September 29th, 2011
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Joe Biden Owns the Economy #EERS
Joe Biden is claiming ownership of the economy. Sarah Palin’s self-imposed deadline for declaring her candidacy comes tomorrow. And the feds are cracking down on states enforcing immigration laws. We’ll get into it all tonight. You can listen live at http://wsbradio.com and call in at 1-800-WSB-TALK. Consider this an open thread.
House Committee Takes an Axe to Job-Killing Union Measures
This morning, the House Committee on Appropriations issued a press release regarding its Draft Fiscal Year 2012 Labor, Health and Human Services Funding Bill. Within the text of the release, there are some specific union-payback items that the Committee knows are harmful to the creation of jobs and are, as a result, taking an ax to. If the [...]
Obama Administration Continued to Throw Money at Solyndra After Loan Default
“Exactly what did the White House know and when did they know it?” It’s a pretty simple question and one that you would think is on the lips of every reporter that has the opportunity to ask a question of the Press Secretary or President Obama would be asking about the failed Solar company Solydnra [...]
Drug-related/vigilante/(both) violence escalates in Mexico.
Well, I suppose that this was inevitable. A self-styled drug-trafficking group calling itself the “Zeta Killers” claimed responsibility this week for the recent murders of at least 35 people believed to belong to the Zetas, Mexico’s most violent criminal organization. The claim by the “Mata Zetas” has stoked fears that Mexico, like Colombia a generation [...]
Elizabeth Warren and All The Contempt That She Deserves.
There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear: you moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for; you hired workers the rest of us paid to educate; you were [...]
Horserace for September 29, 2011
Herman Cain has finally found that path to victory while Michele Bachmann appears to have stumbled right off it. This past week, the horserace really went through a shakeup. Even Jon Huntsman has a pulse, at least in one state. Rick Perry fell over. Mitt Romney is holding steady, and the primary calendar is reshuffling [...]
Herman Cain: I Endorse Mitt Romney
That’s not exactly what he said but that is what it amounted to. Yesterday, Herman Cain, a contender for the GOP presidential nomination, announced that he would not support Texas Governor Rick Perry for president. Herman Cain said Wednesday that he would be unable to support Rick Perry for president if the Texas governor were [...]
Push to Regulate Debit Card Transactions Will Hurt Not Help Consumers
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Kelly Cobb, Government Affairs Manager for Americans for Tax Reform to discuss the section of the Dodd-Frank bill that institutes price-controls on debit card transactions, how this new law is [...]
Morning Briefing for September 29, 2011
RedState Morning Briefing For September 29, 2011 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. As I Was Saying 2. Fox: A new look at Herman Cain 3. Sheila Jackson-Lee Leaves Us All Speechless. 4. Quinnipiac in OH and PA: Romney leads, Perry leads, Santorum flops ———————————————————————- 1. As I [...]
Tech at Night: Dems fight Internet Tax, GOP welcomes it, FCC fights transparency as it regulates, No on USF Reform, Yes on Google and AT&T competitive mergers
Regulation, Regulation, Regulation. We’re faced with it, and now the regulators are going Presidential on us and claiming executive privilege at the FCC. You want to know how they’re coming up with their marching orders for America? Too bad. Just ask watchdog StimulatingBroadband.com. You want a laugh? George Soros-funded front group Free Press is suing [...]
