According to a new Economist/YouGov.com poll, over 7 in 10 Obama voters, and 55 percent of Democrats, regret voting for “Hope and Change” in 2012. (See update.) The Washington Examiner reported: The poll asked those who voted for Obama’s reelection a
by Debra Heine18 Feb 2014, 11:04 AM PST0
A minor media firestorm erupted yesterday after an NBC Olympic Alpine Skiing reporter interviewed American skier Bode Miller just after he won a bronze medal in the men’s super-G ski race. Interviewer Christin Cooper pressed Miller multiple times with variations of
by Debra Heine17 Feb 2014, 10:54 AM PST0
In response to ‘Job lock’ and supply-side economics: We will soon be finding out if the Democrats’ “job-lock” spin is helping or hurting them. Democrat Alex Sink is running against Republican David Jolly in the FL-13 special election, March 11 to
by Debra Heine14 Feb 2014, 9:47 AM PST0
Senator Mark Warner, (D-VA) deleted an insensitive tweet that attempted to slam VA Republicans at the expense of the victims of the latest winter storm currently wreaking havoc along the East Coast, and the victims of the president’s ill-conceived health
by Debra Heine13 Feb 2014, 10:49 AM PST0
A Justice Department lawyer who describes himself as a “Voting Rights Gladiator” on Twitter, was in a Kansas court Tuesday, trying to stop Kansas and Arizona from verifying the citizenship of people registering to vote. Via J Christian Adams at PJ
by Debra Heine13 Feb 2014, 10:03 AM PST0
In response to Obama Is Everything ‘Alex’ Warned About: Another fun moment from Obama’s press conference with French President Francois Hollande, yesterday, occurred when a french reporter asked the president (Hollande – not Obama) about his ruinous Socialist policies. It should be
by Debra Heine12 Feb 2014, 10:59 AM PST0
In response to Hanging out with Big Al de Tocqueville: I’m not inclined to write off the president’s “Alex” gaffe as a verbal stumble. I think it’s very unlikely that Obama has read any part of Alexis De Tocqueville’s remarkable
by Debra Heine12 Feb 2014, 10:15 AM PST0
Sen. Sessions spoke on the Senate floor on Monday to discuss the Pryor amendment, which would restore the pension cuts from the Ryan-Murray spending agreement but would violate that law’s spending limits in doing so. As Sessions noted, Senate Democrats
by Debra Heine11 Feb 2014, 9:07 AM PST0
Yesterday, the president decided to yet again unilaterally change ObamaCare by delaying the employer mandate until 2016 – that is – until after the mid term elections. Hidden in this latest rewrite of the president’s signature health care law, is
by Debra Heine11 Feb 2014, 8:14 AM PST0
Today, as news was breaking that his administration was committing yet another unilateral and unlawful executive overreach, Obama was overheard telling French President Francois Hollande that as President, he can do whatever he wants. The French president, here in the U.S. on
by Debra Heine10 Feb 2014, 4:55 PM PST0
In response to Why are Democrats Rarely Published for Saying Stupid Things?: I hate to break this to you, Joel – but to Democrats and their media enablers – a shrinking workforce and more people on government subsidies is a “good
by Debra Heine9 Feb 2014, 3:38 PM PST0
Bused-in activists and professional agitators, including the NC NAACP are in Raleigh, North Carolina, today for the so-called “Moral March” – morality being defined as support for progressive causes such as abortion rights, and minimum wage hikes, and opposition to “racist”
by Debra Heine8 Feb 2014, 1:47 PM PST0
In response to Three Prominent Bankers Found Dead From Apparent Suicides Inside A Week: On Monday I reported on the odd rash of suicides by financial execs in just the span of a week. There’s one more rather grisly death
by Debra Heine7 Feb 2014, 6:31 PM PST0
Is there is a major law enforcement group in America that hasn’t come out against Obama’s ultra radical pick to head the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ? Who supports this nomination? Are there no Democrats in the Senate with
by Debra Heine7 Feb 2014, 8:12 AM PST0
As I was watching the explosive IRS targeting hearing, this morning, I was reminded of Speaker Boehner’s words from eight and a half months ago. “My question isn’t about who is going to resign. My question is who’s going to
by Debra Heine6 Feb 2014, 4:09 PM PST0
At this morning’s ongoing Oversight hearing on the IRS targeting investigation, Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) blasted the president for concluding that there was not “a smidgen” of corruption in the IRS targeting scandal, when the facts suggest otherwise. He asked
by Debra Heine6 Feb 2014, 9:02 AM PST0
In response to What message are these Democrat creeps sending, exactly?: Re your question, “what’s your estimate of how long it would take for a five-alarm media freakout to erupt if a Republican group created a graphic like this about any
by Debra Heine5 Feb 2014, 3:55 PM PST0
Yesterday was a banner day for Democrats on Twitter, apparently. As I previously noted, an official WH Twitter account linked to an obscene anti-GOP Twitter troll (to help them make the case that fewer workers in the full-time workforce is
by Debra Heine5 Feb 2014, 2:24 PM PST0
Progressives aren’t known for their class, sense of propriety, or even common decency, but the Obama White House really disgraced itself , yesterday, when Jesse Lee, it’s “Director of Progressive Media and Online Response,” directed the followers of his official
by Debra Heine5 Feb 2014, 10:00 AM PST0
In the Daily White House Press Briefing, this afternoon, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors Jason Furman tried to put a happy face on the grim CBO report that predicted Obamacare would reduce the workforce by about 2 million
by Debra Heine4 Feb 2014, 1:23 PM PST0
Looks like the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office support the message Senator Ted Cruz hammered repeatedly last Fall during his efforts to defund ObamaCare: “ObamaCare is the biggest job killer in America.” The Washington Times reports: Obamacare will push the
by Debra Heine4 Feb 2014, 8:42 AM PST0
White House Dossier’s Keith Koffler brings up another thing from the Obama/O’Reilly interview more people should be talking about – Obama’s total dismissal of the IRS scandal as a big Fox News driven nothingburger with “not a smidgen” of corruption
by Debra Heine3 Feb 2014, 12:47 PM PST0
During his pregame Superbowl interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, the president claimed that one of the reasons the IRS Director Douglas Shulman had visited the White House 157 times was to discuss the financial reforms that would prevent taxpayer
by Debra Heine3 Feb 2014, 10:39 AM PST0
Three prominent bankers have been found dead in apparent suicides within the span of one week, leading some market watchers to speculate on what it could be that has them spooked. Bloomberg reported that former Federal Reserve economist Mike
by Debra Heine3 Feb 2014, 8:09 AM PST0
The House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) wrote to Treasury Department Secretary Jacob Lew and IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, Thursday, requesting all documents pertaining to the controversial 501(c)(4) rule change. Upon sending the letter, the Chairman said
by Debra Heine31 Jan 2014, 1:42 PM PST0