According to Mike Stark the National Enquirer is set to release a story tomorrow about John Boehner and an affair he has been having with a lobbyist. The National Enquirer contacted Mike about reporting he did on the story last year. This story will really hit home: I wonder how well Boehner’s zero-tolerance pledge regarding […]
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 […]
Yesterday another attempt to raise the liability limit on big oil for spills was blocked by the GOP. Now the GOP is trying their own bill: After a third Republican block of a Democratic bill to raise the liability on oil spills, the GOP put forward its own bill on Tuesday afternoon. This one would […]
Image via Wikipedia Oh those were the days, but like everything else that falls within the realm of common sense, that too has become extinct: Over the last few years, drug-makers have embraced a startlingly simple tactic for fending off competition from generic brands: paying them off. In a nutshell, the company that holds the […]
Because Bush has had nothing but success in his foreign policy: President George W. Bush on Thursday sharply criticized Democratic front-runner Barack Obama’s pledge to meet Cuban leader Raul Castro without preconditions, leaping squarely into the race to succeed him. “I’m not suggesting there’s never a time to talk, but I’m suggesting now is not […]
Of course it is on campaign financing if they both become the nominees. I guess flip flopping on campaign finance is much worse than McCain’s recent flip flop on torture. Steve also points out how McCain’s attacks don’t even make sense. Obama never made a “pledge” and McCain is brining this up now when Obama […]
We knew this was going to be the reaction by the GOP: Senator John Ensign of Nevada, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, demanded that Mr. Craig keep his initial pledge and leave the Senate. “The type of behavior we are talking about here is not exactly something that I think a senator should […]
This has to hurt: In 1999, Matthew Dowd became a symbol of George W. Bush’s early success at positioning himself as a Republican with Democratic appeal. A top strategist for the Texas Democrats who was disappointed by the Bill Clinton years, Mr. Dowd was impressed by the pledge of Mr. Bush, then governor of Texas, […]
Malkin has posted on the conditions at Walter Reed and here is how much she cares: Good. The mess at the VA and in the military health care sysm [sic] is systemic and complicated. Political grandstanding on both sides of the political aisle has impeded reforms for years. The push to modernize and consolidate facilities, […]
From Bush’s radio address today: The message of this week’s elections is clear: the American people want their leaders in Washington to set aside partisan differences, conduct ourselves in an ethical manner, and work together to address the challenges facing our Nation. This is important work that will demand the hard effort and good faith […]