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House barely sneaks home after failing to act on tax cuts

September 29, 2010

The House vote to adjourn until after the November elections took a surprising turn when House Minority Leader John Boehner took to the floor and urged Congress not to adjourn until it had acted in one manner or another on the extension or expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts. In response, Nancy Pelosi was forced into […]

Conservative racial stereotypes summed up in one article

September 29, 2010

In the world of political rhetoric, there’s thoughtful commentary, blistering polemics, softball critiques … and what Steven Thrasher published today in the Village Voice. The title of the article is “White America Has Lost Its Mind,” and it’s all downhill from there as Thrasher seems only somewhat tongue-in-cheek in going on a 5-page race-baiting rant […]

Chavez weakened in Venezuela legislative elections

September 28, 2010

Hugo Chavez and his supporters suffered a major setback yesterday as the opposition party was able to bust up a substantial ruling majority in Venezuela legislative elections. Chavez’s opponents claim to have received 52% of the popular vote, but through odd proportionality rules that favor rural areas where Chavez is strongest, couldn’t get an outright […]

ABC/CNN: Rahm’s out to head for Chicago

September 28, 2010

There’s been rumbling for weeks that Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff under President Obama, was thinking of ditching the Obama administration to run for mayor of Chicago after Richard Daley announced his retirement. Tonight, two major news organizations, ABC and CNN, both independently announce that Rahm will make a formal announcement within the […]

Clyburn: GOP will issue birther subpoenas

September 27, 2010

In an election cycle where the Democrats find themselves unable to run on their fabulous record of legislative accomplishments, name-calling and mud-slinging has become the SOP of this campaign, which seems to be one of the more uglier in recent memory. Wading into the fray is Democratic House Majority Whip James Clyburn, who warned that […]

Where are the internals on new Kasich-Strickland poll?

September 27, 2010

Liberal newspapers and Ohio Democrats are trumpeting a new poll commissioned by eight Ohio newspapers (including the Dayton Daily News, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Cincinnati Enquirer, and the Columbus Dispatch that shows incumbent Democrat Ted Strickland only down by four points to Republican challenger John Kasich. Previous polls had put Kasich up by as many […]

Kasich, Portman opening up larger leads in OH

September 19, 2010

The big races in Ohio seem to be favoring the Republican candidates more and more. The evidence now comes from a set of Quinnipiac polls, the first of which puts John Kasich ahead of incumbent Ted Strickland by 17 points, 54-37. Kasich, a former congressman and Fox News host, holds even larger leads over Gov. […]

O’Donnell wins in DE and everyone freaks out

September 15, 2010

Anyone that follows politics even in the slightest has likely read and heard much in the last few weeks regarding the hotly contested Republican primary in Delaware between establishment candidate Mike Castle and Tea Party upstart Christine O’Donnell. In a blue state that sent VP Biden to the Senate, most people figured that moderate Castle […]

September 11th, 2001

September 11, 2010

Nine years ago, a hole was torn in this country that has yet to be healed. God rest the souls of those that died that day and those that have died in the years since. Do not forget.

Koran burning called off (?)

September 9, 2010

The tortured saga of a Florida pastor’s deservedly maligned plan to burn stacks of Korans on the anniversary of 9/11 has taken a sudden and surreal turn. Terry Jones has announced he is calling off the book burning as a result of a deal with Imam Abdel Rauf to move the Ground Zero mosque. The […]

Castro admits Cuban model is broken

September 8, 2010

This is too deliciously ironic to not comment on. The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg recently took a trip down to Havana to spend some time with the former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and during his conversations drew an interesting admission from the Maximum Leader: But during the generally lighthearted conversation (we had just spent three hours […]

Obama slings mud and fire in Ohio

September 8, 2010

President Obama has finally dropped all his false pretense of conciliatory partisanship in a campaign speech in Parma, OH today in which he railed hard against GOP Minority Leader John Boehner and the rest of the Republicans in an effort to prop up his party’s sagging poll numbers. From the New York Times: Seeking to […]

Moving to regulatory fights after a red wave

September 7, 2010

Both Jon Ward at the Daily Caller and Ed Morrissey at Hot Air speculate on the direction the Obama administration might take following a Republican takeover of one or both Houses of Congress – a scenario that is exceedingly difficult but possible. Both come to the same conclusion – that rather than triangulate toward more […]

Obama pushes $50 billion of more stimulus

September 7, 2010

President Obama used a speech to Wisconsin union workers on Labor Day to unveil his new push for economic growth that will kick off with $50 billion in stimulus spending targeted at infrastructure improvement in the hopes of improving the nation’s unemployment picture. He called on Congress to pass his measure as quickly as possible, […]

Ohio poll snapshot 2 months out

September 3, 2010

With the midterm election now only two months away, here’s a quick snapshot where the big races stand in the Buckeye State: The big news is John Kasich seems to be pulling away from the Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland. Rasmussen has Kasich up by 12 points, 52-40, when leaners are added (47-39 when they’re not). […]