Dana Perino discusses Rick Perry’s relationship with the Bush family, his straight talking style and the 2012 campaign.
Archive for August, 2011
Perry: “I speak plainly” -“Washington is a seedy place” – “Our country is in trouble” –
Obama’s Popularity Among Hispanic Voters Appears to be Slipping
The economy has replaced immigration as the key issue for Hispanics.
Bloomberg bans God at 9/11 memorial
Mayor Bloomberg the secular anti-gun, anti religion mayor says no to religious figures on 9/11 memorial.
Warren Buffet Isn’t Serious About Taxing the Rich, and Neither is Obama
Liberals like to spend their own money. They want to spend yours as well — it buys them moral superiority. Without actually giving the government an extra dime of his billions, Mr. Buffet can bask in the glow of his own liberality and fair-mindedness, merely by attacking his wealthy peers.
Obama economic adviser Goolsbee blames earthquake for failed policies
Why not? They’ve blamed everyone else. Former top Obama Economic Adviser Austan Goolsbee blamed “earthquakes, tsunamis, revolutions in the Middle East, financial crisis and now we even have earthquakes outside of Washington DC” for the failed Obama economic record. – Jim Hoft
The Great Renewable Energy Scam Continues
Support for “green energy” and “green jobs” by the Obama administration is just one more way to further bankrupt the nation. If its attacks on traditional generating facilities continue, America will become a third-world nation with rolling blackouts and brownouts.
The Economy on the Brink: An Interview with Heritage’s Curtis Dubay
“I see a President who wants to punt these issues to his second term, assuming he gets one. No one knows what his plan is. I know what his plan is for Medicare—it’s to ration, through his Independent Payment Advisory Board, IPAB—which was passed as part of Obamacare—basically, restrict the amount of services that seniors can get through Medicare, and restrict how much the government will pay for the services that it does pay for.”
3 years of Obama’s failed jobs promises and anti-job policies
Its worse than just lies or lack of focus. Obama’s policies and legislation are actually preventing and killing jobs.
Charlie Cook – Placebo could beat Obama
Political odds maker Charlie Cook says the challenge for Republicans is to find a specific candidate who can run as strong against the president as a generic candidate can, because he says a placebo could beat Obama next year. – From Todd Fein
Obama: From Truman’s Whistle-Stop to Wilsonian Folly
For Barack Obama, the “change you can believe in” entails the transformation of the United States from an opportunity society based on merit and markets to a social democracy that focuses on redistribution and political dominance of civil society. Compromise was anathema to Wilson and is repulsive to Obama when it comes to programs dear to the heart of each: