This just takes the cake: Sen. Barack Obama’s refusal to wear an American flag lapel pin along with a photo of him not putting his hand over his heart during the National Anthem led conservatives on Internet and in the media to question his patriotism. Hand over the heart for the Pledge of Allegiance – […]
This is rather shocking. Chabot is a staunch conservative, but this looks to be the reasons he is siding with Democrats: But when foreclosures in his hometown of Cincinnati skyrocketed, Chabot found himself aligned with Democrats – and against his party’s leaders, his conservative colleagues and the White House. I can say firsthand that foreclosures […]
In my earlier post, someone asked a very good question: I don’t really understand how it hurts the Democrats to not have a nominee yet? It shows how much the Democrats are involved in this election and wanting things to change. Let me take a moment to explain further why it’s harmful for Democrats to […]
It kind of sounds like Mitt is starting to give up: In a major boost for John McCain, Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney signaled Wednesday he’s not ready to commit to a costly campaign in the states holding primaries and caucuses next week. Several officials said that on the heels of a defeat in Tuesday’s […]
That’s what he said last night. Unfortunately for him it’s his own party that is balking at the idea: Even as Bush called on Congress to cut earmarks in half and announced an executive order cracking down on the projects, Republicans in Congress were sending out a mixed message about what their party really stands […]
Dejavu all over: The Bush administration said Monday the only way to permanently fix Social Security is through some combination of benefit cuts and tax increases. That was one of the key findings in a new paper on Social Security released by the Treasury Department in an effort to achieve common ground on the politically […]
Hell he already taps our phones, why not everything else? The Bush administration has accelerated its Internet surveillance push by proposing that Web sites must keep records of who uploads photographs or videos in case police determine the content is illegal and choose to investigate, CNET News.com has learned. That proposal surfaced Wednesday in a […]
Kenneth Blackwell’s gubernatorial race is so damaged that the African Republican is now out trying to court the white supremacist vote: The man who stole the 2004 election for George W. Bush — Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell — has posted a picture of himself addressing the white supremacist ultra-right Council for National […]
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) blasted the Republicans on the House floor in a blistering speech. He used people like Newt Gingrich as an example of how conservatives are even fed up with the failures our Republican controlled government. Check out the video below the fold. This is a blistering attack (h/t Atrios).
Can we say OUCH: President Bush’s approval rating has slumped to 31% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the lowest of his presidency and a warning sign for Republicans in the November elections. The survey of 1,013 adults, taken Friday through Sunday, shows Bush’s standing down by 3 percentage points in a single week. His […]