The big buzz today has been the change in the GOP Presidential field. Essentially we are now looking at three candidates. Here they are in this screenshot from the HuffPo: So the three we have to watch out for are Romney, Perry and Bachmann. All three of them are scary and can pose a possible […]
Elizabeth Warren has been one of the most sound voices during this financial crisis. Republicans and Democrats have both looked up to her analysis of the problems plaguing our economy and have touted her as one of the brightest minds when it comes to economics. Tim Geithner – not so much. So this story should […]
From an AP breaking news alert: COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Tim Scott, black lawmaker, defeats Strom Thurmond’s son in GOP runoff for House nomination. Tim Scott is a teabagger, but the beauty of him beating out segregationist Strom’s son – well that is priceless.
This is the kind of news that should be plastered on every network tonight: The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to confirm Martha N. Johnson as head of the General Services Administration, nearly 10 months after she was first nominated to head the federal agency. Upon assuming office, Johnson “will become the first permanent […]
Citing the continued blocking of his nomination by Jim DeMint, the man nominated to head the TSA has now withdrawn his name from the nomination. What a wonderful thing in a post-9/11 world. Way to go Republicans!
A couple of things really caught my eye yesterday. It seems like so many are quick to jump on President Obama about things he has no control over. First off we have a video that Andrew Breitbart put together of numerous times that President Obama said that the negotiations healthcare should be opened. This has […]
Jim DeMint is on the losing end of an argument and instead of saying “oops, sorry”, he is down right determined to dig in and continue his crusade to keep this country less safe: A Republican senator who has been blocking President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration complains that Democrats are […]
Erroll Southers, the nominee to head the TSA, has been in the news a lot lately because of the attempted airline bombing on Christmas Day. As I pointed out yesterday, Southers nomination has been held up in the Senate because of Jim DeMint. But DeMint isn’t the only one to blame here. We also must […]
Bernie Sanders does what others should have done: Sen. Bernie Sanders Wednesday placed a hold on the nomination of Ben Bernanke for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. “The American people overwhelmingly voted last year for a change in our national priorities to put the interests of ordinary people ahead of the […]
And we don’t have anyone running FEMA yet. But don’t blame the President or Democrats for that: A Louisiana senator is stalling Florida emergency management director Craig Fugate’s nomination as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fugate had sailed through his nomination hearing and Monday cleared the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee […]