Nancy Pelosi probably wants this one back.
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Today’s headlines focus on President Obama’s walk-out (from his own office) of deficit negotiations with House leaders yesterday. But a potentially more consequential story today, by New York Times reporter Kevin Sack, questions not Mr. Obama’s temper, but his truthfulness. It is the type of story easily remembered in the voting booth by undecided voters. Mr. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Oceans 2012
It all really comes down to this speech, doesn’t it?
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President Obama, in a clear and calculating move, reached low into the political bag of tricks Tuesday in choosing to unnecessarily terrify millions of senior citizens about their Social Security checks. It was a low blow for a president who is better than that. The President told CBS News’s Scott Pelley that he cannot guarantee Social Security payments beginning August 3rd. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Quote of the Day, Mitch McConnell
“…After years of discussions and months of negotiations, I have little question that as long as this president is in the Oval Office, a real solution [to the federal deficit] is unattainable.” — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, July 12, 2011.
Read the rest of this entry »Lessons of Our Fathers; Bad News for the Economy
I’m no economist. But I know how I spend. And if that is any measure, it is going to be long time before this economy fully recovers. Decades possibly. There is nothing President Obama or Congress can do to change that. Like so many Americans, I have been burned financially and it has forever altered […]
Read the rest of this entry »Cookin’ Canucks
Canada created 10,000 more jobs than the U.S. did in June, according to jobs reports released today. The nation of under 34 million people reported 28,400 new jobs in June, while the 312 million person U.S. created just 18,000. That is a striking statistic. Canada’s unemployment rate is now almost two full percentage points lower than ours, 7.4% compared with […]
Read the rest of this entry »Obama Could Lose in 36 States
There isn’t a single state that John McCain won in 2008 in serious jeopardy of voting for President Obama in 2012. But 10 or more states that the President won in the last election conceivably could move over to the GOP column. Six – Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Indiana are likely […]
Read the rest of this entry »Early NEA Endorsement Signals Obama Weakness
The National Education Association endorsed President Obama for re-election on Monday — a full 17 months before the 2012 elections — signaling just how weak it perceives the President’s re-election chances to be. The 3.2 million-member NEA made its endorsement and its annual meeting in Chicago. It is no surprise that the NEA would endorse the Democrat in the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Biden Time?
I don’t think Andrew Cuomo is going be Barack Obama’s next running mate. He is too smart to board a sinking ship. But speculation about Joe Biden being replaced in the vice-presidential slot makes a whole lot of sense. I wrote about the possibility in March. It’s not that Biden has done anything wrong. […]
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