A Tea Party activist confronted President Obama last night in Iowa, demanding to know how he could be calling for civility when Vice President Joe Biden is calling people like him “terrorists.” The President graciously spoke with the man one-on-one after the event. Ain’t America great? Really. Can you imagine what would happen to the guy in […]
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Added perspective on the debt ceiling deal emerging in Washington: If, indeed, a compromise is reached tomorrow to “cut” $3 trillion over the next 10 years — that is to trim the amount we are borrowing over the next decade by $3 trillion — the national debt in 2020 will be $21 trillion rather than $24 trillion, about […]
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Tea Party members in Congress are ignoring a key component of their messaging to their very great detriment. Maybe they are delivering it back to their home districts, but I hear nothing in the national debate about America’s youth. And our young people, after all, are what the Tea Party revolt is all about. It […]
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The closer the US gets to debt ceiling D-Day, the more I find myself rooting for the Tea Party coalition in Congress. Part of the reason is that I love big news stories. I root for record temperatures in the summer and historic snowfalls in the winter. I can’t help it; it’s how I’m built. […]
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