By:MICHAEL BARONE,Washington Examiner Obama has tossed governing aside and is now just playing politics Setting legislative priorities has been one of the chief tasks of American presidents for the past century. Sometimes they concentrate on changing public policy. At other times,they highlight issues for political reasons,with an [...] The Radio Patriot Last night on his TV show,Glenn Beck dropped another bombshell — on Thursday,Congress will take up a bill to make Peurto Rico a state. Why is our Congress doing this now? Secretly? Quickly? If it hadn’t been for one of Beck’s “Refounders” (a Congressional [...] By JONATHAN ALLEN &CAROL E. LEE,Politico Obama goes into attack mode Mitch McConnell is in bed with Wall Street “movers and shakers” — and is fronting “cynical and deceptive” arguments on their behalf. John Boehner is a health care Chicken Little to be mocked for predicting [...] By David Limbaugh,WND he can walk on water,but he can’t pass a bill without lying about what is in it As President Barack Obama is attempting to steamroll yet another enormous policy change through Congress against the best interests of Americans,we would be well-advised to keep abreast of [...] McClatchy Newspapers A top Obama administration official who’s helping lead a campaign for energy conservation has a major financial interest in two companies that are poised to benefit from the government’s spending. Cathy Zoi,the assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy,owns between $250,000 and [...] By E.W. Jackson,The Daily Caller Gerry Hudson,far left… says democrats should convince black people that all Republicans are racists Gerry Hudson,Executive Vice President of SEIU,offered the following analysis on how to move the black community from opposing to supporting comprehensive immigration reform. He [...] By JULIE PACE,Associated Press With high unemployment,Obama’s claims of recovery fall on deaf ears Even as he touts his efforts to put more Americans to work,President Barack Obama faces a public increasingly skeptical of his ability to bring jobs back to Main Street. During stops in Iowa,[...] By The Prowler,American Thinker Thank you Sebelius for hiding this report! The economic report released last week by Health and Human Services,which indicated that President Barack Obama’s health care "reform"law would actually increase the cost of health care and impose higher costs on consumers,had been submitted to [...] By Wesley Pruden,Washington Times Race-baiting never goes out of style. Only the races and the baiters change. Drawing the race card is nearly always a sign of desperation,as any number of old white politicians could tell you if they were not all dead. When George Wallace [...] WSJ When President Obama signed his health-care reform last month,he declared it will "lower costs for families and for businesses and for the federal government."So why,barely a month later,are Democrats scrambling to pass a new bill that would impose price controls on insurance? In [...] By Robert Moon,Examiner Obamacare will be a total disaster A new report issued by Obama’s own experts has confirmed that everything Democrats told us about their economy-killing,debt-exploding,illegal health care takeover was wrong. Just as conservatives had warned,ObamaCare will actually increase costs while forcing millions of seniors [...] CNN Money Economists say stimulus had “little or no effect” The recovery is picking up steam as employers boost payrolls,but economists think the government’s stimulus package and jobs bill had little to do with the rebound,according to a survey released Monday. In latest quarterly survey by the [...] By JOHN E. MULLIGAN,the Providence Journal John J McConnell – a case study in how to buy yourself a seat on the bench John J. McConnell Jr.,President Obama’s choice for the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island,is one of the top election campaign contributors among the nearly 1,500 [...] Rich Lowry,New York Post Goldman Sachs CEO &COO who supported Obama in 2008 When President Obama’s vast new regulatory state is completed,Wall Street firms ought to have a competition over the naming rights. Will it be the CitiDeal? The Goldman Society? The UBS/JP Morgan Joint Initiative for [...] By Fred Dardick,Canada Free Press Obama is going green The recent announcement of the Democrat’s switch of focus from Cap and Trade energy legislation to immigration reform is simply an administrative slight of hand Barack Obama and the rest of his co-conspirators in Washington including Rahm Emanuel,Nancy [...] By Jayme Evans,Canada Free Press Obama is seeking to impose a nanny state Back in 1994,Republicans swept both houses of Congress and shifted the balance of power back from Bill Clinton’s leftward tilt. Their backlash was largely a result of Clinton’s push for nationalized health care. | |