Archive | September, 2010
Video: Why Ron Johnson is Competitive in Wisconsin
Headline shamelessly ripped from Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post. The television ad is authentically clever and meaningful, focusing on the career breakdown of the United States Senate. As Johnson says, we’ve got 57 lawyers and 0 manufacturers, with only one accountant. That’s great if we’re fighting a lawsuit but useless when we’re trying to [...]
Jihadist Plan to Launch “Mumbai-Style” Attacks Disrupted by Drone Missile Strikes
28. September 2010
More than twenty drone missile strikes conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency over the past 30 days have lead to a serious disruption of a plan to carry out “Mumbai-style” attacks against numerous targets in Europe and potentially the United States. ABC News reports: US and European officials said Tuesday they have detected a plot [...]
Heh: Mike Dukakis Advising White House on Electoral Strategy
28. September 2010
Because if there’s one guy who knows how to win a tough election, it’s the guy best known for failing horribly as the Democratic nominee in the 1988 presidential election. I mean, his Republican opponent only captured, oh, 426 out of 538 electoral votes and carried 40 states. What could possibly go wrong? According to [...]
Obama: We’ll Try to Pass Cap-and-Tax Next Year
28. September 2010
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to passing cap-and-trade legislation that would skyrocket energy costs for American households and kill American jobs. The president said the current session proved difficult for such legislation, but he’ll be back next year. In an interview published Tuesday by Rolling Stone magazine, Obama [...]
Obama’s Approval Rating Underwater in Illinois
28. September 2010
Barack Obama can’t even get a majority of voters in his home state to approve of the job he’s doing. According to the latest poll from Public Policy Polling, just 44% approve of his job performance while 49% express their disapproval. Obama’s home state approval numbers had before avoided some of the trends dragging down [...]
Forty-Seven House Democrats Now Support Bush Tax Cut Extension
28. September 2010
Forty-seven members of the Democratic caucus in the House have broken ranks with their party’s leadership and signed a letter expressing their support for an extension of all Bush-era tax cuts. WASHINGTON – A group of 47 House Democrats are telling party leaders they want to continue Bush-era tax cuts on investment income, breaking ranks [...]
Union Boss Andy Stern Under Federal Investigation
28. September 2010
Former SEIU boss Andy Stern, best known as of late for his repeated trips to the White House to lobby for union interests, is under federal investigation for corruption. Two organized labor officials met with federal agents this summer to answer questions about Stern’s role in approving money to pay the salary of an SEIU [...]
FactCheck.org Slams Grayson’s “Taliban Dan” Ad
27. September 2010
Independent fact checking organization FactCheck.org has slammed the latest sleazy ad from Representative Alan Grayson (D-FL). The ad, which accuses opponent Dan Webster of sympathizing with the Taliban, rips quotes out of context in order to produce Grayson’s version of reality. We thought Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida reached a low point when he [...]
Greatest Democratic Hits: Obama Says Americans “Cling” to Guns, Religion
27. September 2010
“You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them…And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or [...]
Report: Rahm Emanuel to Announce Departure from White House
27. September 2010
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is likely to announce his resignation from the Obama Administration this week, paving the way for a run for mayor of Chicago. That according to a report by ABC News. White House officials expect that President Obama will also name an interim chief of staff, perhaps senior adviser [...]
28. September 2010
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