A wag once said, with no disrespect meant to the beast, that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. That characterization almost perfectly describes most government prescriptions. Too often government committees combine corruption with inefficiency. Incompetence is thy
A new poll in Iowa found 68 percent of Iowans support Photo ID legislation that would require voters to present a photo ID before voting in state elections. Only 29 percent of those surveyed opposed. According to the Iowa Republican,
Boston’s public radio station, WBUR, released a new poll on Thursday that shows Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown leads Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren by 4 points, 47 to 43. The poll represents a 6 point drop for Warren, who was up
A startling report by the Government Accountability Institute finds that almost half (47.3%) of congressional campaign donation websites lack basic anti-fraud credit card security systems common on most e-commerce websites. That, says Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer, leaves federal House and
Oct. 7 was Pulpit Freedom Sunday, when thousands of pastors organized by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) discuss the upcoming election and endorse political candidates. Doubtless many of you are thinking to yourself, “That’s illegal–churches can’t endorse candidates.” You are
Joe Biden, who poses as a friend of the working man, has been helping credit card companies gorge on the downtrodden for years. In the mid-1990s the financial services industry started to try to stop people going bankrupt from erasing
According to the latest Rasmussen poll, incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and challenger Josh Mandel (R-OH) are in a dead heat, locked up at 46%. Six percent remain undecided. Rasmussen has shifted the state back from a Safe Democrat to
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, which employed Sherrod Brown’s wife Connie Schultz from 2007 until she was caught filming Josh Mandel in 2011 at a Tea Party rally and subsequently resigned from the paper, has, shockingly enough, endorsed Brown in his
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported on Friday that the budget deficit for 2012 was $1.1 trillion and was only $200 billon less than 2011’s deficit because Oct.1, 2011 fell on a weekend. The Hill noted, “without the assistance from the
With time running out for a deal on the European Union’s carbon scheme, now is not the time for America to keep a pace of action lagging far behind that of other nations. The Europeans’ controversial emissions trading scheme (ETS),
Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie was murdered near Naco, AZ while investigating a tripped sensor. He and two other agents were on horseback, because the area is federal land and no vehicles are allowed on wilderness lands. The environment is apparently
After President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he and Mitt Romney had “somewhat” similar positions on Social Security, he was attacked from those in his left flank who do not want to discuss even the most sensible of plans to
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) may have violated the Senate’s ethics rules when his office issued a press release to attack Mitt Romney’s position on taxes. The Washington Free Beacon notes Reid’s offices issued a press release on Reid’s
As political pundits delve into Obama’s poor debate performance, not as much attention is being bestowed upon what he actually said Wednesday evening. The President repeated his thoroughly debunked deficit reduction claims, claims even his own budget plan proves to
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano lied to Congress about her department’s special centers where state and local police could share information with the federal government about terrorism and other crimes. This accusation against Napolitano appears, shockingly enough, in a bipartisan
Big Bird makes more money than Mitt Romney, but is still on the government dole. In the aftermath of getting massacred in last night’s debate, both President Obama and the corrupt media are trying to salvage a little something by
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office released a statement Thursday that attributed a quote to presidential candidate Mitt Romney seemingly harmful for voters’ perceptions of his immigration policy. However, Governor Romney said the exact opposite. Senator Reid’s office claimed Governor Romney’s staff told
Cherokee genealogist Twila Barnes has discovered an August 17, 1906 article from the Muskogee (Oklahama) Times Democrat which states that John H. Crawford, the great-grandfather Elizabeth Warren claims was part Cherokee, shot and probably mortally wounded an Indian who had
Is the Department of Homeland Security hiding information about US immigration laws being adequately enforced? Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Sessions thinks so. DHS Secretary Napolitano did not turn over information about DHS law enforcement following a written request
President Barack Obama won Oregon by 17 points in 2008 and is leading by nearly double digits in 2012, but his campaign is running commercials in the Portland, Oregon media market to blunt the potential impact of Libertarian Party nominee
Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown is not only criticizing his opponent, Democrat Harvard Elizabeth Warren for her legal representation of large corporations such as LTV, Travelers Insurance, and Dow Chemical against the little guy. Now he’s criticizing her for allegedly practicing
Tax returns released on Tuesday by Angus King, the former Maine Governor and current Independent Senate candidate, showed that he is in the top 1% of income earners in America and that he paid a significantly lower tax rate than
Angus King, the supposed independent backed by the Democratic party who once held a gigantic lead of almost 30 points in the Maine Senate race, is now in serious trouble. According to a new poll conducted by the National Republican
For Obama and the left, the law is merely a suggestion for what they can do. Can’t get something through Congress? Simply issue an executive order. Can’t get an appointment through the Senate? Simply “declare” the Senate in recess and
Hometown boy made good Senator Scott Brown delivered the line of the night at Monday’s televised Massachusetts Senate debate with Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren. “I’m not a student in your classroom,” he told the Harvard Law School professor after she
