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Democrats Still Playing Chicken on Spending

Democrats Still Playing Chicken on Spending

The Democrats are playing chicken with the American economy, and it may come back to haunt them. Republicans, determined to keep in place the entire roster of Bush tax cuts, are not backing down. The Democrats, desperate to please their

House Votes To Stand By Israel

House Votes To Stand By Israel

Yesterday the House reaffirmed its steadfast commitment to Israel by a voice vote on the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act, S. 2165, a bill ensuring that the United States will supply Israel with arms so it can defend itself,

Note to Obama: Investigate Romney Or Shut the Hell Up

Note to Obama: Investigate Romney Or Shut the Hell Up

The asinine new insistence that Mitt Romney turn over years of tax returns to the general public has reached extreme pitch over the last 24 hours, with both conservatives and liberals calling on Romney to hand over his papers. Now,

Top Ten Things Obama Has Not Released

Top Ten Things Obama Has Not Released

As the Obama campaign and the media continue to press Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns, and to suggest–without a shred of evidence–that he is a “felon,” it is worth noting how much critical information Barack Obama

Media Protects Obama From Gaffe By Focusing On Sununu's

Media Protects Obama From Gaffe By Focusing On Sununu's

Yesterday, I showed you how Slate’s Dave Weigel and NBC’s Peter Alexander worked together to journOlist away the Romney campaign’s compelling and troubling evidence that the Obama White House has used billions in taxpayer dollars to pay off campaign supporters.

Senate Democrats Must End Environmentalists' 'Catch-22'

Senate Democrats Must End Environmentalists' 'Catch-22'

Last Thursday, House Republicans–with the support of a handful of Democrats, and no support from the White House–passed the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act. The Act is an important first step to getting past the U.S. environmental movement’s

Hillary Mocked by Anti-Islamists in Egypt

Hillary Mocked by Anti-Islamists in Egypt

Hillary Clinton, in Alexandria to assert that the United States is even-handed in its approach to the warring parties in Egypt, was met by anti-Islamist protestors chanting “Monica, Monica.” The protestors suspect Clinton and Barack Obama of being Islamist sympathizers,

Speaking of Felonies: The White House and the Sestak 'Bribe'

Speaking of Felonies: The White House and the Sestak 'Bribe'

While Democrats continue to accuse Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney of being a felon until proven otherwise, it’s useful to remember an apparent felony that was allegedly committed by Barack Obama’s White House in 2009: the attempted bribe of Democrat

'The Obama Effect' Trailer: Hopeless Messiah Worship

'The Obama Effect' Trailer: Hopeless Messiah Worship

Sometimes Hollywood produces a movie so utterly insane that you have to wonder whether it’s really not some sort of NEA-funded, meta commentary/performance art piece designed to fool the squares out in flyover country. I don’t know if “The Obama

Carville: David Brock Driving Obama Bus

Carville: David Brock Driving Obama Bus

On Sunday’s “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos, James Carville revealed that Obama’s SuperPACs were driving the recent attacks against Mitt Romney and Bain Capital: One of the big things that has happened in this campaign is kind of surprising [crosstalk]

Obama Says More Hope and Change is Needed

Obama Says More Hope and Change is Needed

Had enough hope and change? Maybe you have, but President Obama hasn’t; he wants more and more. Interviewed by Charlie Rose on CBS, Obama said, “I just came back from a bus tour in Ohio. And we’re now starting to

Romney fights back on 'false' Bain attacks

Romney fights back on 'false' Bain attacks

Republican Mitt Romney has angrily blasted what he called “false” attacks on his time at Bain Capital, but did not cede to demands to release more tax returns that have dogged his White House bid. On Friday, President Barack Obama

Campaign Tactic: Tax the Rich

Campaign Tactic: Tax the Rich

The Obama tax-the-rich campaign strategy is simply a grand diversion from the nation’s badly sputtering economy and from Obama’s failure to effectively do much about it. It is also an exercise in sophism designed to draw attention away from his

Chavez, Obama Agree: Chavez Not a Threat to US

Chavez, Obama Agree: Chavez Not a Threat to US

President Hugo Chavez said that Venezuela was not a threat to the United States, after Mitt Romney blasted President Barack Obama for downplaying the risk posed by the longtime US foe. The Venezuelan leader also recounted a conversation he had

The Nature of Barack Obama

The Nature of Barack Obama

The BIGS have spent a lot of time on “The Vetting” of Barack Obama, doing the job the mainstream media failed to do four years ago.  I confess that at first I was underwhelmed by the revelations.  However, as time