The American Pundit

WaPo Cancels Service to Offer Lobbyists Time with US Officials

The Washington Post has cancelled a service it planned on providing to offer lobbyists face time with Obama Administration officials for a fee. Here’s what the legendary paper would’ve done for the price: For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives off the record, non-confrontational access to “those powerful few” [...]

US Suspends Military Relations with Honduras

The Obama Administration continues its reckless policy of supporting a deposed leftist leader with dictatorial visions this evening, suspending military relations with Honduras after the government there removed Manuel Zelaya from power by court order. WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration said Wednesday it has suspended joint military operations with Honduras to protest a coup [...]

Arlen Specter Gets Democratic Primary Challenger

Well, this year certainly hasn’t turned out the way Arlen Specter expected. Today came the latest bad news for the senator, as a prominent Democrat in Pennsylvania jumped into the party’s primary: A congressman from the Philadelphia suburbs will challenge U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in the Democratic Senate primary. In an interview with The Wayne [...]

Poll: Support for Sotomayor Slides After Ricci Decision

The Supreme Court’s overturning of lower court judges, including Sonia Sotomayor, has hurt the nominee’s support for confirmation amongst the general public. That’s what a new poll from Rasmussen Reports released today shows. A heavily publicized U.S. Supreme Court reversal of an appeals court ruling by Judge Sonia Sotomayor has at least temporarily diminished public [...]

Stimulus at Work: June Job Losses Worse Than Expected

The American private sector alone shed 473,000 jobs during the month of June despite projections of 395,000 jobs by most economists. It was fewer new job loss filings than the month of May, but obviously worse than economists predicted. While the ADP report for June was not as dire as the initial headlines indicated when [...]