Obama’s Chief of Staff Says,Impeach My Boss (A Cato Institute Scholar Agrees)

Ben Johnson,The White House Watch

President Obama’s luck got so bad during the debate over raising the debt ceiling that even his chief of staff said he could be impeached. On July 27,the Cato Institute‘s director of health policy studies Michael F. Cannon heard Bill Daley admit,in not so many words,[...]

U.S. Credit Downgrade:Another Obama First!

Ben Johnson,The White House Watch

Three years ago,many well-meaning Americans suspended concerns about Barack Obama’s experience,judgment,and associations in order to vote for an “historic”president. To paraphrase H.L. Mencken,they got one —good and hard. Friday night,for the first time in history,Standard &Poor’s downgraded the U.S. [...]

Rebublicans Should Be Embarrassed By Debt Increase Vote

Floyd and Mary Beth Brown,FloydReports.com

Washington is obsessed by picking winners and losers. But the Establishment media has the story all wrong again. The Republicans,they say,won this skirmish over debt. But actually Republicans displayed a total lack of commitment to their principles.

The only winner in the “Budget Control Act of [...]

The Budget Control Act Of 2011 Violates Constitutional Order

Herbert W. Titus and William J. Olson,FloydReports.com

 

In a Constitutional Republic of the sort that we thought we had,the process by which laws are made is at least as important as the laws that are enacted. Our Constitution prescribes that law-making process in some detail,but those who voted for the [...]

Five Reasons the Debt Deal is a Budget-Busting Mistake

Rep. Tom McClintock,FloydReports.com

The “Budget Control Act of 2011” increases the debt limit by between $2.1 and $2.4 trillion,the biggest explosion of debt in American history. It allows the government to avoid spending reductions for the next two years while squandering our last best hope of averting a sovereign debt crisis.

I [...]