Tag Archives: democrat

What Christie, McAuliffe victories mean for America

Tuesday’s election results underscore the degree to which American politics has been stood on its head. As columnist Ramesh Ponnuru argues in the New York Post, it is logical to expect that in more conservative Virginia Lt. Governor Ken Cuccinelli…

What Democrats need to ask Secretary Sebelius about ObamaCare

The path forward for the Democrats Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is scheduled to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday. In her prepared testimony, which has already been released to the media, she acknowledges the…

How did $300M minesweeper become scrap metal? Navy wants answers

The commanding officer and three crewmembers aboard a U.S. Navy minesweeper have been relieved of their duties amid an investigation into how the $300 million ship got stuck on a reef near the Philippines and had to be scuttled. The…

Here comes Team Obama’s carbon tax

The Treasury Department’s Office of Environment and Energy has finally begun to turn over documents about its preparations for a carbon tax in response to transparency warrior Chris Horner’s Freedom of Information Act request. The documents provide solid evidence that…

A campaign truly about nothing

  Last Friday’s employment numbers — with 163,000 jobs created in July, and the jobless rate rising to 8.3% — were neither uplifting nor surprising. These came on the heels of last week’s Fed report that the economy grew only…

Cut federal spending drastically or face doom, America

When I wrote the final chapter of my new book, “Covenant of Liberty: The Ideological Origins of the Tea Party Movement,” I argued that the United States must choose between two starkly opposite futures. Either we dramatically cut federal spending…

The Final Push for IPAB Repeal

Congressional Republicans announced on Friday their intent to link the widely supported House bill to repeal the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) with a more partisan medical malpractice reform bill. The IPAB repeal bill, which has been well-received thus…

Could Cain Be the Second Coming of Reagan?

There was bad news on the doorstep for Mitt Romney Thursday. The headline at the top of page one in the Wall Street Journal shouted what Mitt Romney didn’t want to hear: “Cain Vaults to Lead in Poll.” Once again,…

Will Republicans Snatch Defeat From the Jaws of Victory In 2012?

I was part of a panel a few days ago on politics, culture and the media. And the first question put to us was right to the point: “Can Barack Obama win re-election?” Political guru Dick Morris, Tea Party unofficial…