Archive for: Democratic Party (United States)

New RNC Video: Happy Election Year, Mr. President

New RNC Video: Happy Election Year, Mr. President

It’s on. 2012 has barely started, but the RNC has wasted no time going on the offensive against President Obama with this new ad. Starting with the President’s speech that 4 years ago voting for him in Iowa was “the moment... read more »

 

Payroll Tax Cut – Bad Economics And Stupid Politics

Payroll Tax Cut – Bad Economics And Stupid Politics

Congress has managed to, yet again, display a gross negligence in moving any meaningful legislation through both chambers to stimulate the economy, and fail miserably at the one thing you’d expect elected officials to be adept at, politicking. Brandon... read more »

 

Krauthammer Takes Democrats and the GOP to the Woodshed Over Payroll-Tax Debacle

Krauthammer Takes Democrats and the GOP to the Woodshed Over Payroll-Tax Debacle

In a new column, Charles Krauthammer appears to be rightly and absolutely disgusted with both sides of the aisle over the recent payroll tax cut extension ridiculousness. On the foolishness of a two-month or even a twelve-month extension: To... read more »

 

Barack Obama Wants Your Republican Friend’s Email

Barack Obama Wants Your Republican Friend’s Email

Nah, this isn’t creepy at all: The Obama presidential campaign is launching an effort to collect Republican email addresses by inviting its supporters to submit information about their Republican associates to the Obama 2012 website. The... read more »

 

Jon Huntsman Embarrasses The Republican Party

Jon Huntsman Embarrasses The Republican Party

We saw this coming a mile away after Presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman went on his GOP-bashing media tour, didn’t we? That’s a video from the DNC that they are considering using as an ad. I’m still befuddled at what gave Huntsman... read more »

 

Senate Democrats Respond To Calls For Action On the Budget By Adjourning Seconds After Convening

You can’t make this stuff up. On the 762nd day of Senate Democrats refusing to pass a budget (and shooting down at least three others they refused to consider), the office of Senator Sessions, ranking member of the budget committee,... read more »

 

Wednesday Morning Briefing: The Referendum That Wasn’t Edition

Wednesday Morning Briefing: The Referendum That Wasn’t Edition

Just a quick briefing this morning, I got places (OK, a single place) to be. Have a great Wednesday! Politics The Republicans lost a seat in NY-26 last night. The Democrats are portraying it as a referendum on the Paul Ryan Medicare plan. What... read more »

 

Mitch Daniels Says to Stress the Issues that Unite Us, Not to Stop Disagreeing

Mitch Daniels Says to Stress the Issues that Unite Us, Not to Stop Disagreeing

Starting with Jenn Rubin at the Washington Post and then trickling down to other blogs and RedState, a video of Mitch Daniels in 2009 has been spreading its way about the internet. It’s being portrayed as a huge controversy that the... read more »

 

When It Comes to Ideas, the GOP is Far More Diverse — S.E. Cupp

A great column from (the one and only) S.E. Cupp, who points out that while the left may have more racial diversity in their ranks (which is funny, because you’re not even supposed to see race, according to them) it is on the much more... read more »

 

High Gas Prices Help Obama Make Americans More Reliant on the Government

We all know the “pain at the pump.” We go to fill up our gas tank and see the price climb up and up as the tank gets more full.  Looking at the price and thinking “Okay, Guess I won’t go to the movies this week or eat... read more »

 

Is Rick Lazio Running for Senate? It Sure Looks Like It

Is Rick Lazio Running for Senate? It Sure Looks Like It

You may remember Rick Lazio. In 2010 he was considered the establishment and favored candidate for Governor of New York in the Republican primary. However, he was eventually defeated by Carl Paladino and his notorious baseball bat, and Lazio gracefully dropped... read more »

 

Paul Ryan Destroys Democrats Using the GOP Budget as Political Weapon [VIDEO]

Paul Ryan Destroys Democrats Using the GOP Budget as Political Weapon [VIDEO]

In perhaps the best video clip ever produced from a speech at the impeccably boring (Jonah Goldberg ensures me this isn’t the case and threatened to burn my doorstep, so we’ll take his word for it) American Enterprise Institute,... read more »