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'States' Rights' is the Free Market Version of Democracy

[youtube KfJBRFhinqE] Mitt’s not my first choice. If Perry (c’mon Governor!) doesn’t run, I prefer(ed) Daniels and Christie because they are heroic public employee union slayers. And I love Drew’s dream Tea Party ticket of Cain and West to confront

Obama Pressures Media For Positive Coverage

Living up to its reputation as a Leftist administration, the Obama White House appears to be engaged in blatant press intimidation, given emails exchanged with the Boston Herald. The White House Press Office has refused to give the Boston Herald

President 'Control Freak' or President Control?

Drudge, correctly, is trumpeting the White House shut out of the Boston Herald from pool coverage of a Boston fundraiser the President is attending today because the tabloid ran an op-ed by Mitch Romney on its front page ON MARCH

Mitt Romney's No Good, Very Bad Day

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets051311.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Mitt Romney’s disastrous health care speech and the grilling of oil executives

China's Economy to Surpass U.S. Economy in 5 Years?

From MarketWatch: According to the latest IMF official forecasts, China’s economy will surpass that of America in real terms in 2016 — just five years from now. Put that in your calendar. It provides a painful context for the budget

1988 Redux-Mitt Romney’s Willie Horton?

Former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney announced on April 11 that he is “formally exploring a presidential bid”. As such, because a 2012 Romney run would be a repetition of his 2008 attempt at presidential power, a look back is

1988 Redux – Mitt Romney's Willie Horton?

Former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney announced on April 11 that he is “formally exploring a presidential bid”. As such, because a 2012 Romney run would be a repetition of his 2008 attempt at presidential power, a look back is

Tuesday Open Thread: RomneyCare Edition

Today, in 2006, Gov. Mitt Romney signed into law RomneyCare, his health care ‘reform’ plan. It provided the foundation for ObamaCare. Romney drew from the guidance of the ‘conservative’ Heritage Foundation to enact an individual mandate, backed by the power

Why Trump Should Forgo Public Campaign Finance

If Donald Trump runs for President, he should forgo public finance and federal matching funds not just because, as a mega-wealthy billionaire, he can, but because doing so would allow him to spend in the early primary and caucus state’s

Ron Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll Again, Romney 2nd

Texas congressman Ron Paul has won the straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference, while former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has finished second. Paul got 30 percent, while Romney got 23 percent of the votes of those attending the

Huckabee Takes Swipes at Bushes, Romney

This morning on The Laura Ingraham Show, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee voiced opposition to the DREAM Act in the U.S. Senate and issued a backhanded critique of likely presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts. Huckabee criticized

Seriously Steve, This Is All You've Got?

Steve Kroft got to sit down with the leader of the free world for a “60 Minutes” broadcast that aired Sunday night. Which brings us to his excuse for losing the last election. Twice Obama intonated that the reason he

Executive Temperament: Principles Matter

When, in The Federalist, Alexander Hamilton writes that “energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government,” he refrains from asserting that energy in the executive is the leading character in the definition of good

Kansas 1st Congressional District: I'm With Tim

In a recent interview, President Obama told ‘TODAY’ Show host Matt Lauer, ‘when you actually look at the (health care) bill itself, it incorporates all sorts of Republican ideas…” Like it or not, Obama was correct, too many Republicans were

Two Scrabble to Save California

As incumbent Utah Sen. Bob Bennett (R) was losing the right even to run in the primary for the seat he’s held for 18 years, word from California was coming in that Meg Whitman, long considered a shoo-in in the

Nearly 4M to Pay Health Insurance Penalty by 2016

From the Associated Press: Nearly 4 million Americans will have to pay a penalty if they fail to get health insurance when that element of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law kicks in, according to congressional projections released Thursday.

The Insignificance of the CPAC Straw Poll

The enthusiasm at this year’s CPAC was palpable. Conservatives turned out in record droves, optimistic and on the offensive against a government they rightly feel has run amok. Dick Cheney and John Bolton amongst others predicted that Barack Obama would