March 26, 2014 – 7:39 am
It’s a small change, but another change to It’s. The. Law. (Washington Post) The Obama administration has decided to give extra time to Americans who say that they are unable to enroll in health plans through the federal insurance marketplace by the March 31 deadline. Federal officials confirmed Tuesday evening that all consumers who have […]
March 25, 2014 – 8:11 am
After fighting against truly restricting the data collection programs by the NSA, which vastly expanded during his own time in office (and, yes, I do throw Blame at Bush and Congressional Dems and Republicans, as well), Mr. Obama has decided that this would be a great issue (NY Times) The Obama administration is preparing to […]
March 21, 2014 – 6:45 am
Here’s your whiner-in-chief trotting out the same old whines (The Hill) President Obama complained Thursday that Democrats “get clobbered†in midterm elections, blaming a “toxic†atmosphere in Washington for suppressing key Democratic constituencies. “The challenge is that our politics in Washington have become so toxic that people just lose faith,†Obama told a group of […]
March 20, 2014 – 10:36 am
Because, really, what else can they do? Their foreign policy is a disaster, just like their economic policies. He’s nominating people that are so hard-core leftist that Senate Dems refuse to even vote on them. Obamacare is beyond a mess. Prices are rising. Wages are down. So now is the time to offer ideas to […]
March 18, 2014 – 3:05 pm
In 2008 another wise man said: “The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training.” Too bad Obama is receiving an F, because he makes America look bad (WSJ) Why, across the world, are America’s hands so tied? A large part of the answer is our leader’s terrible timing. In virtually every foreign-affairs […]
March 17, 2014 – 12:53 pm
I quick interlude from all the climate change posts (I have several more in the hopper for today): as liberals complain that conservatives are undercutting Obama on dealing with Putin, calling Obama weak, feckless, and so on, remember this (Yahoo News) President Barack Obama’s national security team discussed the Ukraine crisis in a session at […]
March 17, 2014 – 8:04 am
Yet another event Team Obama plans to ruin (CNN) As hoop heads across the country prepare for the Big Dance, President Barack Obama’s administration is banking on a new March Madness-focused campaign to help boost Obamacare enrollment. To coincide with the start of NCAA basketball tournament, a White House official says the administration is launching […]
March 16, 2014 – 8:59 am
Alternate headline: NY Times, Democrats whine like 4 year olds over Republican groups daring to spend money against them. This article, which appears on page A1 of the New York edition is highlights three things, namely that Democrats are concerned about Obama’s falling poll numbers, that Conservative groups are outspending Democrats (the nerve!!!!!), and that […]
March 15, 2014 – 7:47 am
He’s pretty casual in throwing out the supposed enrollment figure, though strangely unable to provide the risk pool mixes (Washington Post) President Obama said Friday he was confident enough Americans had enrolled under the Affordable Care Act to make the program “stable.” In an interview with WebMD (transcript here), Obama said the fact that 4.2 […]
March 12, 2014 – 8:43 am
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? (NY Times) President Obama this week will seek to force American businesses to pay more overtime to millions of workers, the latest move by his administration to confront corporations that have had soaring profits even as wages have stagnated. On Thursday, the president will direct the […]
