December 9, 2011 – 5:32 pm
Me thinks that Democrats are increasingly concerned about losing the Senate (The Politico) The White House and Senate Democrats are issuing a blunt warning to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his fellow Republicans: You live by the filibuster, you’ll die by the filibuster. Furious at Republicans for blocking votes on an appeals court nominee and […]
September 22, 2011 – 7:40 am
There was a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill, and the narrative is that John Boehner has lost control of Conservative Republicans and Democrats are now in control of the process. How about the narrative that Democrats are so spending drunk that they cannot even cut a measly $1 billion? The House stunned Republican […]
September 21, 2011 – 1:14 pm
This is why I’ve mostly given up on Sarah Palin as a viable presidential candidate: she refuses to take the plunge: Sarah Palin seemed to give a November deadline for a decision on a 2012 bid. Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News Tuesday night, Palin said there is still time but conceded that a […]
April 9, 2011 – 10:11 am
That’s the conclusion of the Washington Post’s Dan Baltz As the midnight Friday deadline loomed for a possible government shutdown, and politicians continued their rhetorical war of words, a larger message went out to the rest of the country: Washington is still broken. Unfortunately, Dan never quite says “why” Washington is still “broken.” But, is […]
March 10, 2011 – 7:52 am
The lawmakers and political wonks who have been talking the most about a government shutdown have been…..Democrats! They’ve been attempting to create some sort of scary situation surrounding a government shutdown due to their being no budget, which is obviously the fault of the Republicans…..wait, wasn’t the Democrat led House maleficent for completely failing to […]
March 8, 2011 – 8:13 am
As the saying goes, elections have consequences. One of the consequences of the ‘historic’ Democrat destruction of 2010 is that the Republicans gained quite a few seats in the State assemblies/legislatures, and even full control of some they haven’t controlled in quite a long time. Here in North Carolina, its been over 100 years since […]
February 18, 2011 – 7:32 am
Even The Politico is having a tough time cheerleading for the bat guano super-weasel Harry Reid is pushing The Senate passed an aviation reauthorization bill Thursday night, ending three weeks of work on a relatively standard piece of legislation that Democrats are calling a “downpayment†on their broader jobs agenda. “Today, the Senate passed a […]
January 24, 2011 – 7:35 am
So reports The Politico: State of the union forecast: Atmospherics over policy When President Barack Obama steps into the House chamber Tuesday to deliver his second State of the Union address, ambience will trump substance. In his speech, the president will talk about jobs, the deficit and the future of the nation’s troubled economy, but […]
January 10, 2011 – 12:06 pm
To follow up on the earlier article today, now we have the NY Times editorial board. As it is portrayed on the front page Bloodshed and Invective In Arizona: Arizona should take the lead in quieting the voices of intolerance and imposing sensible gun control laws. Obviously, when they talk about taking the lead, they […]
January 10, 2011 – 8:23 am
You didn’t think that they would let a good crisis go to waste, did you? One of the fiercest gun-control advocates in Congress, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), pounced on the shooting massacre in Tucson Sunday, promising to introduce legislation as soon as Monday targeting the high-capacity ammunition the gunman used. “My staff is working on […]
