Larry O'Connor

In his weekly message from the White House, President Obama echoed his call from Tuesday’s State of the Union Address decrying Congressional insider trading and demanded that Congress pass a law banning the practice. [youtube jLjfEfhy7ng] Clearly, Obama’s team have

Next time you hear sanctimonious wails from the left about how Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) and Republicans want to take collective bargaining rights away from workers, remember that basic evaluations and disciplinary actions for awful teachers is something these union

With the New Hampshire Primary just three days away, a Super PAC affiliated with Newt Gingrich has released a devastating film attacking Mitt Romney’s days at Bain Capital labeling him “more ruthless than Wall Street.” The film, called “When Mitt

UPDATE: The White House has responded to our inquiry and they deny that this week’s weekly address video was shot in front of a green screen. They also explained that the production line that the president was posed in front

Big Government has already established that Lisa Fithian is playing an integral part in the planning, organization,and execution of the nation-wide “Occupy” protests and other union demonstrations and “direct actions.” The Chicago Teachers’ Union has reported that Fithian trained its

“It’s time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice.” – Warren Buffett, NY Times Op-Ed August 15, 2011 Those high-minded and selfless words from one of the nation’s richest men inspired the Democrats’ latest push for higher taxes

“The Department of Energy made these decisions based on their best judgment.” – President Barack Obama speaking on Solyndra scandal, Oct. 6, 2011 New e-mails show that Energy Department bureaucrats were warned that their $535 million loan restructuring plan to

President Obama promised to have the most transparent and ethical administration in our country’s history. His White House web page on ethics claims they have “the strongest ethics standards in U.S. government history.” It may be true, but having high

Just months after receiving the first “Green Jobs” stimulus money from the Obama Administration, the Department of Energy was poised to funnel another $469 million to Solyndra, the failed solar energy start-up at the center of a growing scandal within

President Obama’s Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, finally responded to a reporter’s question about Solyndra today, but not without the America’s Morning News reporter getting grabbed by one of the members of the secretary’s entourage. [youtube AsdWdwOielU] As the Solyndra

As the mainstream media continue to obsess about a painted rock in Texas, the Solyndra story continues to grow. “A number of us are concerned that the president is visiting Solyndra… Many of us believe the company’s cost structure will

Until now the Solyndra scandal only reached the White House in the guise of e-mails from staffers fretting about the political implications of the disastrous bankruptcy and how it would reflect on the President’s “Winning the Future” rhetoric. Until now,

This is all that remains of the very popular Ford commercial that went viral on the internet and was featured on cable news channels over the past three weeks: [youtube Qg5eSM5cJdU] According to the Detroit News, Ford has pulled the

An oft-repeated talking point and applause line has crept into President Obama’s repertoire of class-envy and demonizing rhetoric these days. [youtube UxFVEtuB-Bg] “At a time when countries like China are building high-speed rail lines and gleaming new airports, we’ve got

Emails released late Thursday night show that officials in the White House were privately very concerned over the viability of Solyndra even as they publicly declared the solar panel manufacturer was in good shape. “The optics of a Solyndra default