As if this comes as any shocker: Corporate America finished the second quarter with “near-historic” profits, largely by cutting costs, laying off employees and streamlining operations, the Wall Street Journal reports. Profits for companies in the S&P 500 soared 38 percent from the same period last year, hitting $189 billion, the WSJ says, the sixth-highest […]
I thought one of the driving forces behind the Tea Party was a fight against the “business as usual” mentality that plagues our leaders. Rand Paul has done a great job of stereotyping himself as one of those type of leaders and this doesn’t help with that: Kentucky Republican senatorial candidate Rand Paul wrote in […]
This is absolutely amazing. Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) apologized to BP today for the “shakedown” from the President: This is so bad that even John Boehner is distancing himself from it: House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) broke with a top Republican on Thursday who suggested BP had suffered a “shakedown” by being forced to […]
Rand Paul used to claim he was a Libertarian, but now he is trying to distance himself from that association: Republican Rand Paul said Tuesday he differs with the Libertarian Party by opposing abortion and supporting judicious overseas troop deployment, distancing himself from the party his father once represented in a presidential election. The U.S. […]
Mark Sanford is back in the news: Gov. Mark Sanford said Wednesday he spent last weekend in Florida with his Argentine lover, seeing if their relationship could be “restarted.” Sanford discussed the trip – first reported Sunday by an anonymous e-mailer to the Gawker Web site – because he said he thought the public should […]
As I pointed out yesterday, one of the more interesting primaries held yesterday was that in the OH-02 Democratic primary, where the winner will face Jean Schmidt in the fall. The race gained national attention last week when candidate David Krikorian told a group of people that Yalamanchili couldn’t win any elections because of his […]
Pat Bertroche, who is running for Congress in Iowa has a great idea: “I think we should catch ’em, we should document ’em, make sure we know where they are and where they are going,” said Pat Bertroche, an Urbandale physician. “I actually support micro-chipping them. I can micro-chip my dog so I can find […]
It’s time for Eric Cantor to go before the cameras and answer questions about this: Richmond police say the bullet that hit a window of Republican Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor’s office had been randomly fired skyward. Amid reports of threats and vandalism against Democrats who voted Sunday for sweeping health care reforms, Cantor said at […]
Last week news broke that Sen. Richard Shelby had placed a hold on almost all of President Obama’s nominees in lieu of getting funding for some of his pork projects. Now he has retreated: Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama will stop blocking Senate confirmation of about 70 government appointees nominated by President Barack Obama, […]
Yesterday Sarah Palin finally addressed Limbaugh’s use of the word “retard” and as expected, she approves! PALIN: I agree with Rush Limbaugh. He was using satire to politically correct — WALLACE: He used the “r” word. PALIN: He used satire. Name-calling by anyone, I teach this to my children and you teach it to your […]