When the S&P downgraded our credit rating last Friday one of the reasons they gave was the inability of Congress to raise revenues, IE tax increases. That’s rather interesting given the Republican front-runner’s handling of credit ratings in the past: Gov. Mitt Romney lobbied the credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s in 2004 to raise […]
A new poll, this time out of New Hampshire: When PPP polled New Hampshire in April Michele Bachmann was stuck at 4%. She’s gained 14 points over the last three months and now finds herself within single digits of Mitt Romney. Romney continues to lead the way in the state with 25% to 18% for […]
When Michele Bachmann announced she was going to run for the 2012 GOP nomination, I warned the left not to underestimate her appeal. Now we have a new poll showing the exact reason I am worried about this: Republican front-runner Mitt Romney and U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann led a closely watched presidential poll of Iowa […]
We already know there has been a lot of past hypocrisy when it comes to the GOP and healthcare mandates. Mitt Romney imposed a mandate as governor of Massachusetts and many Republicans applauded the system. Then the Democrats put in a mandate in the Affordable Health Care Act and Republicans instantly jumped on them being […]
In a stunning admission by GOP presidential hopeful, Tim Pawlenty, he informs us of what we already knew: PAWLENTY: Well, anybody who’s going to run for this office who’s been in an executive position, or may run, has got some clunkers in their record. Laura, mine I think are fewer and less severe than most. […]
Brian Sandoval, the GOP candidate for Governor of Nevada, is joining Meg Whitman in the ranks of uber-hypocrite: Channel 2 News in Nevada reported Monday night that a woman has stepped forward saying that the family of Republican Brian Sandoval, who is challenging Democrat Rory Reid for Nevada’s governorship, hired her to be a housekeeper […]
“Some of my libertarian friends balk at what looks like an individual mandate. But remember, someone has to pay for the health care that must, by law, be provided: Either the individual pays or the taxpayers pay. A free ride on government is not libertarian.” –Mitt Romney, April 11th 2006 Yes when Mitt Romney enacts […]
Following up on the notion of “fix it later” when it comes to the health care bill, I believe I have made a strong case for why that is less than likely too happen any time soon. So now I want to take a look at how “fix it later” will end up playing out […]
There are a couple strong theories behind Palin’s resignation right now. One is that she got fed up with the media attention and the other is that she is being indicted. I want to focus on the first. Let’s go with that first reason. If Palin thinks the media spotlight is too bright now, then […]
Chris Cillizza thinks we could be seeing the emergence of a new Republican Leader in Lindsey Graham: Graham, who spent the 2008 election cycle as Sen. John McCain‘s loyal sidekick, appeared alongside former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, the GOP frontrunner in advance of 2012, and managed to stand out. Why? Because unlike other Republicans who […]