It’s fun to play the “Who will Romney pick as VP?” parlor game, but the identity of who Romney selects won’t have an impact on the election in November. As I’ve been saying since April, Romney is going to win
Remember folks, trickle-down economics only works in the entertainment business. Remember folks, tax cuts for the rich are evil, unless they go to rich people in Hollywood. Remember folks, big business is greedy and corrupt and evil — except for
Progressives were once the most vigorous defenders of the rights to free speech and free association guaranteed by the First Amendment. Today, they pose the biggest threat to those rights. In fact, as the current hysteria on the Left about
A new book due out in September alleges that Tony Rezko, the convicted felon serving a 10 1/2 year jail term for corruption and who was involved in shady land deals with then-state senator Obama, funneled $25,000 in cash to
Claire McCaskill’s campaign wasted no time in attacking Todd Akin after his senate primary win. This evening McCaskill sent an email to supporters claiming that Akin is a “dangerous” tea party extremist: Akin’s Rap Sheet Makes It Clear: Tea Party
A 123 Systems, the “green,” federal stimulus-funded lithium ion battery manufacturer, announced atrocious quarterly results today. Most expected that A 123’s results would be dark red. What was a surprise was the simultaneous announcement that the company had entered into
This week, Mitt Romney ripped into Barack Obama’s “culture of dependency” – and rightly so. More people are now on food stamps than at any time in American history; Obama’s administration has gutted welfare-to-work requirements. There’s a reason for that:
Yesterday Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren indignantly demanded that her opponent, incumbent Senator Scott Brown, release more of his tax returns. Today, the Boston Globe reports that Ms. Warren backed off that demand when it was revealed that Brown
The NY Times just wrote about the demise of the CA GOP. It claimed its dramatic loss in voter registration, now just 30% of the state’s voters, is due to the fact that the party has run out of ideas popular with
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and the White House are working together to ensure the media continues to focus on Mitt Romney’s taxes and not Obama’s economy. Even mainstream media organizations like Reuters is making the connection, as the
Last week, Senate Democrats played politics with the drought by not agreeing to the short-term drought relief measures passed by the House. Now, President Barack Obama is playing politics with the drought as well. As Reuters notes, Obama on Tuesday
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) —Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. central bank is never swayed by political pressures and declared Europe needed its own version of the Fed. The Fed was created 99 years ago from a plan
In 2008, the U.S. placed a ban on financial institutions doing business with Iran or Iranian firms. Prior to the all-out ban, business with Iranian firms was allowed, but only if it could be proven that the financial dealings “were
Missouri has steadily tipped red since 2008 and nothing could demonstrate this better than tonight’s primary. Voter turnout was up several points from the ’08 primary and most of grassroots’ preferred candidates swept the primaries. In the Missouri Senate, Todd
Rep. Todd Akin has won Missouri’s hotly contested Republican Senate Primary to take on Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill this fall. Akin, an original member of the Congressional Tea Party Caucus, beat out GermX CEO John Brunner and Sarah Steelman, a
As I wrote yesterday, no one in their right mind believes a Senate Majority Leader, in the heat of a tight reelection campaign, would unilaterally launch a McCarthyist smear against his president’s opponent. At the very least, I have to
August 7th marks the end of a primary storm that has waged between three Republican primary senate candidates: Todd Akin, John Brunner, and Sarah Steelman. The race has divided grassroots and the abundant mud-slinging from the campaigns has everyone wishing
(AP) McCain, Haley among first announced for GOP confabBy PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated PressWASHINGTONA trio of female firsts and three former GOP presidential contenders were among the first speakers disclosed Monday for the Republican National Convention at the end of the month
It is not often that conservatives like Brian Baker appear on publicly funded radio stations like National Public Radio (NPR). Baker is the president of the Ending Spending Action Fund, a non-partisan super PAC founded by Joe Ricketts to support
(AP) Tea party focused on coming GOP Senate primariesBy DAVID A. LIEBAssociated PressJEFFERSON CITY, Mo.Sarah Palin is mounting an aggressive campaign in Missouri _ in television and radio ads, in automated telephone calls, even serving barbecued pork sandwiches at a
On today’s Dennis Miller Show, Miller gave his uncensored and uninhibited opinion of the Senate Majority Leader.
There’s no question that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is an absolute political genius — as is the Obama campaign and Obama’s Palace Guards in the media. Having Reid openly and audaciously lie about a Bain investor telling him that
Sarah Palin Rally for GOP Senate Candidate
Breaking up is hard to do. But, sometimes, it’s necessary. At least that’s what the government should say to wind power. The industry’s taxpayer-funded subsidies are set to expire at the end of this year – and Congress shouldn’t reauthorize.
The Obama campaign is refusing to denounce Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s bizarre, below-the-belt claim that Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney failed to pay taxes for ten years. Without a shred of evidence, save for a mysterious phone call he
