If our elected “leaders” insist on playing World Series of Poker with our economy, then the Republicans ought to go all-in and see if the President has the hole cards to get out of the corner he’s painted himself into. President Obama is insisting on increasing revenues – apparently...
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There’s an axiom for trial lawyers – if the facts are working against you, pound the table and scream the law; if the law’s working against you, pound the table and scream the facts; if both are working against you, just pound the table and scream. That’s what I got out of Richard Stengal’s Time Magazine...
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Liberals/Democrats/“Progressives” – whatever they want to be called these days – have found a new whipping boy to substitute for legislative initiative: that demon seed, the Tea Party. After a leaked conference call of Democratic Senators was heard, wherein they were essentially...
ObamaCare CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf told the House Budget Committee on Thursday that the healthcare law will reduce employment by 0.5% by 2021, because some people will no longer have to work just to afford health insurance. “That means that if the reduction in the labor used was workers working...
A short follow-up on New START , trying to stay out of the technical weeds. There are three basic (read: non-technical) reasons for passing New START on to the 112 th Senate: 1. it is not in the security interests of the US; 2. the treaty is complicated, and deserves serious consideration. With all the...
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee [1] has approved the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (popularly known as the New START Treaty ) [2] for a floor-vote by the full US Senate [3...
Sorry for the length of this, but with 36 races to cover, even a brief recap takes space. Most of these numbers come from Rasmussen, with Real Clear Politics filling in where current Rasmussen data is missing. In one of the most interesting races this cycle, in Alaska , a disgruntled primary loser mounting...
The state where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were written still holds a strong voice every election day. Pennsylvanians are steadfastly independent – and yes, many cling to their guns, their God, and their heritage with pride. It is a swing state, like Missouri, largely because...
If Missouri is a bellwether, Ohio is a swing state – close presidential elections have hinged on the outcome here. Here’s my Ohio disclaimer for Rasmussen. In 2004, Rasmussen polling showed Bush defeating Kerry in Ohio by a 50% to 46% margin, Bush won 51% to 49%. In the 2006 Ohio race for US Senate,...
The five states just discussed consist of what I consider test cases for the Tea Party movement. The first four – Colorado, Florida, Kentucky and Nevada – contain elements that make them susceptible to Tea Party influence, and the last one – West Virginia – sports a probable winner that is susceptible...