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No minds changed by Syria speech but Obama’s message is loud and clear

Bottom line: I don’t think the president changed any minds Tuesday night. And I don’t think he intended to. President Obama didn’t make the case Tuesday night that a military strike would have any consequential impact on degrading the chemical…

Medicare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board

To absolutely no one’s surprise, Democrats and Republicans are still struggling to pass a 2014 budget, and have been unable to agree on where, and by how much, federal spending should be cut. Furthermore, the deadline is approaching: Congress has…

How To Reform The NSA

“It’s not enough for me to have confidence in these programs. The American people need to have confidence in them as well.” Those were President Obama’s words at his August 9th press conference in which he laid out his plans…

Rubio trumps Obama as both men offer competing visions of America’s future

If we needed a reminder as to the greatness of our country, we had to look no further than our televisions or computer screens Tuesday night. Two men of modest beginnings—born to immigrant fathers, and both with a personal drive…

What We Need To Hear From Obama At The Inauguration

Photo credit: Wikipedia) This year’s inauguration day represents something far different from the one that took place four years ago. While we heard about hope and change from a first term President Obama we now know that this vision for…

No tears today, but still hope

The public swearing-in ceremony for America’s 44th president and his second inaugural speech was viewed by millions on television and a crowd of 600,000 to 800,000 who braved the cold to watch history in person. The event, as always, was…

President Obama jokes with Buddhist monk asking for prayers on budget

BANGKOK, Thailand – President Obama joked with a Buddhist monk at the Wat Pho Royal Monastery in Bangkok that, “yes we’re working on this budget we’re going to need a lot of prayer for that.” Obama made the remark after…

Obama says Romney raised taxes as governor, jokes about birth certificate

NASHUA, N.H. — President Obama opened a new line of attacks Saturday on opponent Mitt Romney regarding his time as Massachusetts governor and slammed Romney saying that the former governor raised taxes. “[D]uring Governor Romney’s campaign for governor down there,…

Obama has continued Bush’s failed policies

Romney’s biggest missed opportunity in the second debate wasn’t on Libya – he’ll get to address that in depth in the third debate. It was on the question about how he would differ from Bush administration economic policies. It was…

On term ObamaCare, Obama says ‘I like it’

President Obama said “I like it,” in response to the term “ObamaCare” when used by his opponent Mitt Romney in the first presidential debate. Romney was going through a list of what he’d cut from spending and said, “Is the…