September 20th, 2011
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RNC Chairman Priebus Statement on the President’s Latest Proposal to Raise Taxes
WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus released the following statement regarding the president’s latest tax hike proposal on job creators: “President Obama’s call for $1.5 trillion in tax increases is a thinly-veiled attempt to score political points and foot the bill for his Stimulus 2.0. By raising taxes on job-creators, Obama may [...]
Tech at Night: Wireless competition, Regulation vs Jobs, Greg Walden
I’d like to start off tonight’s edition by saying that I enjoy some of the pushback I’ve been getting in this Tech at Night series. It’s fun when someone comes here, telling me I’m all wet, then ending up admitting they’re enamored of the whole Obama regulatory apparatus. It feels good to have my pro-liberty, [...]
Gallup: Romney gaining from Bachmann?
The new Gallup poll of the Republican contenders is out, this time with USA TODAY branding. Just looking at the frontrunners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney in isolation, it looks like Romney is gaining. What I find interesting though is where that support appears to be coming from. Romney’s support may be coming from Michele [...]
Glenn Beck Live on the Erick Erickson Show #EERS
Glenn Beck is going to join me live at 7:06 p.m. tonight on the Erick Erickson Show. You can listen live at http://wsbradio.com. Oh, and I’ll get onto this Troy Davis stuff. He’s the cop killer who, 20 years later, defense attorneys and liberals are turning into a victim. Consider this an open thread.
Ovide Lamontagne enters NH-GOV (R) primary.
Not particularly surprising – it’s been speculated on for some time – but today Ovide Lamontagne made it official: he’ll be running to replace retreating Governor John Lynch (D). This morning, at the annual Bedford GOP breakfast at the Manchester Country Club, Lamontagne, with his wife, Bettie, at his side, announced his intent to once [...]
Republicans Should Stop Reauthorizing Stuff they Denounced
There is an old adage that defines insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.” What’s worse than insanity is hypocritical insanity, which may be defined as doing the same thing that your opponent did over and over again, while expecting different results. Unfortunately, that is an apt description [...]
This Week in Washington – September 19, 2011
The President will be making a speech today from the Rose Garden (echoes of Carter?) mapping out proposed savings of $3 trillion over the next 10 years. According to the AP, the President’s new plan contains an old idea — massive tax increases: $1.5 trillion in new revenue, which would include about $800 billion realized over [...]
Obama’s Magic Math for Savings and Call for $1.5 Trillion in New Taxes
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 Obama’s deficit reduction plan based on faulty math and his call for $1.5 Trillion in new taxes, the newest controversial figure in the Solyndra scandal and [...]
Ethical oil’s excellent enemies: Saudi Arabia & Think Progress.
One of the nicest things about being a mainstream supporter of the Global War on Terror is that you are blessed, for a given value of ‘blessed,’ with a collection of the vilest, most despicable, most appalling domestic enemies in recent political history. Nazis, Communists, Stalinists, Maoists, blackshirt anarchists, Jew-haters of various flavors, anti-human deep [...]
TAKE ACTION: America’s Job Creators Are About To Be Sucker Punched & You Have Until Wednesday To Comment
You need to act before Wednesday. At a time when the Obama Administration is clamoring to save or create jobs, his Department of Labor is about to sucker punch America’s job creators with an unprecedented regulatory overreach—all to curry more favor with union bosses. On Wednesday, the public comment period will be closing on a [...]
