September 10th, 2011
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Democrats facing electoral disasters in NV-02, NY-09?
But before we start talking about implications, let’s review the situations. NY-09. This D+5 seat was vacated by Anthony Weiner after pictures surfaced… and I don’t need to end that sentence: it’s never good for a politician’s career when the phrase ‘pictures surfaced’ is used to describe his or her situation. The race thus is [...]
Tech at Night: Amazon makes peace with CA Dems, Patent “reform” passes, Who’s funding the left?
Friday has come and gone at last, and in fact we’re well into Saturday now unfortunately, due to my needing to have covered so much this time. Additionally, at long last it looks like the ongoing saga of California vs Amazon is coming to an end. Amazon had already floated the idea of compromise with [...]
Obama’s ‘pass this [stimulus] bill’ speech
Unfortunately, except for the price tag, President Obama’s big jobs stimulus speech was nothing new and all too familiar and repetitive. It really was that repetitive. Obama used some version of “pass this bill” — 17 times in his stimulus speech. Obama claimed this latest, now $447 billion spending bill would be paid for: And [...]
The Debate. The Speech. And More #EERS #CNNTEAPARTY
I’m on live tonight from Carroll County, Georgia where I’ll be speaking tomorrow at a huge gathering of tea party activists from around Georgia. Then I’m off to Tampa, FL for the CNN-Tea Party Express GOP debate. Tonight, we’ll go in depth into the President’s speech, look more at the last GOP debate, and preview [...]
The Solyndra Green Recovery That Wasn’t
With news this past week of Solyndra’s bankruptcy, firing of 1,100 employees and federal agents now raiding the homes of the executives, I thought it would be instructive for all to go back to where this began. Two years ago on September 4th of 2009, Vice President Biden was live via satellite to praise a [...]
The American Jobs Act of 2011: Lather, Rinse, Repeat and Fail.
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. – Proverbs 26 (HT: Kingjbible.com) It’s fortunate that all our Elected Leader promised us was a Job’s Plan. Because the plan he presented last night looks like a cribbed version of Christine Roemer’s failed effort from 2009. The President’s proposed American [...]
Senate Dems approve another $500 billion debt limit increase
Senate Democrats gamed Republicans and saved their unpopular President from issuing a veto to get his request for another $500 billion in the national debt. Last night, after the Obama’s “pass this bill” speech, 52 Senate Democrats voted not to consider the Resolution disapproving President Obama’s request to increase the national debt. Resolved by the [...]
The President Moves on to Jobs
Yeah, let’s roll the tape again.
Obama Vindicates Rick Perry on Social Security
The major controversy right now in the GOP presidential primaries is over Rick Perry’s contention that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme that can’t deliver on its promises under its current structure. Mitt Romney doesn’t exactly dispute this – in fact, Romney himself said the same thing in his book, but then Romney always did [...]
How Will the Markets React to Obama’s Jobs Speech?
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Barack Obama’s jobs speech, the chances of his proposal passing Congress and how the markets will react. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and [...]
