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Bob Kerrey: I’m Not Running for Senate
Bad news for Democrats in Nebraska today. Bob Kerrey won’t run to hold retiring Senator Ben Nelson’s (D-NE) vulnerable Senate seat. “I have given the decision of becoming a candidate for the U.S. Senate very serious thought and prayer,” Kerrey said in an email announcing his decision. “To those who urged me to do so, [...]
Rasmussen: Gingrich Leads Big in Iowa
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Big. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Iowa Republican caucus-goers shows Gingrich with 32% followed by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at 19%. Georgia businessman Herman Cain, who led in Iowa last month, drops to third with 13% of the vote. Texas Congressman Ron Paul draws 10% of the vote in Iowa, [...]
PPP: Gingrich Now the Republican Frontrunner
Monday, November 14, 2011
Wow. Newt Gingrich has taken the lead in PPP’s national polling. He’s at 28% to 25% for Herman Cain and 18% for Mitt Romney. The rest of the Republican field is increasingly looking like a bunch of also rans: Rick Perry is at 6%, Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul at 5%, Jon Huntsman at 3%, [...]
DoJ Billed Taxpayers for $16 Muffins, $8 Cups of Coffee
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
We need to raise taxes because there’s totally no waste to eliminate in government. Why, they’re so frugal it’s embarrassing! The Justice Department spent more than $120 million in fiscal 2008 and 2009 to host law enforcement conferences across the country, many of which featured “extravagant and wasteful” costs for food, beverages and event planning, [...]
All You Need to Know About the Debt Ceiling Deal
Sunday, July 31, 2011
As usual, Ace gets it: “Deal” Still Being Negotiated; Seems To Involve A Two-Step Process: First, A Soft Republican Capitulation, Then, A Hard Republican Capitulation The threat of drastically slashing Defense will cause Republicans to vote for tax increases. Democrats will not identify additional money to be cut, because they don’t want to, and they [...]
Gallup: Obama’s Approval Hits New Low
Friday, July 29, 2011
President Barack Obama’s approval rating has hit a new low in polling conducted by Gallup. His approval now rests at 40%, his disapproval at 50%. He finally managed to break through the floor of 41%, which he had hit previously for some time.
Poll: Obama Disapproval at 54%
Thursday, July 28, 2011
A new poll from the Pew Research Center finds very bad news for Team Obama: A full 54% of Americans now disapprove of his job performance. It’s the first time in his presidency than such an anti-Obama majority has existed. Just 36% of Indies say they approve of his job performance. And it gets worse [...]
Schumer: Boehner’s Plan “On Life Support”
Thursday, July 28, 2011
During a press conference on Capitol Hill yesterday, top ranking Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York offered this assessment of Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) debt ceiling plan: The speaker’s plan is on life support, and it’s time for him to pull the plug. We need to move on to other plans that actually have [...]
White House “Clarifies” Clapper Remarks on Muslim Brotherhood
Thursday, February 10, 2011
And somehow the clarification manages to be just as stupid as the original statement. “To clarify Director Clapper’s point, in Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood makes efforts to work through a political system that has been, under Mubarak’s rule, one that is largely secular in its orientation. He is well aware that the Muslim Brotherhood is [...]
Obama Gives Another $150 Million to Palestine
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Because we’ve got money to burn on aide programs for regions renowned for anti-American, anti-Israeli sentiment. (Reuters) – The United States will give an additional $150 million to the Palestinian Authority as Washington seeks to boost the fledgling government amid an impasse in peace talks with Israel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday. [...]
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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