Median household incomes fell by another 1.1% in August, according to a Sentier Research report released Tuesday. Since Obama took office, according to the report, household incomes are down more than 8%. And since the economic recovery began in June
If New York Times columnist Paul Krugman debates Austrian economist Robert Murphy, a New York food bank will get over $73,000. Yet Krugman, who believes in income redistribution to help the poor, has refused to debate Murphy. The author, winner of
In a semi-satirical column, “Paul Ryan vs. The Stench,” Politico’s Roger Simon asserts that the Romney presidential campaign is flailing and a frustrated Paul Ryan has “gone rogue.” “[Ryan] is unleashed, unchained, off the hook,” Simon opens the piece. He
When Vice President Joe Biden returned to the Richmond, Virginia area Tuesday morning for a campaign event, local newscasts ensured Richmond voters would not forget the racially charged comments from his last visit. Biden alleged presidential candidate Mitt Romney and
After “Republican establishment pundits” like David Brooks, David Frum, Joe Scarborough, and Peggy Noonan had endlessly criticized Mitt Romney, Ryan took a swipe at the professional Republican punditry and came to Romney’s defense this weekend. In an interview with the
President Barack Obama will attempt to answer critics of his foreign policy in his Tuesday address to the United Nations General Assembly. White House press secretary Jay Carney on Monday said Obama would “send a clear message the United States will
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) went on a Washington, D.C. radio show on Monday and said conservatives who vote for Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode for president would be “wasting their vote.” “If people want to see Obama replaced, they
Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) will take their “Preserving America’s Strength” town hall to Colorado on Tuesday to speak out against the looming budget cuts that may cut nearly $500 billion from defense over
Three days before Iowans can cast votes in person or via mail for president, former Republican presidential candidate and Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum went to Iowa on Monday to join the “No Wiggins” bus tour that is seeking to rally
Republicans on the ground in Colorado have urged Mitt Romney to campaign more aggressively in a state they think Romney can win. On Sunday, Romney campaigned in Jefferson County, Colorado and asked if voters wanted four more years of President
On Sunday in a fundraising e-mail titled, “So Profoundly Wrong,” Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday sought to capitalize on comments Mitt Romney made about the 47% of Americans who do not pay federal income tax. The comments were made
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a Tea Party Republican, announced on Friday that Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode will remain on Virginia’s presidential ballot. After the Republican Party of Virginia challenged Goode’s ballot qualifications, Cuccinelli’s office said the attorney general
On Saturday, Michelle Obama compared the voter ID laws that were passed to combat voter fraud to other laws in the past that had denied blacks their civil rights. She called the battle against voter ID laws the “march of
The Senate on Friday voted for a continuing resolution to fund the government for six months, passed a non-binding resolution asserting America’s right to pursue more aggressive policies to deter Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and rejected Sen. Rand
The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security on Friday said for the first time that two individuals “affiliated” with the White House may have been involved in the Colombian prostitution scandal that occurred ahead of President Barack Obama’s
Two polls of Virginia that mainstream media organizations commissioned grossly overestimate the percentage of Democrats that will turn out in 2012, skewing the results for President Barack Obama in one of the most important swing states this election cycle. On
When the “Occupy” movement began a year ago, many initially dismissed it as a gathering of harmless college students. But the late Andrew Breitbart saw in the movement professional left-wing anarchists and radicals who sought to use the “Occupy” protests
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has advanced his legislation that would cut off foreign aid to Libya, Pakistan, and Egypt. Paul threatened to hold up all pending legislation in a filibuster until the legislation was brought up for debate and a
On the Obama campaign’s website’s “Jobs and Economy” section, there is no detailed economic plan for the Democrat president’s second term. First, the page touts the economic achievements heard regularly at the Democratic National Convention weeks ago. The first section
Tax returns for 2011 set to be released today by Mitt and Ann Romney reveal that they gave away a higher percentage of their income to others than did Barack and Michelle Obama, when both taxes and charity are taken
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday released a report estimating that 6 million people would be subject to the Obamacare tax, approximating $7 billion in taxes in 2016 with each of the 6 million people paying at least $695.
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan gave a “pep talk” to House Republicans on Thursday, telling them the Romney-Ryan ticket would win the presidential election. “We are going to win this thing,” Ryan told House Republicans. According to The Hill,
A Marist Poll on Thursday found President Barack Obama with an astounding eight-point lead over Mitt Romney in Iowa, even as the RealClearPolitics average had the state tied and a Rasmussen Reports poll on Thursday found Romney leading by three points.
Former Minnesota Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty on Thursday stepped down as co-chair of Mitt Romney’s campaign to become the CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable, one of K Street’s most prestigious jobs in Washington, D.C. Romney said Pawlenty
Mitt Romney, at a campaign event in Florida on Thursday, said President Barack Obama had “thrown the white flag of surrender” and had changed his slogan from “Yes, we can” to “No, I can’t.” Romney’s comments were in response to
