolution, and denounced warnings of what lurked below the surface: (February 3, 2011) Already we hear the predictable warnings from Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu: This could be Iran 1979, a revolution for...
So much for all the talk of civility. In one of the most deranged columns yet (and that's saying a lot for NY Times columnists), Joe Nocera unleashed an unhinged attack on the Tea Party movement, calling Tea Partiers terrorists, jihadists and suicide bombers: You know what they say:...
If you have been hanging around here, you would be aware of the problems of Central Falls, RI, about which I've been posting since March. So it will come as no surprise that Central Falls, weighed down by unsustainable union contracts and pension costs made worse...
Pep Talk. Pep Talk 2. Pep Talk 3: The debt ceiling fight and "deal" were emotional, and many of you have been left feeling let down or betrayed. Relations among people who agree on the goal but not the strategy have been strained. But keep things in perspective. Just months ago Obama...
The House of Representatives just passed the debt ceiling bill. Democrats played games, holding back their votes to see how many Republicans were voting in favor, hoping to minimize the number of Democrats who had to vote in favor in order for it to pass. With...
The House is expected to vote between 6:30-8:00 tonight. Everything will be okay. There will be a morning after. Just hold your breath for a few trillion seconds and then come up for air. ...
