There’s a lot of talk right now about earmarks. The Tea Party/GOP candidates, who campaigned heavily on getting rid of things like earmarks, have now reversed their positions since winning their elections. Examples of this can be seen in John Boehner and Rand Paul. But what about the non-Congressional supporters of the Tea Party/GOP? Well […]
Any shock? If you ask Republicans around the country, they’ll probably tell you that Tuesday’s election results were all about pushing back against excessive government spending. Problem is, they may have forgotten to elect anyone who’s actually planning on real budget cuts. Rep. John Boehner, presumptively the next Speaker of the House and a longtime […]
An article appearing in today’s Dayton Daily News, as well as a bunch of other local newspapers in Ohio’s 8th, has me laughing: As John Boehner’s political star rises quickly toward a likely term as Speaker of the House, his constituents in the 8th District may wonder how the job has affected others who have […]
I’ve been looking at local results this morning and have come to one big conclusion – tea baggers love them some socialism! We had two county wide tax levies here in Butler County, Ohio. One was for the parks system and the other was for senior services. Both levies ended up passing, but when you […]
The award for the most stupid headline of the day has to go to the AP for this: Fla. Senate candidates critical of each other And what candidate isn’t critical of their opponent? Maybe they should do some real zinger headlines like: Candidates Talk Politics! In a Shocker, Candidates Try to Sell Themselves to the […]
You would think someone who has been in Congress for 20 years wouldn’t have any fears of debating a newcomer to the political scene, but not John Boehner: And without saying no specifically, Boehner will not accept the challenge to a debate issued several weeks ago by Coussoule. “I’m involved in the national debate each […]
After having spent the past four years in the minority, you would think congressional Republicans could actually come up with some sort of plans. Instead they lay out their “wish list”, but never present any path to make these wishes a reality. That was scene again last week with the Republicans new “Pledge to America”. […]
This is some really good news for those of us in OH-8: The Democratic National Committee is launching a new ad targeting West Chester’s John Boehner, who would become House Speaker if the Republicans take the House. It starts airing on cable nationally Tuesday, according to DNC spokesman Alec Gerlach. I think I speak for […]
A new report out by the CBO finds that the stimulus most likely saved this country: President Obama’s much-maligned economic stimulus package added as many as 3.3 million jobs to the economy during the second quarter of this year, and may have prevented the nation from lapsing back into recession, according to a report released […]
Last month John Boehner demanded that Paul McCartney apologize for saying “After the last eight years, it’s great to have a president who knows what a library is.” That quote came at the end of an awards ceremony giving McCartney the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Now in an interview, McCartney has responded to the […]